Why Were Christian Persecuted Research Paper

211 Words1 Page

Why were Christians persecuted by Roman authorities? What enabled them to have such an enormous following by the fourth century C.E.? When Christianity was still quite young in the Empire, many Christians refused to worship the emperor (which was viewed as treasonous) and refused to acknowledge the pagan gods as well. When a devastating fire broke out in Rome, Emperor Nero blamed the Christians and sentenced many of them to die in awful and horrific ways so cruel that even Roman citizens felt pity. And then when Decius was emperor he called for the aid of the gods in his war with the Goths and required all citizens to worship the gods publicly. When the Christians didn't obey Decius decided to threaten and torture the Christians until they

Open Document