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Extract. In A.D. 249 the emperor Trajan Decius issued an edict requiring the inhabitants of the Roman Empire to sacrifice to the gods. With this decree, he also inaugurated the first empire-wide persecution of Christians. Previously, persecutions of Christians had always been local affairs determined by local conditions.
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Jul 28, 2009 · The vital point is merely that Gallienus took some favorable action with regard to Christianity. More than that is non-essential to the validity of our interpretation. Homo, L., L'Empereur Gallien, Revue Historique. 113:1–22, 225–267. Google Scholar. Healy, P. J., The Valerian Persecution, Boston, 1905, p. 271. Google Scholar.
In A.D. 249 the emperor Trajan Decius issued an edict requiring the inhabitants of the Roman Empire to sacrifice to the gods. With this decree, he also inaugurated the. first empire-wide persecution of Christians. Previously, persecutions of Christians had always been local affairs determined by local conditions.
May 25, 2024 · The first major persecution occurred under Emperor Nero in the mid-1st century. According to the Roman historian Tacitus, Nero blamed Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD and had many arrested and executed in brutal ways, including crucifixion and being burned alive. Subsequent emperors like Decius (249-251 AD) and Diocletian (284-305 ...
Oct 30, 2023 · Despite common pictures of persecuted Christians, before the emperor Decius (249 C.E.), the Roman government never issued any state-wide persecution. Speaking of the first 250 years of Christianity, Dr. Moss notes: “We have no reports of soldiers rounding up Christians, and the evidence that we do have suggests that Romans were strongly opposed to this kind of specific targeting.
Jan 14, 2021 · The first official persecution began in 250 CE when during the reign of Emperor Decius there were great invasions on the borders of the Empire. The state was facing a serious crisis and the unity of the Roman people was required. Many saw the causes of these events in the disfavour of the gods and the developing Christianity that did not live ...
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Decian persecution. The Decian persecution of Christians occurred in 250 AD under the Roman Emperor Decius. He had issued an edict ordering everyone in the Empire to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods and the well-being of the emperor. The sacrifices had to be performed in the presence of a Roman magistrate, and be confirmed by a signed and ...
