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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 ...
Aug 8, 2023 · Under Decius’s rule, Christians throughout the empire suffered terribly. This, which John Foxe listed as the seventh of the great Roman persecutions, is known as the Decian persecution. It began in AD 250 when the emperor decreed mandatory participation in a supplicatio. A supplicatio was a sacrifice offered to the pagan gods after important ...
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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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.
On the Unity of the Church. The Decian Persecution. In 247-248 Rome celebrated 1,000 years of existence with a three day, nonstop party. The church had grow immensely during this first half of the third century, had begun to reach into every strata of society, and had experienced a relative respite from persecutions for around 30 years.
Decius (born c. 201, Budalia, Pannonia Inferior [near modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia]—died June 251, Abrittus, Moesia [modern Razgrad, Bulgaria]) was a Roman emperor (249–251) who fought the Gothic invasion of Moesia and instituted the first organized persecution of Christians throughout the empire. Although Decius’s origins are not ...
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Jul 28, 2009 · The literature on the Decian persecution is vast; among the most important recent studies are Clarke, G. W., “ Double-Trials in the Persecution of Decius,” Historia 22 (1973): 650 – 663;Google Scholar idem, “Some Observations on the Persecution of Decius,” Antichthon 3 (1969): 63–77; Keresztes, Paul, “ The Decian libelli and Contemporary Literature,” Latomus 34 (1975): 761 ...
