particularly in the person of the emperor. An authority no other than Eusebius states in his watershed history of the early Church that in the persecution of 235 Maximinus sent Sts. Hippolytus and ...

The persecution didn’t stop there—it only grew stronger. The apostles continued their mission, preaching the Gospel with ...

What 's important about the story of his martyrdom that the church ... early fourth century -- these are the persecutions under the Emperor Decius that occurred around 250 and then the persecution ...

May 13—ROME, Italy — Christians have been persecuted throughout ... Sis said he had written about the emperors "in the same area where many of those early Christians lost their lives as ...

Were early Christians ... an attack on a Coptic Christian church in Egypt that left 20 worshipers dead. Yet she seems reluctant to classify the incident as persecution, even though it fits into ...

Although Candida Moss' new book, "The Myth of Persecution ... high offices in the first place and had built their church "in the emperor's own front yard," they could hardly have been in hiding ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

Once we detach Revelation from the idea of a non-existent, lethal persecution under ... Domitian persecuting the church. Writing over three centuries later in the early fourth century C.E ...

The goal is to help us recognize when the church uses its power to harm marginalized groups—and to take action. From Persecuted to ... that followed. 2. Early Church Fathers and Their Writings ...

(AP File Photo) ROME, ITALY Christians have been persecuted throughout ... Sis said he had written about the emperors “in the same area where many of those early Christians lost their lives ...

Were early Christians really persecuted for their beliefs? The popular image is of them being thrown to the lions and having to meet in secret, but an author is challenging what she calls the ...

At the time of the major empire-wide persecution ... in the persecution against the church.... One of the most amazing documents historians of early Christianity are privileged to have is the ...