Religiosity

The birth of the state church

  • The birth of the state church
    The birth of the state church
T he official policy of the Roman Empire from 112 - 313 AD was to persecute Christians who refused to honor the Roman pantheon of gods. The actual number of those killed has been long lost to history, but historians from that era reported that there were “countless numbers” and “myriads.” We believe that when the persecutions began the Christian population of the empire was perhaps 50,000. And…

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