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The Myth of Persecution - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom is a 2013 book by Candida Moss, an award-winning historian and professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame.

The traditional idea of the "Age of Martyrdom", when Christians suffered persecution from the Roman authorities and lived in fear of being thrown to the lions, is largely fictional.

There was never sustained, targeted persecution of Christians by Imperial Roman authorities. Official persecution of Christians by order of the Roman Emperor lasted for at most twelve years of the first three hundred of the Church's history.

Most of the stories of individual martyrs amassed by the early modern period are pure inventions.

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[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Always good to learn more history.

But also, when people (of any kind) are being singled out - even one year is a long fucking time.

I wish more Christians had the sense to remember that persecution efforts have never stopped with trans folk, gays, immigrants, or vulnerable ethnicities.

The fascist assholes always eventually make it all the way through "anyone remotely inconvenient". And Christians are sometimes inconvenient, too.

[–] stenAanden@feddit.dk 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But also, when people (of any kind) are being singled out - even one year is a long fucking time.

Say that to the pagans of the roman empire who were persecuted for centuries.

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 points 6 days ago

I would, yes.

And to the people beibg persecuted, today.

One year is too many.