A new and malevolent superstition
Title: A new and malevolent superstition
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4811 | Pages: 17 (approximately 235 words/page)
A new and malevolent superstition
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 4811 | Pages: 17 (approximately 235 words/page)
A new and malevolent superstition
The first instance of the Roman State taking action against Christians arose in the reign of the Emperor Claudius
(41-54 A.D.). The historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius tell us that Claudius had to expel the Jews because they were
continually arguing among themselves about a certain Chrestos. "Here we have first mention of the response to the
Christian message in the community of Rome," comments Karl Baus.
The historian
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