persecutions

Animated by an exclusive faith that did not allow compromises, Christians refused any participation in traditional cults: ceremonies and feasts in honor of the gods, ma anche forme di sodalità a esse collegate come banchetti e…

Christians have been persecuted ever since, identified as such, they no longer benefited from the privileged status of the Jews. The persecution, at first circumscribed, local and sporadic, divenne sistematica alla metà del III secolo.…