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Early Christian Martyrdom

In Our Time: Religion

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The Persecution of Christians

There were six years, starting about 300 te why, there was massive persecution of christians. How you die depends very much on the cruelty of the individual administrator before whom you appear. The emperor diocletian started with destroying places of worship and christian books. He was also destroying books of other supposedly subversive groups. Then he called an amnesty, as long as everyone sacrifices. In his fourth edict, he demands that everyone, men, women and children, that they all have to pass this sacr vice test.

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