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Explain why the first Christians were persecuted The persecution of Christians by the Roman Government was not a consistent policy that was enforced the same way by every Roman
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Explain why the first Christians were persecuted The persecution of Christians by the Roman Government was not a consistent policy that was enforced the same way by every Roman provincial governor or government official or even by different emperors. Most of the time, Christians were tolerated but were viewed as strange and somewhat antisocial by most of the Roman people The Romans who saw them as trouble and the Jews saw them as the "...mortal enemy to the Jewish Legalistic Tradition" (St. Paul). Because the Roman gods were actually a part of the state religion, and it was thought that they must be worshipped regularly in order for the Romans to have victory in war and prosperity at home, it was considered a roman's patriotic duty to sacrifice regularly to Jupiter, Mars, Juno, Vesta, and leave offerings out for the household gods, the Lares and Penates. The Christians, on the other hand,...
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