HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Christians and Jews refused to follow the law.
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Christians and Jews refused to worship the emperor and were perceived as a threat to Roman way of life.
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Romans did not tolerate other religions.
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Christians and Jews refused to worship the emperor and therefore were refusing to follow the law.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A serious conflict between Rome and the Jews began in A.D. 66 when Nero was emperor. The Roman governor of Judea decided to take money from the Great Temple in Jerusalem. He claimed he was collecting taxes owed the emperor. When rioting broke out, Roman soldiers harshly put it down.
Detailed explanation-2: -According to Jacob Neusner, the only religion in antiquity that was persistently outlawed and subject of systematic persecution was not Judaism, but Christianity. Christian martyrs were a significant part of Early Christianity, until the Peace of the Church in 313.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many Romans feared the spread of Christianity, because Christian ideas did not agree with the old Roman ways. The Roman Emperor Nero began one of the first persecutions of early Christians in AD 64. It was also in the year AD 64 that the Great Fire of Rome burned much of the city.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following rulers was most responsible for ending the persecution of Christians in Ancient Rome? Constantine was the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, and he also ended the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire through the Edict of Milan in 313.