RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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Christians who were killed in periods of persecution are known as
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clergy.
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heretics.
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martyrs.
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saints.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -At first, the term applied to Apostles. Once Christians started to undergo persecution, the term came to be applied to those who suffered hardships for their faith. Finally, it was restricted to those who had been killed for their faith. The early Christian period before Constantine I was the “Age of Martyrs".
Detailed explanation-2: -Persecution included instances of intimidation, disinformation, stereotyping, legal threats, and attacks on places of worship.
Detailed explanation-3: -Christians were persecuted, sporadically and usually locally, throughout the Roman Empire, beginning in the 1st century AD and ending in the 4th century.
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