RELIGIONS
CHRISTIANITY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Accepted
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Exiled
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Persecuted
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Recruited
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Great Persecution which lasted from 303 to 312/313, governors were given direct edicts from the emperor. Christian churches and texts were to be destroyed, meeting for Christian worship was forbidden, and those Christians who refused to recant lost their legal rights.
Detailed explanation-2: -After A.D. 50, Christianity was put on the imperial list of “illicit” sects, and after A.D. 64, it was declared illegal, though this did not always result in continual persecution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Its spread was greatly aided by the empire’s political unification and extensive road system, as well as the belief among many Christians that the religion was something anyone could adopt, regardless of regional or religious background.