What began the persecution of the First Christians in ancient Rome?
2007-02-26 02:12:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They were waaaaay to fundy for the romans.
2007-02-26 02:16:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Romans found the Christians were interfering with the worship of the traditional Roman gods. The Christians refused to sacrifice at the Roman temples and were accused of weakening the fabric of Roman society by their refusal.
It was the opinion of many Romans that unless the entire population worshiped as the Romans had always worshiped the morality of the empire would be eroded and that Rome would be left vulnerable to its enemies.
Unless the traditional forms of worship were to continue, Rome was doomed! Unless all good God-fearing, church-going, good, patriotic folks went to church every Sunday and ...
Oh, sorry. I was thinking of current events.
2007-02-26 02:21:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Paul lived throughout Nero's reign, there is your answer. Nero needed a scapegoat he would desire to blame the hearth of Rome on, and Christians have been a handy team that distracted human beings from believing Nero had set the hearth, himself. regrettably for Nero, persecuting the Christians did no longer help him for long, as evidenced via Tacitus' writings. If Paul did no longer stay throughout Nero's time...i do no longer understand why Christians have been being persecuted then.
2016-12-14 06:01:45 · answer #3 · answered by jeniffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy question...
Romans had differently beliefs than Christians had. 2 examples of this were 1> Romans believed in many gods while Christians believed in 1 God, and 2> Roman's lifestyle (altogether) were different.
To contradict this would be seen as blasphemus. The Christians (mainly Paul) went from city to city teaching those who were interested in learning about God and Christ. The Romans didn't like this (mainly because of the difference they were afraid of) and sought to stop them.
2007-02-26 02:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by se-ke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians wouldn't accept the Roman emperor as a god, and they tried to convert people to their faith. Also, they were considered a subsect of Judaism, which was looked down on after about 70 CE, when the Jews revolted against Roman rule. Other, polytheistic religions were free to worship as they pleased as long as they accepted the Emperor into their pantheon.
2007-02-26 02:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rome was tolerant of many religions from other nations, e.g. Mithraism of Persia. Romans identified their gods with greek ones. Followers of a religion had to be obnoxious to make Romans angry. Christians still do that.
2007-02-26 02:24:08 · answer #6 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same reason Christians are persecuted in China or Sri Lanka today. Their views are considered a political threat to state power.
2007-02-26 02:19:30 · answer #7 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nero. As Caesar, he believed himself to be God, and demanded that no other worship be allowed. Besides, he was a first-class nutter. He blamed the big fire in Rome on the Christians. This was in 64 A.D.
2007-02-26 02:16:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋