Them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal skins and set wild dogs upon them in a public setting. and so this is the first persecution of christians by roman emperor. the reason christians were persecuted early on was not because it was illegal to be a christian. they were persecuted because they were known to be troublemakers. among nero s victims were the two most important leaders of the early christian church. peter had been living and preaching in rome. paul had been living under house arrest. now they were both condemned to death for their faith. peter is not a citizen of the roman empire, and so he is able to be crucified. then he s crucified upside down because he did not feel that he was worthy to die in the same manner that jesus did. paul, who spread christianity throughout the empire, was
Paul reached rome in chains. just in time for rome s first official persecution of christians at the hands of the emperor, nero. in the year 64 a.d., when a fire destroyed much of imperial rome, nero famously fiddled while the city burned. but he had his reasons for letting the fire burn. he wanted to clear out space for grand new buildings. the christians living in the south of the city are immune from the fire that sweeps northwards. the christians were under suspicion. nero, the emperor, being blamed widely, realizes the christians are the scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal
Paul reached rome in chains. just in time for rome s first official persecution of christians at the hands of the emperor, nero. in the year 64 a.d., when a fire destroyed much of imperial rome, nero famously fiddled while he burned. but he had his reasons for letting the fire burn. he wanted to clear out space for grand new buildings. the christians living in the south of the city are immune from the fire that sweeps northwards. the christians thought under suspicion, nero, the emperor, being blamed widely, realizes the christians are the scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal
Nero famously while the city burned. but he had his reasons for letting the fire burn. he wanted to clear out space for grand new buildings. the christians living in the south of the city are immune from the fire that sweeps northwards. the christians thought under suspicion, nero, the emperor, being blamed widely, realizes the christians are the scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal skins and set wild dogs upon them in a public setting. and so this is the first persecution of christians by is a roman emperor. the reason christians were persecuted early on was not because it was illegal to be a christian. they were persecuted because they were known to be troublemakers.
Scapegoats, the natural scapegoats. he apparently had some of them burned as human torches in his gardens. he had others wrapped in animal skins and set wild dogs upon them in a public setting. and so this is the first persecution of christians by is a roman emperor. the reason christians were persecuted early on was not because it was illegal to be a christian. they were persecuted because they were known to be troublemakers. among nero s victims were the two most important leaders of the early christian church. peter had been living and preaching in rome. paul had been living under house arrest. now they were both condemned to death for their faith. peter is not a citizen of the roman empire, and so he is able to be crucified.