Hence the early Christians may have faced some degree of social stigma but little actual repression. Henry Chadwick reported that when a Roman governor in Asia Minor began a persecution of ...

This shows up with particular frequency in the form of allergic reactions to arguments that attribute the rise of Christianity to ... for the revitalization of a Roman world groaning under a ...

Additionally, the rise of Christianity and other social changes challenged traditional Roman values and ideals. The most ...

The finding may upend historians' understanding of how Christianity was practiced in the early Roman Empire. Measuring just 1.4 inches (3.5 centimeters) long, the amulet contains a wafer-thin ...

Paul’s evangelizing naturally took him to Rome, where both he and Peter were martyred. In common belief, early Christians were regularly thrown to the lions because they refused to bow down to ...

In the late first century, alarmed by the rise of the new movement, Emperor Nero launched a brutal crackdown, arresting, torturing and executing Christians in Rome. But although life was dangerous ...