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Kelhoffer spends part of his book Persecution, Persuasion and Power arguing that persecution in Luke–Acts is used by the author to accomplish three things: (1) question the legitimacy of the accusers, (2) confirm the legitimacy of the faithful accused, and (3) derive legitimacy for the author's Gentile audience who might be suffering their ...
The discussion of the persecution of Christians, which did not begin until some time after Jesus' crucifixion, to most scholars is evidence that this is the period the Gospel of Matthew was written in. [clarification needed] Other believers feel that Jesus is merely accurately predicting the events that will unfold after his death. The Gospel ...
Christians were persecuted by local authorities on an intermittent and ad hoc basis. In addition, there were several periods of empire-wide persecution which were directed from the seat of government in Rome. Christians were the targets of persecution because they refused to worship the Roman gods or to pay homage to the emperor as divine.
The account, however, is very similar to the one of Armenian revolt of 451. In addition, Sebeos does not mention any religious persecution in his account of the revolt of 571. [83] A story about Hormizd IV's tolerance is preserved by the historian al-Tabari. Upon being asked why he tolerated Christians, he replied, "Just as our royal throne ...
Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260; Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians; Tsar Lazar, 1389 [75] Nicholas Tavelic, 1391; John of Nepomuk, 1393 [76] Jan Huss (1415) and Jerome of Prague (1416) - executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance
Antipope Felix V and his followers by Pope Eugene IV at the Council of Florence on 23 March 1440. [60] Bishop Pierre Cauchon in 1457 by Pope Callixtus III for his persecution and condemnation of Joan of Arc. [61] The town of Prudnik in Silesia on 23 March 1464 by Pope Pius II for refusing to pay the debt of Duke Konrad IV the Elder. [62]
He said, “For centuries, Jews have been persecuted, brutalized by antisemitism and violently thrown out of country after country.” He went on to list some of the nations that had “violently ...
his brains were dashed out with a billet of wood while he was being burnt at the stake, May 1532 Chesham, Buckinghamshire [20] 12. John Frith: Westerham, then Sevenoaks, Kent [21] – Taken after he had been preaching at Bow Lane, London clergyman – canon at Cardinal College, Oxford: burnt 4 July 1533 Smithfield, London [22] 13. Andrew Hewet