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For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus
RE: For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus
(March 1, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I suspect this is probably more accurate.

You're probably right. From what I've found so far, edicts got recorded but the Roman authorities don't appear to have kept an accurate count of how many Christians were caught and punished. Or maybe they did and the records were destroyed because there weren't as many victims as the Christian historians wanted for their gory accounts.

Diocletian Persecution

Quote:Although the persecution resulted in the deaths of—according to one modern estimate—3,000 to 3,500 Christians, and the torture, imprisonment, or dislocation of many more, most Christians avoided punishment.

Modern historians like G. E. M. de Ste. Croix have attempted to determine whether Christian sources exaggerated the scope of the Diocletianic persecution.

Any details, such as names of individuals and their fate, were provided by Eusebius so I think they can be disregarded.
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RE: For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus - by Confused Ape - March 1, 2013 at 6:33 pm

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