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Those who denied that they were or had been Christians, when they invoked the gods in words dictated by me, offered prayer with incense and wine to your image, which I had ordered to be brought for this purpose together with statues of the gods, and moreover cursed Christ--none of which those who are really Christians, it is said, can be forced to do--these I thought should be discharged. Others named by the informer declared that they were Christians, but then denied it, asserting that they had been but had ceased to be, some three years before, others many years, some as much as twenty-five years. They all worshipped your image and the statues of the gods, and cursed Christ. end.
What's your point? It says here that they gave Christians the choice between denying Jesus was their lord and living...and refusing to deny him and dying. He even says that real Christians who have faith in Jesus cannot deny their faith. I repeat, what is your point? This is exactly what I have said. Fake or half hearted Christians will choose life and faithful Christians will choose death. Your point?
Those who denied that they were or had been Christians, when they invoked the gods in words dictated by me, offered prayer with incense and wine to your image, which I had ordered to be brought for this purpose together with statues of the gods, and moreover cursed Christ--none of which those who are really Christians, it is said, can be forced to do--these I thought should be discharged. Others named by the informer declared that they were Christians, but then denied it, asserting that they had been but had ceased to be, some three years before, others many years, some as much as twenty-five years. They all worshipped your image and the statues of the gods, and cursed Christ. end.
What's your point? It says here that they gave Christians the choice between denying Jesus was their lord and living...and refusing to deny him and dying. He even says that real Christians who have faith in Jesus cannot deny their faith. I repeat, what is your point? This is exactly what I have said. Fake or half hearted Christians will choose life and faithful Christians will choose death. Your point?
