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The Myth of the Persecuted Church
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RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church
I thought the myth was he played the fiddle while Rome burned.

There are several things that make me think perhaps the Christians WERE persecuted at some point. One is the NT. It's almost like there was a concerted effort to advise followers to endure persecution as best they could. Why would so many writers think it was a point that needed to be addressed?

This isn't to say that the persecution went on for centuries or anything. And I think its plausible that later on, some Christians were encouraged to offer embellished stories of persecution BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE NT. But still, it seems reasonable to assume the Christians were genuinely persecuted at one point in history.
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The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 20, 2018 at 7:04 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Chad32 - February 20, 2018 at 7:19 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by CapnAwesome - February 22, 2018 at 10:57 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vorlon13 - February 22, 2018 at 12:38 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 20, 2018 at 7:25 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Amarok - February 20, 2018 at 9:05 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vorlon13 - February 20, 2018 at 7:33 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Silver - February 20, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 20, 2018 at 7:36 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 20, 2018 at 8:25 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Pat Mustard - February 21, 2018 at 2:27 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 20, 2018 at 7:47 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 20, 2018 at 9:17 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Amarok - February 21, 2018 at 9:13 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Fireball - February 20, 2018 at 9:26 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 20, 2018 at 11:38 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by chimp3 - February 21, 2018 at 2:08 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 21, 2018 at 2:20 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by chimp3 - February 21, 2018 at 2:30 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 21, 2018 at 1:12 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vorlon13 - February 21, 2018 at 1:16 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 21, 2018 at 1:22 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Amarok - February 21, 2018 at 1:30 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 21, 2018 at 1:31 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 21, 2018 at 9:14 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 22, 2018 at 10:13 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Chad32 - February 22, 2018 at 11:23 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by CapnAwesome - February 22, 2018 at 5:21 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 22, 2018 at 12:23 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Chad32 - February 22, 2018 at 5:24 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 24, 2018 at 12:27 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 24, 2018 at 3:00 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by The Grand Nudger - February 24, 2018 at 12:14 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Chad32 - February 24, 2018 at 2:53 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - February 24, 2018 at 4:09 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by brewer - February 25, 2018 at 10:29 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by The Grand Nudger - February 27, 2018 at 2:17 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by vulcanlogician - February 28, 2018 at 9:22 pm
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by robvalue - February 28, 2018 at 2:03 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by The Grand Nudger - February 28, 2018 at 7:41 am
RE: The Myth of the Persecuted Church - by Minimalist - March 1, 2018 at 12:41 am

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