![]() ![]() When Galerius came into power, already biased against Christians, the persecution that started under Diocletian continued. Churches and scripture were burned, Church property was claimed by the government, and Christians that held high offices were often arrested if they refused to offer sacrifices to the Roman Gods or to the Emperor. ![]() Under Diocletian rule, Christians suffered The Great Persecution, one of the bloodiest and most aggressive campaigns against Christianity. However, Diocletian was a strict believer in the Roman Gods and he viewed Christianity as a threat to the purity of Roman life and therefore the Roman political system when Galerius led him to believe that a series of misfortunes could be blamed on the Christians. This was especially true during the violent rule of Diocletian.Christians lived in relatively safely during the first half of Diocletian’s rule. To say one was a Christian often meant social ostracism and more often than not it was extreme persecution. During its growth Christianity was often an underground religion and was often not exercised or practiced in a public way. Often, at best, Christians were tolerated in the empire but hardly accepted and at worst they were heavily persecuted. ![]() ![]() Christianity had a rocky start in the Rome Empire. ![]()
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