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1	causes of persecution in century church	Bible general Archive 4	ww2137	216828
	What causes persecution in the first century church?
2	causes of persecution in century church	Bible general Archive 4	MJH	216979
	In short there were two streams of persecutions in the First Century Church. One came from the non-believing Jews. Paul was one of these early persecutors. The other came from Rome. Christians were deemed to be Atheists and were imprisoned, enslaved, or tortured as such. The book of Acts details much of both of these streams of persecutions as do Paul's letters. Also, all Jews (of which Christians were lumped in with) were persecuted particularly after 67-70 C.E. Gentile Christians begin to distinguish themselves form the Jewish population at this time. By the 90's C.E. the Jews enact benedictions that prohibit Believers from participating in the synagogue furthering this seperation. The history of the persecution is not able to be summarized in a short note. It took place over several decades and there were short periods of localized persecutions which were very severe as well as longer periods of "softer" persecutions. Into the second century, however, the trouble got far worse and lasted until the fourth century. Church history can actually be a very interesting study. It's a shame that too few endeavor to learn it; and I have a ways to go myself! MJH