![]() ![]() Instead, it emerged out of the fervor of Christians to combat error and to spread truth. However, the emergence of a persecutory mentality was not an imposition of emperors, eager to use the church’s moral authority for secular ends. I will show in this article that Christians first began to persecute in the late Roman Empire. This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the history of Christian persecution. In the Western context, however, it is the persecution of Christians, by Christians, especially in the two centuries after the Reformation, that is most important, because it still shapes relationships between peoples of different faiths and confessions today. ![]() There are many different forms of relgious intolernace, and, over the centuries, many faiths have persecuted. The Christian Persecutory Impulse David J.
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