THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Maxentius, Edict Of Milan, Socinian Controversy
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4th century. christians have just witnessed the lost (the great persecution) by the. Emperor diocletian in 303 ad, it targeted the heads of the churches in particular, in the hope that in you convince the heads to abandon their faith, the rest of the community will follow as well. Allowed for ppl who renounced their faith to stop being persecuted. A test for the christians: the roman authorities would ask them to do a libation (pour liquids on the statue of a pagan god , or do an offering in the form of flowers to pagan gods. The persecution led to a lot of controversy in christianity. Especially bc some ppl believes that those who handed over their bibles, and renounced their faith should not be allowed back in the christian church. And there was a group under the belief of.