HIST 1001 Chapter : Transformation Of The Mediterranean World
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Confession and forgiveness didn"t come till later, so any sin after baptism was permanent. Someone posing with his or her hand in the air. Earliest christian meeting places were houses transformed into churches. Most romans got baptized at the end of life to wipe away their sins. We don"t see crucifixion images in early christian art work because crucifixion was a form of capital punishment for rebels. Orgies, because random groups of people were meeting behind closed doors. Intermittent, not everyone wants to persecute the christians, but there are outbursts of persecutions. Christians not sacrificing, or not worshiping the imperial cult was considered treason. Killed in roman fashion in a very showey and gruesome way. Christian writers started writing about heroic christians being persecuted. She refuses and tells him that she is a christian and she will not burn the. Perpetua 203 ad (source: passion of perpetua and felicity)
