Knowra Persecution of Christians Persecution of Christians Hostile treatment of Christians because of their beliefs or practices, ranging from discrimination and harassment to imprisonment, violence, or execution.
Diocletianic Persecution : A Roman imperial campaign beginning in 303 CE that ordered churches destroyed and Christians punished. It was the Roman Empire’s most extensive official persecution of Christians.
Religious discrimination : Unequal treatment of people because of their religion or beliefs. It includes lower-level restrictions that can precede or accompany direct persecution.
Early Christianity : The Christian movement from its beginnings in the first century through late antiquity. Its emergence within the Roman world shaped the earliest conflicts over Christian allegiance.
Christian anti-Judaism : Hostility toward Judaism and Jews grounded in Christian teachings, institutions, or societies. It shows that Christians have also participated in religious persecution.
Persecution of Christians in the Sasanian Empire : Periods of state repression of Christians under the Sasanian dynasty in Persia. Christian communities faced pressure when rulers associated them with the Roman Empire.
Anti-Christian legislation : Laws that restrict Christian belief, worship, institutions, or public expression. Legal restrictions can make exclusion and punishment an official policy.
Roman imperial cult : Public rites honoring Roman emperors and the imperial order as sacred. Refusal to perform its rites could be interpreted as disloyalty to Rome.
Christianity and violence : The historical and ethical relationship between Christian beliefs, institutions, and violence. Persecution is not the only form of violence associated with Christian communities.
Japanese persecution of Christians : The suppression of Christianity in Japan, especially under the Tokugawa shogunate from the seventeenth century. Japan’s ban drove Christians underground and produced executions and forced apostasy.
Forced conversion : Compelling a person to adopt a religion through threats, violence, or coercive penalties. It directly targets religious identity and practice.
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