RELS 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Wild Beasts, Nestorius, Tertullian
9 Feb 2018
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It is hard to tell for certain what the extent of persecution of christians was. Christians were generally disliked: for refusing to worship the emperor, accused of being atheists , an easy minority to scapegoat. The importance of martyrs as exemplars of faith. An apocalyptic worldview revelation has a robe soaked in the blood of martyrs how long, o lord? : the shepherd of hermas one side of the banquet table is reserved for the martyrs. The earthly struggle as part of a larger battle between light and darkness. Friday, february 9, 2018: e. g. 1 these 4:17. The destruction of the temple in 70 ce. As time went on, a transition from apocalyptic to eschatological . Living in this world, but not of it . Diocletian (284-305 ce) after an era of peace and prosperity, a sudden and violent crackdown on christians. Ends in 311 ce with the edict of toleration. Persecution/oppression is the context for apocalyptic literature.
