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    The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. In 303, the emperors Diocletian, Maximian...
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    Constantius respectively. The Diocletianic Persecution (303–312), the empire's last, largest, and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity, failed to...
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  • School of Alexandria and forbade conversion to Christianity), the Diocletianic Persecution would be the most severe. In AD 303, Diocletian ordered all churches...
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     253–268), halted the persecutions. The Augustus Diocletian (r. 283–305) began the Diocletianic persecution, the final general persecution of Christians, which...
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  • Christianity, on the other hand, Greek remained dominant. During the Diocletianic Persecution, Bibles were targeted as part of a larger program intended to wipe...
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    historians estimate that during this period, known as the Diocletianic or Great Persecution and extending several years beyond the reign of Diocletian...
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    allowed the Christians "freedom of action". The Great Persecution, or Diocletianic Persecution, was begun by the senior augustus and Roman emperor Diocletian...
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    he was a staunch opponent of Christianity, Galerius ended the Diocletianic Persecution when he issued the Edict of Toleration in Serdica (Sofia) in 311...
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  • Christian persecution complex is the belief, attitude, or world view that Christian values and Christians are being oppressed by social groups and governments...
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    as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and...
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  • Christians Persecution of Christians in the New Testament Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire Decian persecution Persecution in Lyon Diocletianic Persecution...
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    the Rhine frontier, defeating the Alamanni and Franks. When the Diocletianic Persecution was announced in 303, Constantius ordered the demolition of churches...
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  • granted recognition. Earlier in the 4th century, following the Diocletianic Persecution of 303–313 and the Donatist controversy that arose in consequence...
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    Foreign Secretary of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians". Christian Persecution Review. Retrieved 6 September 2021. The Church of England quarterly review...
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    April, the traditionally accepted date of the saint's death in the Diocletianic Persecution. In the calendar of the Lutheran Churches, those of the Anglican...
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    Saint Nicholas (category Diocletianic Persecution)
    reports that Saint Nicholas had been beaten and tortured during the Diocletianic Persecution. The facial reconstruction was produced by Caroline Wilkinson at...
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    stead of the imprisoned bishop Peter I of Alexandria during the Diocletianic Persecution, but after Peter's death in 311 refused to give up his right to...
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    Christianity and paganism (category Persecution of Pagans)
    through a mixture of peaceful conversion, natural religious change, persecution, and the military conquest of pagan peoples; the Christianization of...
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    Decian persecution was the first organized persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire and served as the basis for the Diocletianic Persecution, the last...
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    suffered various persecutions, the harshest of which were the Neronian persecution and the Diocletianic Persecution. The persecutions of Nero, Domitian...
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    Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD. Though there is evidence to suggest that a martyr named...
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    Donatism (category Diocletianic Persecution)
    the Diocletianic Persecutions, was satisfied when Christians handed over their scriptures as a token repudiation of faith. When the persecution ended...
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    Gallienus before intensifying again in 303 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution. Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire W. H. C. Frend (1984)...
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    Oriental Orthodoxy as Christians of Antioch, who in 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution, suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) on...
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    were soldiers in the Roman army during the persecution of Christians, especially the Diocletianic Persecution of AD 303–313. Most of the early Christian...
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    Edict of Serdica (category Diocletianic Persecution)
    Bulgaria) by Roman Emperor Galerius. It officially ended the Diocletianic Persecution of Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire. The Edict implicitly...
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    martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot...
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    probably fictitious. According to his legend, he died during the Diocletianic Persecution in AD 303. In the Middle Ages, he was counted as one of the Fourteen...
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    sacrifice to the Roman gods. The Diocletianic Persecution beginning in 303 AD was also particularly severe. Roman persecution ended in 313 AD with the Edict...
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    Catholic persecutions Persecution of Christians in the modern era Roman Empire Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire Diocletianic Persecution Neo-Persian...
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