The earliest occurrences of the term in non-Christian literature include Josephus, referring to "the tribe of Christians, so named from him;" Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan; and Tacitus, writing near the end of the 1st century. In the Annals he relates that "by vulgar appellation [they were] commonly called Christians" and identifies Christians as Nero's scapegoats for the Great Fire of Rome. COUNT 3
QSN1 What is one of the first mentions of the term Christian in a non-religious work, referring to a tribe of Christians? ANS1 Josephus QSN2 Which non-religious piece of literature had the term Christian in it towards the end of the first century? ANS2 Tacitus QSN3 Christians were said to be the scapegoat of who? ANS3 Nero