I asked them whether they were Christians, and if they confessed, I asked them a second and third time with threats of punishment. If they kept to it, I ordered them for execution. ”
शुरू के मसीही, सम्राट और अलग - अलग देवताओं की मूरत की उपासना नहीं करते थे, इसलिए उन पर बहुत ज़ुल्म ढाए जाते थे ।