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    that has gone on for hundreds of years and is still incredibly prevalent today is the witch hunt, or persecution against Christianity. There are those that believe the persecution of Christians is at an all time high and there are those who feel Christians aren’t necessarily targeted anymore today than they have been throughout history;

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    Religious Persecution of Christian Beliefs What is religious persecution? At the beginning of this project, I thought religious persecution was a black and white topic with a clear definition. I thought that religious persecution was simply the persecution of a group because of their religious faith. However, I discovered that there are no simple explanations of religious persecution, and it is a much more complex and controversial issue than I had imagined. In fact, some events categorized

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    Within the first few pages of the novel, Silence, Shūsaku Endō’s throws his readers head on to the cruelty and darkness that the Christians had faced in 17th century feudal Japan. Father Rodrigues, a Jesuit priest sent to covert the Japanese to the Christian faith, he described the “immersion in the hell of boiling water at Unzen.” the five of priests and two women went through to give up their faith. However, with all the tortures methods used and being immersed in the boil water and being in prison

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    the history of Christianity, a common occurrence that is found is persecution. Christians have been persecuted throughout the history of Christianity, and it is something that still happens today. While Christian persecution in the United States is not much of a concern, persecution throughout the world is still a major problem. Muslim nations and communist nations still openly persecute Christians. The persecution of Christians around the world is unjust and needs to be stopped. Is anyone treating

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    world Christian has been made. In the world, there is a large Christian population. It is a tough work to expand Christianity around the world. These are credit to missionary. In the past, they spread the gospel, touch the bible. But, in some era the emperor did not like Christian. Constantine is the first Christian emperor in the world. Therefore , there is no Christian emperor before him. Some of them contrary Christianity. They killed Christian and burned the church. The great Christians and missionaries

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    During the last great persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire which was early in the fourth century. The Christians were being persecuted and the Scriptures was coming under scrutiny and they wanted them burned. The Roman officials were there to see that these procedures were done. Today it is impossible to think of the Christians faith without having the Bible. The words written in the Bible makes this book special to Christians. Earlier Jews named the book to be plural, Biblia meaning The

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    Christian persecution is a growing epidemic. People are killing Christians because of their religion. Christians need support from other Christians. Christians can help resolve this growing problem of Christian persecution by being informed and taking action. Worldwide Christian persecution is a growing problem causing Christians in more than 60 countries to face a hostile environment, simply for their belief in Christ. According to opendoorsusa.com, a cause of persecution is the lack of human rights

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    Christians in Eritrea are being persecuted, with more than 300 believed to be in jails, and some of them are being told to renounce their faith in exchange for freedom. When Release International visited a refugee camp in the country, the organization learned about the pitiful plight of Christians who had fled Eritrea. One refugee named Dawit told the researchers that he left Eritrea because almost all Christians face imprisonment for their faith, Christian Today relays. In his month-long stay in

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    First century Christians were persecuted for their faith, because of the assumptions made by the Romans, and sometimes just because they didn’t like them. Even though the first century Christians had it tough, their persecution shaped Christian history. Even though they were persecuted and treated like trash, many converts were made. These Christians made history and put are religion on the map. So what were their terrors like, and why did others join the faith that was being slaughtered? Two words

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    the trials and persecutions that will take place on a personal level but Jesus again encourages the disciples to be on their guard. The message here is simple, difficult times are to be expected for those who are faithful in following Jesus. Christianity is not a comfortable religion. This is extremely important to understand. If you are looking to be comfortable you are in the wrong place. The disciples would experience personal persecution for the sake of Christ and the Christian today is no exception

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