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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Myth of Persecution

by Candida Moss

A revisionist study by a New Testament scholar arguing that Roman persecution of Christians was briefer and less systematic than later tradition claimed. Moss examines the martyr acts critically and discusses how the memory of persecution has shaped Christian identity.

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