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Examples Of Arianism In Roman Culture

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Tom I like the connection you made about Christians being set apart from the Roman culture. One of the reasons why they were disliked so much was because they were perceived as being pompous. Definitely I am in agreement that Nero was a ruthless emperor who did detestable selfish acts. One of which he made a public spectacle showing his cruelty, like when you said “Nero blamed the Christians for [the] major fire that broke out in Rome…” even though “…many of the Romans believe that Nero set the fire to make room for his palace” he began torturing Christians to death for his amusement as if it proved his innocence. Your explanation on Arianism gave me a greater understanding about the heresy. Particularly when you mentioned Arianism claims

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