Days Of The Martyrs Analysis

In the article "Days of the Martyrs" By Jeffery L. Sheler it tells up why Christian communities where prosecuted just because of there beliefs. By the second century Christian numbers started to drop drastically mostly because of the persecution by the government authorities. These government authorities where concerned of the out lawed movement of "Atheist." Atheists were Christians that rejected Rome's pagan pantheon and decided to worship one invisible god. At the time when the persecutions of Christians started to begin the emperor of Rome was Nero, and Nero was somewhat behind it all. For example, In A.D 64, Emperor Nero started a fire that devastated Rome then put all the blame on the Christians so that he could kill many of them. During about A.D. 111, the emperor of Rome was now emperor Trajan. During emperor Trajan’s rule the persecution of Christians became much more infrequent. Emperor Trajan did no longer go out of his way to kill some innocent people. Just because he didn’t try to kill every Christian he sees doesn’t mean he didn’t kill them at all, if any Christian was charged and convicted the were to be executed unless
One of the biggest differences that separates 2 out of the 4 heresies that Sheler identifies is Monarchianism denies the fact that Jesus is divine. As you could of guessed the church didn’t have a liking to this movement, so the church created the articulation of the doctrine of Trinity. Monarchianism contradicts the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. Monarchianism teaches that there is only one God and that, that God is represented as one person, which is the Father. The Trinity teaches that there is one god but it is represented into three people, which are the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This would be considered a Heresy because it goes against the teachings of orthodox religions doctrine (especially