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One of the chief difficulties in studying the history of Christianity is the lack of prior exposure to the subject that students often bring with them. Struggling to keep up with the large numbers of names, dates, and places presented to them, it is easy for students to lose sight of the "big picture," the broad sweep of movement and change that instructors most wish to communicate. Justo...

were expelled from the legions. Then it was ordered that their buildings and sacred books be destroyed. Finally, persecution became general, and Christians were subject, not only to death, but also to tortures of various sorts. After the death of Diocletian, several of his successors continued his policy until two of them, Constantine (306–337) and Licinius (307–323) ended the persecution by the so-called "Edict of Milan" (313). The apologists sought to defend the Christian faith in the face of the
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