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Trajan
The Roman emperor who answered Pliny in Letter 10.97 that Christians were not to be sought out, but that the accused who would not deny were to be punished.
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This site quotes Trajan 2 times across 2 books, and lists 0 works.
- Quoted here most in Matthew: 1 of 2.
Trajan
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“Do not go out of your way to look for them. If indeed they should be brought before you, and the crime is proved, they must be punished; with the restriction, however, that where the party denies he is a Christian, and shall make it…”
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evident that he is not, by invoking our gods, let him (notwithstanding any former suspicion) be pardoned upon his repentance.
Matthew 10:32 Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. BSB
“Anonymous informations ought not to be received in any sort of prosecution. It is introducing a very dangerous precedent, and is quite foreign to the spirit of our age.”
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1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us. BSB
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This site quotes Trajan 2 times across 2 books.
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The Roman emperor who answered Pliny in Letter 10.97 that Christians were not to be sought out, but that the accused who would not deny were to be punished.
2 quotations across 2 books