Rome’s Brutal Method for Exposing Believers

In the early 2nd century, Roman governor Pliny the Younger devised a brutal test to expose Christians: worship Caesar and curse Christ—or die. His letter to Emperor Trajan offers one of the earliest non-Christian accounts of persecution, revealing how Rome sought to crush the faith and how believers stood firm under threat of execution.

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📜 Video Chapters
0:00 – Introduction: Pliny’s Deadly Test
0:19 – Who were Pliny and Trajan?
1:11 – The Purpose of the Letter
1:34 – Pliny’s Persecution
3:12 – Trajan’s Reply
3:40 – The Lesson for Us
4:04 – Book Recommendations

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