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Final Assignment- Persecution
Survey of History of Christianity (Liberty
University)
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
JOHN W. RAWLINGS SCHOOL OF DIVINITY
Research Paper: Persecution
Submitted to Robert Olsen,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of
CHHI 510 – B03
Survey of the History of Christianity
by
Jayanna Arnold
October 10, 2021
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Background
To his disciples, Jesus said, “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to
death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me” (Matt. 24:9, ). Christ emphasizedNIV 1
that those who followed him would suffer because of him, basically foreshadowing a major
theme of the Pauline letters: suffering with Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote, “I want to know
Christ- yes to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming
like him in his death” (Phil. 3:10). By expressing this, Paul aligns himself and those who follow
Christ with what Christ declared in the Gospel of Luke: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must
