Persecution in the history of our faith has been an event that takes place every now and

then. In the beginning of the church, it was a hot topic to pick on Christians because they were
the new faith group. Eventually, that stopped and the church was accepted for a period of time.
During the French Revolution, the church was corrupt and many people thought they needed to
outlaw Catholicism. Again, that stopped and recently the persecution of Christians has started
again. In this essay, I will delve into each of the three time periods listed above, and compare all
three.
In the early church, there was great turmoil for Christians. There were multiple reasons
for persecution. One, which I feel relates to the modern day persecution, is because they did not
know much about this new religion, and they were fearful of it. The Roman Empire was
probably sacred that Christians would spread their religion around to many people, and many
people would start having faith in Christ. The way the Christians were persecuted was inhumane.
Not only were they publically sacrificed, but they were sent to fight as gladiators and torn to
pieces by animals. Eventually, the persecution stopped, and the Christians were accepted.
Before the French Revolution, church and faith were a very important part of France.
But, during the Revolution, some people thought that the monks and nuns in the monasteries
should reproduce goods for the country. Many philosophes believed that the vows these people
take at a young age were not good because they are so young, and rather, they should promote
liberty instead. Another issue that arose during this time period was how the church officials
were elected. The change was that priests and bishops were chosen by the people, instead of
buying their office. Tensions grew because the Revolution required complete loyalty. Religious
officials had trouble choosing their faith over their country.

Christian persecution has been on the rise in the Middle East. Recently, a priest was
crucified by the terrorist group ISIS. Over the recent years, terrorism has been on the rise, and
they have targeted a Christian audience with the different stunts they pull. In comparison to the
other Christian persecution eras, they have all involved some type of fear. In the early church, the
Romans were scared that instead of believing in their faith, people would convert to Christianity.
During the French Revolution, the church was corrupt and needed to be changed. Philosophes
said that their needed to be a change, and persecution began to get rid of the Catholic Church due
to it being corrupt.
In conclusion, the history of Christians has dealt with a lot of persecution. Ever since the
beginning of the church, persecution has been prevalent throughout time. It has stopped at points,
but many times our world has seen Christianity criticized and picked on by other religions and
groups. From a personal view, it bothers me to see this happen. It bothers me even more because
it is a normality in this day and age to see Christians persecuted so often.