eism. If only Domitian could have opened his eyes and did not falsely accuse the Christians, the other emperors to follow would have not hated the Christians so much and therefore, the persecution of Christians would have been stopped.5. Antonious Pius forced the Christians to worship the Roman Gods and persecuted those who did not follow. If only he did not force the Christians and allowed them to freely profess their faith, the plague that happened during the reign of Marcus Aurelius would not have happened. The Christians prayers are so powerful and they are close to Gods heart, and if anything bad happens to them, then God would do anything to protect and save them. Therefore, the plague is Gods way of telling the Roman emperors to stop persecuting his people.6. After Marcus Aurelius were Septimus Sevrus, then Decius. During their reign, they still continued to persecute the Christians. They were blinded by their pride. So during the time of Decius, the Barbarian invasion continued. If only they stopped persecuting and giving the Christians a hard time, God would have not punished them greatly and the Barbarian invasion would have stopped.7. From the reign of Nero up to Diocletian, they continued to falsely accuse the Christians and persecute them. Until the time of Minucius Felix, the Christian accusations became greater. By his time the Christians were already accused of porneia and cannibalism. If only those previous emperors stopped accusing the Christians of crimes which they did not do, these accusations of Felix would have not happened and a lot of people would not have hated the Christians.8. Also during the reign of Nero up to Diocletian, Christians were not allowed to profess their faith because if they do they would be killed. If only Christians were allowed to freely profess their faith, then Minucius Felix of doing incestuous acts would have not accused them because they dont need to gather during nighttime just to pray...
