"Severe persecution" refers to the act of treating someone in a very harsh and unfair way because of their beliefs, opinions, or identity, often causing them great suffering or hardship.
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One thing is certain — that it was written at a time of
severe persecution for Christians and that it was written to encourage them to stand firm in the faith and to tell them of the future which God was preparing.
So far as we can ascertain the reason, it is to be found partly
in severe persecutions which were visited on Buddhists as well as Christians and partly in the alien nationality of the Christians and of the Christian leadership.
You can also visit the World Watch List and this is a resource that has a lot of information about each of the individual countries where Christians face the
most severe persecution.
As we shall see, Christianity did not win the professed allegiance of the Roman Empire
without severe persecution, but conditions more nearly facilitated its spread than had it come to its birth in Persia, India, or China.
But millions remain under conditions of
severe persecution.
On that day, there broke out
a severe persecution of the church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
The decision to be baptized is a grueling one in any culture that is hostile to Christianity and often results in disinheritance, ostracism,
severe persecution, and even martyrdom.
Many Jews are becoming complete by believing in Jesus the Messiah, thousands every day are becoming Christians all over the world in spite of
severe persecution.
Christians, the Bible tells
us severe persecution is on the way so prepare.
The Church must carefully cultivate that culture and, in times of
severe persecution, cultivate it, if need be, in the catacombs.
Not that we are under
severe persecution and are operating underground.
The results of councils at the time of Constantine were often the slaughter and
severe persecution of those who didn't fall in line (Cyril being only one example, with his notorious purging of the Jews from Alexandria.)
The Christians were scattered due to
the severe persecutions; wherever these Christians went, they started preaching the gospel about the Kingdom of God.
PUNE, India, October 29 (CDN)-- After more than a decade of
severe persecution, India's Christian minority is growing increasingly concerned over the mushrooming of newer and deadlier Hindu extremist groups.
with
the severe persecution complex that you christians have, you should know well what results from restricting love and their belief.
People have an amazing capacity to achieve their desires, exercise their autonomy, and fight for their lives and freedoms even under
severe persecution.