“ However, ” wrote Trajan, “where the party denies he is a Christian, and shall make it evident that he is not, by invoking our gods, let him (notwithstanding any former suspicion) be pardoned upon his repentance. ”
त्यांच्या मते, रोमन दैवतांची पूजा करणे हे केवळ राजकीय व्यवस्थेला मान्यता दर्शवण्याचे द्योतक होते.