Says the book After Jesus ​ — The Triumph of Christianity: “While Christians may not have engaged in emperor worship, they were not rabble - rousers, and their religion, while odd and at times offensive from the pagan point of view, posed no real threat to the empire. ”
Buku After Jesus — The Triumph of Christianity mengatakan, ” Meskipun orang Kristen tidak melakukan penyembahan kepada kaisar, mereka bukanlah provokator huru - hara, dan agama mereka, meskipun aneh dan kadang - kadang menyebalkan dari sudut pandang kafir, bukanlah ancaman terhadap kekaisaran. ”