Concerning the difficult position of the early Christians in Roman society, sociologist and theologian Ernst Troeltsch wrote: “All offices and callings were barred which had any connection with idol - worship, or with the worship of the Emperor, or those which had anything to do with bloodshed or with capital punishment, or those which would bring Christians into contact with pagan immorality. ”
Sociologs un teologs Ernsts Trelčs rakstīja par agrīno kristiešu grūto stāvokli Romas sabiedrībā: ” Viņiem nebija pieņemams neviens amats vai nodarbošanās, kam bija kaut kāds sakars ar elkdievību, imperatora pielūgsmi, asinsizliešanu, nāvessodiem vai kas varētu kristiešiem likt nonākt saskarē ar pagānisko amoralitāti. ”