“ 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. ”
رومیان نمی‌توانستند تصوّر کنند که دینی از پیروان خود خواستار یکتاپرستی باشد .‏