The Faithfulness of a Few

Pliny, a Roman Governor serving around 112 AD, faced a challenging situation regarding Christianity. Many Church historians believe that by his time, it had become illegal to profess the Christian faith in the Roman Empire.

However, Pliny found that Christians didn’t seem to be bad people, which left him uncertain about how strictly he should enforce the law. To seek clarity, he wrote to Emperor Trajan for guidance. Trajan advised him not to actively seek out Christians, but if they were brought before him and denied being Christian, they should be pardoned. They could prove their…