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Regarding the letters in the beginning of the letter from Pliny to the Emperor Trajan, Pliny does not wish to put Christians on trial. The reason he gives is he wants to refer the situations to the Emperor. In addition Pliny says he has never participated in trials of Christians.
Trajan tells Pliny Christians are not to be looked for. However, if someone tells you they have found a Christian that should get your attention. They cannot post this accusation anonymously, and if this person will not worship Pliny and Trajan's god the Christian should be punished.

The early Christian experience can be summed up in "The martyred of Polycarp". It is like the only thing that went on in Antiquity was humans getting tortured and enduring it as
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