Pliny And Trajan On The Christian Analysis

“Pliny and Trajan on the Christians” “Pliny and Trajan on the Christians” was a letter written during 112 A.D. by Pliny the b governor of Bithynia to the Emperor Trajan. According to William Harris, “This is the first reference to the "Christian Problem" in the Roman world, it is absolutely authentic and an apparently not-touched-up document” ( ). The spread of Christianity became out of control, so Pliny has to ask for help. The responsibility falls on Pliny on what type of consequences and punishment he thinks the Christians deserve due to their actions. Pliny asks for the emperors guidance on how the Christians should be treated in the Roman empire. He had never once been around Christians, and did not know whether what they were