Cannibalism Research Paper

Early Christian communities were accused of many things by the Roman leaders. Among those accusations were cannibalism, disruption of business, Gross immorality, anti-family actions, poverty, lack of patriotism and other anti-social behaviors. In Cannibalism, the Romans could not understand the Eucharist, like the references to partaking of the lord`s body and hence assumed there was the habit of cannibalism though the accusation did take long and eventually Christians proved it was bread and wine (Elizabeth 120). Disruption of business was also a guilty as charged. In some areas, growth of church was a threat to the income of non-believers as it cut their sale of animals and the sacrificial meat. Christians were also accused of gross immorality (Elizabeth 100). The believers called each other brother and sister …show more content…
Pliny, in his letter to the Trajan regarding how the issue of Christianity was to handled ,stated that he interrogated them to ascertain , those who confessed Christianity he interrogated them a second time and those who confessed, he ordered execution (Kim 37). Romans that he found them with such mistakes, he signed an order and they returned to Rome. In Trajan`s reply, he congratulated him for his wisdom and stated that those caught with such an offence shall obtain pardon only by repentance. Justin Neopolis, a Roman scholar and responded to Romans by writing a letter to the emperor of Rome to stop the brutalities of faith against the Christian faith which brought a big impact on big war that had existed. He was known for his popular writings (Kenneth 96). Tertullian of Carthage, also a believer in faith of Christ but not clear on how he became part of the faith. He was also known for his popular writings. He was the first Christian writer to write in Latin. He led many occasions for public and general defense of faith of the Christians ("Dura Europos - Syria",