Even though Christianity is illegal and Christians can be subject to persecution, the Roman law had the effect of protecting its members of the early Church by not taking into account anonymous accusations and former beliefs of Christianity, giving them multiple opportunities to abandon the Church, and not intruding into their personal lives. In the letter of Emperor Trajan to Governor Pliny, Trajan replies that Pliny did the right thing in executing Christians who repeatedly confirmed they were Christians because there is not "any general rule to serve as a kind of fixed standard." Thus, this protected the members of the Christian Church by giving them multiple opportunities to renounce their faith in Christ. When Pliny was anonymously given
