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Pliny the Younger's views about Christianity

Pliny the Younger, the Roman governor of Bithynia and Pontus (now in modern Turkey), wrote a letter to EmperorTrajan around AD 110 and asked for counsel on dealing with the early Christian community.

The letter (Epistulae X.96) details an account of how Pliny conducted trials of suspected Christians who appeared before him as a result of anonymous accusations and asks for the Emperor's guidance on how they should be treated.^[1][2]

Neither Pliny nor Trajan mention the crime that Christians were supposed to have committed, except for being a Christian; and other historical sources do not provide a simple answer to what that crime could be, but most likely due to the stubborn refusal of Christians to worship Roman gods; making them appear as objecting to Roman rule.^[3][4]

Pliny states that he gives Christians multiple chances to affirm they are innocent and if