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__NOTOC__{{quote | text=Jesus said "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also..." {{Bible verse|John|15|18|lang=WEB}} {{Bible verse|John|15|19|lang=WEB}} {{Bible verse|John|15|20|lang=WEB}} [[John 15]]:18-20}}
==Contents==Jesus himself is the ultimate example of persecution. He told his disciples that if people persecuted him, they would also persecute his disciples. In the early church, persecution, even to death, was common. Today, in much of the world, although there is freedom of religion, Christians are still hated, and in some places, killed for their faith.
{{topics}}* [[Persecution of the early church]] | [[Apostle Stephen]]* [[Persecution of Christians in the Middle Ages]]* ===[[Persecution of Christians around the world today]] | [[Open Doors]] | [[World Watch List]] | {{world_watch_list}}* [[Persecution by Christians]]===
{{opinions}}Each year the organisation [[Open Doors]] compiles a list of the countries where severe persecution of Christians occur. For the last four years, communist [[North Korea]] has been the worst offender, closely followed by Islamic Saudi Arabia, [[Iran]], [[Somalia]] and the [[Maldives]]. Its [[2007 AD|2007]] list of the ten countries where persecution of Christians is worst is as follows# [[North Korea]]# [[Saudi Arabia]]# [[Iran]]# [[Somalia]]# [[Maldives]]# [[Yemen]]# [[Bhutan]]# [[Vietnam]]# [[Laos]]# [[Afghanistan]]
{{quotes}}===History of persecution of Christians===
==Main article==Persecution of Christians has occurred sporadically from the time of Jesus. Jesus warned his disciples, and by implication, Christians through the ages, that they would face persecution.
Since the time of ====[[Jesus]], many Christians have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from other Christians during the history of Christianity. Persecution has included confiscation of destruction, imprisonment, torture and even execution. Today, some of the worst persecution of Christians occurs in [[Islamic]] countries such a [[Saudi Arabia]] where Christians who openly profess their faith risk death. Each year the organisation [[Open Doors]] compiles a list of the countries where severe persecution of Christians occurs. For the last four years, communist [[North Korea]] has been the worse offended, closely followed by Islamic Saudi Arabia, [[Iran]], [[Somalia]] and the [[Maldivesearly church]]. ====
===For about 250 years after the death of Jesus there was almost a constant threat of persecution against the church. Christians suffered from persecutions for various reasons, including their refusal to worship the Roman emperor, considered treasonous and punishable by execution. There were persecutions under Nero, Domitian, Trajan and the other Antonines, Maximinus Thrax, Decius, Valerian, Diocletian and Galerius. Many Christians were willing to die for their faith. The first martyr known of was the [[Persecution of apostle Stephen]] who was stoned by the Jewish religious leaders - the early churchstory is told in [[Acts 7]]===.
→General: updated Open Doors World Watch Persecution List
{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name =The Persecuted Church| subtopics =Synopsis=[[Persecution of the early church]], [[Apostle Stephen]]* [[Persecution of Christians in the Middle Ages]]* [[Persecution of Christians around the world today]], [[Open Doors]], [[World Watch List]] - {{world_watch_list}}* [[Persecution by Christians]]* [[Take up your cross]] |opinion_pieces ={{short_opinions}} |}}
Since the time of [[Jesus]], many Christians have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from other Christians during the history of Christianity. Persecution has included confiscation of Bibles, destruction, imprisonment, torture and even execution. Today, some of the worst persecution of Christians occurs in [[Islam|Islamic]] countries such a as [[Saudi Arabia]] where Christians who openly profess their faith risk death. Each year the organisation [[Open Doors]] compiles a list of the countries where severe persecution of Christians occurs. For the last four years, communist [[North Korea]] has been the worse offended, closely followed by Islamic Saudi Arabia, [[Iran]], [[Somalia]] and the [[Maldives]].
====[[Persecution of Christians in the Middle Ages]]====
===[[=Persecution of Christians around the world today]]post-Reformation====
===[[Persecution by Christians]]===
==Quotes==
==Links==
===General===* [http://sbwww.odopendoorsusa.org/index.php?supp_page=wwl_2006&supp_lang=en&PHPSESSID=38ef2868be7376ae496d3e49f2e1d2d4 christian-persecution/world-watch-list Open Doors World Watch Persecution List] ===New articles===* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7015033.stm BBC - Eritrean Christians tell of torture]
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