PLINY AND TRAJAN

The Letters of the Younger Pliny and Trajan



What do these letters tell us today about the spread of Christianity?

In the letter we can see that Pliny is telling Trajan about the Christians. We can see in the letter that according to Pliny Christianity is a subversive part of Christianity. It consists of mostly those from the lower class in the society which includes people like, slaves etc. Pliny believed that the number of Christians in the society was fast increasing including in places like small villages etc and that measures should be taken against this movement of the ...