Talk:Decian persecution

Proposed merges into main article
if this is the main article, then it should be longer and more detailed than either of the two sections that reference it as "main". —Chris Capoccia T&#8260;C 03:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

"Good fortune"
What Greek or Latin phrase is being translated as "good fortune"? In the context of Roman religion, this would be Bona Fortuna. Typically, vows on behalf of the emperor (vota pro salute imperatoris) were made for his salus, "wellbeing, health, safety, security". (Salus is regrettably not up to par as an introduction to this concept and the divinity who embodied it.) In a military setting, this would be the sacramentum. Cynwolfe (talk) 13:27, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Suggestion
Since the article as it stands insists that Christianity wasn't targeted by the edict, I was wondering whether it would be worth a section on the Jewish exemptions. Some alternatives for Jews included praying for the wellbeing of the emperor instead of to his Genius, for instance, or paying a fee into a treasury (treasuries being housed in temples) instead of making direct offerings. The natural question is always why this didn't work for Christians. Cynwolfe (talk) 13:33, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input Cynwolfe, I have tried to follow your suggestions.Smeat75 (talk) 04:04, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Possible contradiction in article about Cyprian
Roman officials demanded all citizens to sacrifice to the pagan gods, but the Church bishops were especially targeted.

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprian

This is in reference to the Decian persecution. This statement may contradict the repeated assertion in the present article that Decian's persecution did not target Christians. 104.246.47.236 (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)