CH 2, ¶10

Profession of Christianity was accompanied with fear and danger. 70 years after Christ's death, Pliny wrote a letter to Trajan. In the letter he tells of the number of Christians in Bithynia and Pontus, and also of the sufferings which Christians experienced. He makes note that the persecution they faced took place even though there was no edict from a Roman sovereign commanding or authorizing the persecution of Christians. The same observations are made by Adrian of Minucius Fundanus in Asia, who said that the people in Asia "proceed against Christians with tumult and uproar" (p. 78). (Tipton)