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     Date: 09-02-95    Time: 02:50a     Number: 1527   
     From: Andreas Heldal-Lund@ALP       Refer: 1386    
       To: Bjørn Stærk                Board ID: ROLVSOY         Reply: 
  Subject: UTFORDRING!             3        74: TEAM/Religio   Status: Private
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Pliny the Younger and Jesus

Pliny the Younger, writing near 100 CE, corresponded regularly with
the emperor Trajan. In these writings, Pliny specifically mentions
and describes the beliefs and practices of Christians in Asia Minor,
and asks Trajan's advice about what action to take against them, if
any. However, Pliny's writings provide no independent confirmation of
the events of the New Testament, but merely show that there were
indeed Christians living in Asia Minor.


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