And dead christians will buy more meat, will they?
Any source to back this up?
Learned this in my Pagan to Christian class in college. I'll look up the specific text when i'm not on my phone, but that is just one reason. the other reason was that some Christians showed no deference to authority (specifically governors). Since the governors of provinces ruled in the name of the emperor, not following the commands of the provincial governor (specifically in this case performing sacrifice, not even animal sacrifice but the giving of wine and incense) could and in many cases was punishable by death.
