I think you mean: "Why were Christians persecuted - "
They were not only persecuted in the first three centuries, but have always been persecuted, right up to the present day. And it is because their master, Jesus was persecuted - A disciple is not above his master!
In Matthew 5 we see that there is a blessing attached to persecutation for Jesus sake, and this state is quite normal for Jesus followers. -
10. Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11. Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Home,churh, or at a meeting
Approximately three centuries
Dead as a Dodo:They were first discovered in 1581 and were extinct by 1688 so make it three centuries.
Three centuries equals 300 years.
The Mongols brought peace to Korea for the first time in three centuries.
300 years is three centuries. 100 years is one century.
The Spanish Empire controlled Mexico for over three centuries.
Mohd. Azharuddin
three centuries is 300 hundred years ago so that means the year was 1700
Christians suffered sporadic persecution in the first three centuries A.D., until the conversion of the Emperor Constantine in 312 A.D. It became the official religion of the Empire in 380 A.D.
Milo Mohan has written: 'Church History of the first three centuries from the Thirtieth to the Three Hundred and Twenty-Third year of the Christian Era'
300