About this episode

Jimmy Akin debunks the myth of Domitian’s persecution of Christians and argues that Revelation was actually written earlier, around 68–69 AD, during Nero’s era.

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Akin

Topics covered

• Christian persecution
• Revelation
• Domitian
• Nero
• Early Christianity

Keywords

• Domitian
• persecution
• Christians
• Revelation
• Nero
• myth
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Answers

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