1. Briefly explain the content of each reading. What happened? Who were the important people? What role did they play?
2. What do these documents reveal about Christians' relationship to the Roman state? What were the differences in these relationships? Make sure to pay attention to when each document is written and the context of Roman-Christian relations at the time.
3. What is the long-term historical significance of each document? In other words, how do these documents represent important turning points or developments that still have relevance to our world today?