 Christian writer <unk> ( c . 155 – 230 ) was the first to call <unk> the first <unk> of Christians . He wrote , " <unk> your records . There you will find that <unk> was the first that persecuted this doctrine " . <unk> ( c . 240 – 320 ) also said that <unk> " first persecuted the servants of God " . as does <unk> <unk> . However , <unk> writes that , " since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of <unk> , he [ emperor Claudius ] expelled them from Rome " ( " <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> " ) . These expelled " Jews " may have been early Christians , although <unk> is not explicit . Nor is the Bible explicit , calling Aquila of Pontus and his wife , <unk> , both expelled from Italy at the time , " Jews " . 
