The earliest occurrences of the term in non-Christian literature include Josephus, referring to "the tribe of Christians, so named from him;" Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan; and Tacitus, writing near the end of the 1st century. In the Annals he relates that "by vulgar appellation [they were] commonly called Christians" and identifies Christians as Nero's scapegoats for the Great Fire of Rome.
The earliest occurrences of the term in non - Christian literature include Josephus , referring to " the tribe of Christians , so named from him ; " Pliny the Younger in correspondence with Trajan ; and Tacitus , writing near the end of the 1st century . In the Annals he relates that " by vulgar appellation [ they were ] commonly called Christians " and identifies Christians as Nero 's scapegoats for the Great Fire of Rome .
What is one of the first mentions of the term Christian in a non-religious work, referring to a tribe of Christians?
What is one of the first mentions of the term Christian in a non - religious work , referring to a tribe of Christians ?
Josephus
Josephus