This simply brings those into the Christian fold and in many ways, it backfires. So the Decian persecution is very short-lived.... What else was going on at the empire at the time of the persecutions?

It also matters because these martyrs are leaven there — refusing hatred even at machete’s edge. “Christian faith can turn ordinary men and women into heroes,” Chaput writes.

This simply brings those into the Christian fold and in many ways, it backfires. So the Decian persecution is very short-lived.... What else was going on at the empire at the time of the persecutions?