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How did Christian leaders instruct those Christians who were inclined to provoke the Romans to persecute them?

They advised Christians to protest Roman rule in public gatherings.
They encouraged Christians to provoke the Romans to persecute them.
They discouraged Christians from provoking the Romans to persecute them.
They discouraged Christians from provoking the Romans to persecute them.

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They discouraged Christians from provoking the Romans to persecute them.

Early Christian leaders urged submission to civil authorities and warned against deliberately inciting persecution (to avoid harming the whole community and to preserve Christian witness), rather than encouraging public protests or seeking martyrdom.