Mazu Ngamumphata
a Buku lakuti The Rise of Christianity lo likulembeka ndi E. W. Barnes likamba kuti: “Mabuku ngosi ngo tikungafufuza mwakuphwere ngalongo kuti Mkhristu wagwiranga cha ntchitu ya usilikali, ndipu asani msilikali wasintha kuja Mkhristu walutirizganga so cha kugwira ntchitu zakukwaskana ndi usilikali. Venivi vingwamba mu nyengu yaku Marcus Aurelius [Fumu ya ku Roma, kwambiya mu 161 mpaka 180 C.E.].”