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.
ఒక క్రైస్తవ తెగను సూచిస్తూ, ఒక మతసంబంధమైన గ్రంథంలో "క్రైస్తవుడు" అనే పదాన్ని మొదట ప్రస్తావించిన వాటిలో ఒకటి ఏమిటి?
Josephus