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The route of each people toward God is necessarily different.

That said, Europeans took centuries to convert to Christianity. Initial conversions occurred in the 1st century with communities drawn from Greeks and Jews living abroad in the Roman Empire. But it wasn't until Constantine in 312 AD with the Battle of the Milvian Bridge and the subsequent edict of toleration in 313 AD that a Christian could be a Christian openly in the Roman Empire without fear of persecution.

Christianity first arrived in Japan with St. Francis Xavier in 1549 AD. But universal persecution of Japanese Christians did not happen until 1614 AD. Persecution of Japanese Christians continued until 1873 AD, 324 years later. It was at that time that Takashi Hara was baptized. He would go on to become the first Catholic prime minister of Japan in 1918 AD.