HELP ME!! It was in the nineteenth year of the reign of Diocletian, in the month …called April by the Romans, about the time of the feast of our savior's passion, that letters were published everywhere, commanding that the churches be leveled to the ground and the Scriptures be destroyed by fire, and ordering that those who held places of honor be degraded, and that imperial freedmen, if they persisted in the profession of Christianity, be deprived of freedom. Such was the force of the first edict against us. But not long after, other letters were issued commanding that all the bishops of the churches, everywhere be first thrown into prison, and …be compelled to sacrifice [to the gods]

According to this document, what steps were taken regarding Christians by the government?