The Early Persecutions of the ChristiansCanfield, Leon Hardy. The Early Persecutions of the Christians. New York: Columbia University Press, 1913. 215 pp. Reprint available February, 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-481-9. Cloth. $75. * Based on a sensitive reading of all known primary sources, many of a legal or legislative nature, Canfield reconstructs the early history of the Christians' persecution. After discussing their legal basis, he shows how the law was employed from the reign of Nero through the reign of Hadrian. The book has two parts. Each chapter in Part I has a corresponding chapter of relevant source documents in Part II. All appear in translation, some are also presented in the original Latin or Greek. Originally published as Volume LV, Number 2 in Columbia's series Studies in History, Economics and Public Law. |
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... NERO Introductory Cause . 43 44 Dissenting opinions Tacitus The accepted explanation of the cause Description of the fire 44 44 45 45 His statement of the cause of the persecution 47 455 ] 7 PAGE Sources other than Tacitus . Clement of ...
... NERO Introductory Cause . 43 44 Dissenting opinions Tacitus The accepted explanation of the cause Description of the fire 44 44 45 45 His statement of the cause of the persecution 47 455 ] 7 PAGE Sources other than Tacitus . Clement of ...
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... Nero , 16 . First Peter 141 · 143 145 147 149 · 149 150 151 151 152 152 153 153 154 156 • 156 158 159 Ascension of Isaiah , iv Melito , Apology , in Eusebius , Church History , iv , 26 . Tertullian Apology , 5 . To the Nations , i , 7 ...
... Nero , 16 . First Peter 141 · 143 145 147 149 · 149 150 151 151 152 152 153 153 154 156 • 156 158 159 Ascension of Isaiah , iv Melito , Apology , in Eusebius , Church History , iv , 26 . Tertullian Apology , 5 . To the Nations , i , 7 ...
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... Nero , 16 . 7 Pliny , Epistulae ad Trajanum ( ed . Kukula , Leipzig , 1912 ) , 96 . 8 Min . Felix , Oct. , 9 . 9 Tert . , Apol . , 24 . 10 Justin Martyr , Apol . , i , 6 ; Athenagoras , Libellus pro Christianis , 4 ; Clement , Stromata ...
... Nero , 16 . 7 Pliny , Epistulae ad Trajanum ( ed . Kukula , Leipzig , 1912 ) , 96 . 8 Min . Felix , Oct. , 9 . 9 Tert . , Apol . , 24 . 10 Justin Martyr , Apol . , i , 6 ; Athenagoras , Libellus pro Christianis , 4 ; Clement , Stromata ...
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... Nero , he believes , sent a mandatum to the magistrates of Rome and the provinces that the Christians should be punished under this institutum , and Tertullian accordingly named it the institutum Neronianum.7 5 1 Conrat , op . cit ...
... Nero , he believes , sent a mandatum to the magistrates of Rome and the provinces that the Christians should be punished under this institutum , and Tertullian accordingly named it the institutum Neronianum.7 5 1 Conrat , op . cit ...
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... Nero , 2 and remained in force during the first two centuries or even to the time of Decius , who formulated a new legal policy for dealing with the Christians.3 5 6 4 This law did not appear as an anomaly or even as an exceptional ...
... Nero , 2 and remained in force during the first two centuries or even to the time of Decius , who formulated a new legal policy for dealing with the Christians.3 5 6 4 This law did not appear as an anomaly or even as an exceptional ...
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Page 164 - And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God...
Page 144 - ... ergo abolendo rumori Nero subdidit reos et quaesitissimis poenis adfecit, quos per flagitia invisos vulgus Christianos appellabat. auctor nominis eius Christus Tiberio imperitante per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum supplicio adf ectus erat; repressaque in praesens exitiabilis superstitio rursum erumpebat, non modo per ludaeam, originem eius mali, sed per urbem etiam, quo cuncta undique atrocia aut pudenda confluunt celebranturque.
Page 148 - Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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