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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... brought to Pliny's attention Pliny's letter . Confession of ignorance Procedure followed by Pliny His actual knowledge on the question • • · His treatment of each of three groups , ( 1 ) those who confessed , ( 2 ) those who denied ...
... brought to Pliny's attention Pliny's letter . Confession of ignorance Procedure followed by Pliny His actual knowledge on the question • • · His treatment of each of three groups , ( 1 ) those who confessed , ( 2 ) those who denied ...
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... brought against the Christians for re- fusing to worship the emperor , the persecution would have been much more systematic and general than the evidence gives ground for supposing it was . If the Christians had been punished for ...
... brought against the Christians for re- fusing to worship the emperor , the persecution would have been much more systematic and general than the evidence gives ground for supposing it was . If the Christians had been punished for ...
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... brought by the Jews before the tribunals , by refusing to interfere in their sectarian differences . " 2 The first direct collision between the Roman Govern- ment and the rising sect appears to have taken place at Rome during the latter ...
... brought by the Jews before the tribunals , by refusing to interfere in their sectarian differences . " 2 The first direct collision between the Roman Govern- ment and the rising sect appears to have taken place at Rome during the latter ...
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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.
Page 101 - The Apology and Acts of Apollonius and other Monuments of Early Christianity (London, 1894), p.
Page 67 - And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein...