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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... reasons purely social and political . Christianity by no means presented a new problem in the Roman state . Long before this sect was heard of , the state had developed a well - defined policy for dealing with for- eign religions . In ...
... reasons purely social and political . Christianity by no means presented a new problem in the Roman state . Long before this sect was heard of , the state had developed a well - defined policy for dealing with for- eign religions . In ...
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... reasons of the Isis cult . But at this time the cult was so firmly established that in spite of re- peated attempts to destroy it the religon survived and be- came practically a tolerated cult at Rome , " although under Tiberius it was ...
... reasons of the Isis cult . But at this time the cult was so firmly established that in spite of re- peated attempts to destroy it the religon survived and be- came practically a tolerated cult at Rome , " although under Tiberius it was ...
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... reason or another , they fell under the ordinary rule of intolerance . Their temporary expulsion at the time of Tiberius was oc- casioned by the fact that a noble Roman lady , a convert to Judaism , had been victimized by a number of ...
... reason or another , they fell under the ordinary rule of intolerance . Their temporary expulsion at the time of Tiberius was oc- casioned by the fact that a noble Roman lady , a convert to Judaism , had been victimized by a number of ...
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... reasons why they were dangerous to the good order and security of the state . The rumors concerning their immorality were due in part to the fact that they held secret meetings in private houses under cover of darkness , 1 where they ...
... reasons why they were dangerous to the good order and security of the state . The rumors concerning their immorality were due in part to the fact that they held secret meetings in private houses under cover of darkness , 1 where they ...
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... reason for acquittal was the negation of the esse Christianum . Like most rescripts this presupposed a law of which it only de- fined the meaning . 6 Lastly this theory is supported by Sulpicius Severus , " 1 Rev. d'hist . eccl . , 1911 ...
... reason for acquittal was the negation of the esse Christianum . Like most rescripts this presupposed a law of which it only de- fined the meaning . 6 Lastly this theory is supported by Sulpicius Severus , " 1 Rev. d'hist . eccl . , 1911 ...
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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.
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