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CONTENTS
Chap. XIV.—The morals of the persecutors, | 339 | |
Chap. XV.—The events that happened to the heathen, | 342 | |
Chap. XVI.—The change of affairs for the better, | 343 | |
Chap. XVII.—The revocation of the emperors, | 344 | |
BOOK OF MARTYRS. | ||
Chapter I.—Procopius, Alpheus, and Zaccheus, | 349 | |
Chap. II.—The martyr Romanus, | 350 | |
Chap. III.—Timotheus, Agapius, Thecla, and eight others, | 352 | |
Chap. IV.—Apphianus, | 353 | |
Chap. V.—The martyrs Ulpian and Ædesius, | 357 | |
Chap. VI.—The martyr Agapius, | 358 | |
Chap. VII.—The martyrs Theodosia, Domninus, and Auxentius, | 359 | |
Chap. VIII.—Other confessors; also Valentina and Paulus, | 361 | |
Chap. IX.—The renewal of the persecution with greater violence. Antoninus, Zebina, Germanus, and others, | 364 | |
Chap. X.—Petrus Ascetes, Asclepius the Marcionite, and other martyrs, | 367 | |
Chap. XI.—Of the martyrdom of Pamphilus and others, | 368 | |
Chap. XII.—The prelates of the church, | 374 | |
Chap. XIII.—Silvanus and John, and thirty other martyrs, | 375 | |
BOOK IX.—Pages 379—402. | ||
Chapter I.—The pretended relaxation, | 379 | |
Chap. II.—The subsequent reverse, | 382 | |
Chap. III.—The new statue erected at Antioch, | ib. | |
Chap. IV.—The decrees against us, | 383 | |
Chap. V.—The false acts, | 384 | |
Chap. VI.—Those who suffered martyrdom at this time, | ib. | |
Chap. VII.—The measures decreed against us, and engraved on pillars, | 385 | |
Copy of the translated epistle of Maximinus, in answer to the ordinances (of the cities) against us, taken
from the brazen tablet at Tyre, |
386 | |
Chap. VIII.—The events that occurred after these; famine, pestilence, and war, | 389 | |
Chap. IX.—The death of the tyrants, and their expressions before their end, | 391 | |
Copy of the translated epistle of the tyrant Maximinus, | 394 | |
Chap. X.—The oratory of the pious emperors, | 397 | |
Copy of the tyrant's ordinance, in regard to the Christians, translated from the Latin into the Greek, | 398 | |
Chap. XI.—The total destruction of the enemies of religion, | 401 | |
BOOK X.—Pages 403—439. | ||
Chapter I.—The peace which was granted us by divine interposition, | 403 | |
Chap. II.—The restoration of the churches, | 404 | |
Chap. III.—The dedications of the churches in all places, | 405 | |
Chap. IV.—Panegyric on the splendour of our affairs, | 406 | |
Panegyric on the building of the churches, addressed to Paulinus, bishop of Tyre, | ib. | |
Chap. V.—Copies of the imperial decrees, | 426 | |
Chap. VI.—Of the property belonging to the Christians, | 431 | |
Chap. VII.—The privileges and immunities of the clergy, | 433 | |
Chap. VIII.—The wickedness which Licinius afterwards exhibited, and his death, | 433 | |
Chap. IX.—The victory of Constantine, and the blessings which under him accrued to the whole Roman world, | 437 |