The abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's ecclesiastical history in two parts ... whereunto is added a catalogue of the synods and councels which were after the days of the apostles : together with a hint of what was decreed in the same / by William Caton.
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The abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's ecclesiastical history in two parts ... whereunto is added a catalogue of the synods and councels which were after the days of the apostles : together with a hint of what was decreed in the same / by William Caton.
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Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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London :: Printed for Francis Holden,
1698.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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"The abridgment of Eusebius Pamphilius's ecclesiastical history in two parts ... whereunto is added a catalogue of the synods and councels which were after the days of the apostles : together with a hint of what was decreed in the same / by William Caton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38744.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
The Persecution against the Christians grew so exceeding great, that some after many Tor∣ments endured, were broiled to death; some were hanged, and some were beheaded. And about that time, some of the Emperour's Palace hapned to be on fire, and when the Christians were taken in suspicion to be the Authors there∣of, by the Emperors commandment the whole Troop generally of all the godly there, at that time was executed, whereof some with the Sword were beheaded; others burned with fire, others carried in a Boat, and thrown into the deep Sea. And such were the practices in the beginning of the Persecution at Nicomedia. Af∣terwards
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the Emperor commanded all the Pa∣stors throughout every Church, to be impriso∣ned and kept in hold; multitudes were inclo∣sed or shut up, and the Prisons of old appointed and ordained for Murderers, diggers of Sepulchres; and riflers of Graves, were then replenished with Bishops, Ministers, Deacons, &c. so that there * 1.2 was no room in Prison for such as were con∣demned for hainous Offences. Again, when the former Edicts had taken place, there followed others, by virtue of which, such as sacrificed were set at liberty, and such as resisted were commanded to be tormented with a thousand kind of Torments.