Section 133
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102 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. epithet of Antichrist, in the abovementioned revelation of John, speaks in the following manner respecting him. "If, however, it were necessary to proclaim his name, (i. e. Antichrist,) openly at the present time, it would have been declared by him who saw the revelation, for it is not long since it was seen, but almost in our own generation, at the close of Domitian's reign." To such a degree, indeed, did the doctrine which we profess, flourish, that even historians that are very far from befriending our religion, have not hesitated to record this persecution and its martyrdoms in their histories. These also, have accurately noted the time, for it happened, according to them, in the fifteenth year of Dpmitian. At the same time, for professing Christ, Flavia Domitilla, the niece of Flavius Clemens, one of the consuls of Rome at that time, was transported with many others, by way of punishment* to the island of Pontia. CHAPTER XIX. Domitian commands the posterity of David to be slain. BUT when the same Domitian had issued his orders, that the descendants of David should be slain according to an ancient tra dition, some of the heretics accused the descendants of Judas, as the brother of our Saviour, according to the flesh, because they were of the family of David, and as such, also, were related to Christ This is declared by Hegesippus as follows. CHAPTER XX. Of the relatives of our Lord. THERE were yet living of the family of our Lord, the grand children of Judas, called the brother of our Lord, according to the flesh. These were reported as being of the family of David, and were brought to Domitian by the Evoc a tus. For this emperor