Chapter 44 of 541

Section 44

Section 44

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XTXVlll CONTENTS. Page Chap. XIV.— The morals of the persecutors, 339 Chap. XV. — The events that hap pened to the heathen, 342 Chap. XVI.— The change of af fairs for the better, 343 Chap. XVII. — The revocation of the emperors, - - 344 BOOK OF MARTYRS. Pages 349—378. 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 ./Edesius, ------- 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 mar tyrs, 367 Chap. XI. — Of the martyrdom of Pamphilus and others, ----- 368 Pag? Chap. VII. — The measures decreed against us, and engraved on pillars, 385 Copy of the translated epistle of Maximinus, in answer to the ordinan ces (of the cities) against us, taken from the brazen tablet at Tyre, - - 386 Chap. VIII.— The events that oc curred after these ; famine, pestilence, and war, 389 Chap. IX.— The death of the ty rants, and their expressions before their end, 391 Copy of the translated epistle of the tyrant Maximinus, - - - 394 Chap. X. — The victory of the pious emperors, ------ 397 Copy of the tyrant's ordinance, n regard to the Christians, translated "rom 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 interposi tion, 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 Chap. XII.— The prelates of the Panegyric on the building of the church, - - - - 3?4 churches^ addressed to Paulinus, biChap. XIII. — Silvanus and John, and thirty other martyrs, - - - - 375 BOOK IX.— Pages 379 — 402. ^ Chapter I.— The pretended relaxa tion, 379 Chap. II.— The subsequent reverse, 382 Chap. III. — The new statue erect ed at Antioch, ....... Chap. IV.— The decrees against us, 383 Chap. V.— The false acts, - - - 384 Chap. VI. — Those who suffered martyrdom at this time, .... ^ ib. shop of Tyre, Chap. V. — Copies of the imperial decrees, -----._._ 4; Chap. VI. — Of the property be- - — longing to the Christians, - - - 431 Chap. VII. — The privileges and ^Zimmunities of the clergy, - - - 432 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

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