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Book Description
- Title:
- Persecution in the Early Church: A Chapter in the History of Renunciation
- Author:
- Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951]
- Publication Year:
- [1906]
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- Charles H. Kelly
- Pages:
- 382
- Subjects:
- Church History, Christian Persecution
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations and Editions
- The Master and Hi Disciples
- Caesar or Christ
- The Great Persecutions
- The Experiences of the Persecuted
- Appendices
- A. The Dates and Authorship of Certain Disputed Works
- B. The Alleged Martyrdom of Sy. John in A.D. 44
- C. The Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul
- D. The Persecution of Nero
- E. The Laws under which Christians were condemned
- F. The Population of the Empire; the Proportion of Christians; and the Number of Martyrs
- G. The Apologies of Aristides and Quadratus
- H. The Punishment of Womne
- J. The Fathers and the Empire
- Chronological Table
- Index