Philip Schaff: ANF07. Fathers of the Third and Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, Homily, and Liturgies

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Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died

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Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died.¹⁹⁵⁷¹⁹⁵⁷ ¹⁹⁵⁸¹⁹⁵⁸ [Not “the persecutors,” but only some of them. This treatise is, in fact, a most precious relic of antiquity, and a striking narrative of the events which led to the “conversion of the Empire,” so called. Its historical character is noted by Gibbon, D. and F., vol. ii. 20, n. 40.]

Addressed to Donatus.

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¹⁹⁵⁸ [Not “the persecutors,” but only some of them. This treatise is, in fact, a most precious relic of antiquity, and a striking narrative of the events which led to the “conversion of the Empire,” so called. Its historical character is noted by Gibbon, D. and F., vol. ii. 20, n. 40.]

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Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died

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Addressed to Donatus.