Die Geschichte von unserem Christentum; ein Konto der Kämpfe, Verfolgung, Kriege und Siege von Christen aller Zeiten. Ormal Bitte um Gnade - was bedeutete, dass er lebendig verbrannt zu werden. Aber der Kaiser, ihre Offiziere, und die niederen Art der privaten Personen, wurden von diesen Empfindungen notalways zurückgehalten. Gibbon, die Gewerbsmässig macht die mostof die Grausamkeiten der Christen, und so wenig wie möglich von denen zugefügt auf themby die Heiden, hat Seiten über die Brutalitäten und Störungen dieser Ära gefüllt. AnArian Bischof, empfangende Behörde von Constantine, seltsame Methoden Katze forcethe

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The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ormal plea for mercy—which meant that he was to be burned alive. But the emperors, their officers, and the baser sort of private persons, were notalways restrained by these sentiments. Gibbon, who habitually makes the mostof the cruelties of Christians, and as little as possible of those inflicted on themby the heathen, has filled pages with the brutalities and disorders of this era. AnArian bishop, receiving authority from Constantine, used strange methods to forcethe Catholics of Thrace and Asia Minor into his communion. The sacramentswere administered to the reluctant victims, who denied the vocation and abhorredthe principles of Macedonius. The rites of baptism were conferred on womenand children who for that purpose had been torn from the arms of their friendsand parents. The mouths of the communicants were held open by a woodeninstrument, while the consecrated bread was forced down their throats. Thesame extraordinary missionary attempted to convert—or else to exterminate—. MEDAL OF THEODORIUS. i94 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. the Novatians of a district in the north of Asia Minor, and took with himfour thousand soldiers for the purpose. The peasants, driven to despair, attacked the troops with their scythes and axes, and killed almost all of them, with heavy loss to themselves. In western Africa the members of a Donatistsect, angry at the banishment of their bishop and other interferences, took tothe desert, became brigands, slew many with their clubs, and kept two prov-inces disturbed for some time. Julian, who succeeded his cousin on the throne, says in one of his letters that in this reign many were imprisoned, abused, and driven into exile. Whole troops of those who were called heretics weremassacred, particularly at Cyzicus and at Samosata. In Paphlagonia, BithyniaGalatia, and many other provinces, towns and villages were laid wa

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