. The illustrated Christian martyrology : being an authentic and genuine historical acount of the principal persecutions against the church of Christ, in different parts of the world . epistles, gospel, and from his zeal. He preached with great \ revelations, all in a different style, but theysuccess in Mauritania, and other parts of s are all equally admired. He was the onlyAfrica, and even in Britain, where, though s apostle who escaped a violent death ; livedhe made many converts, he was crucified s the longest of any of them, being near 100 \by the then barbarous inhabitants of that I year
. The illustrated Christian martyrology : being an authentic and genuine historical acount of the principal persecutions against the church of Christ, in different parts of the world . epistles, gospel, and from his zeal. He preached with great \ revelations, all in a different style, but theysuccess in Mauritania, and other parts of s are all equally admired. He was the onlyAfrica, and even in Britain, where, though s apostle who escaped a violent death ; livedhe made many converts, he was crucified s the longest of any of them, being near 100 \by the then barbarous inhabitants of that I years of age at the time of his death ; andisland, A. D. 74; and the church, joining 5 the church commemorates the 27th day ofhim with St. Jude, commemorates his fes- 5 December to his memory,tival on the 28th day of October. I ST. BARNABAS was a native of Cy- ST. JOHN. This saint was, at once, as prus, but of Jewish parents : the time ofprophet, apostle, divine, evangelist, and i his death is uncertain, but supposed to bemartyr. He is called the beloved disciple, \ about the year of Christ 73 ; and his festi-and was brother to James the Great. He j val is kept on the 11th of THE FIRST PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS UNDER NERO. HE first persecution, in 5 space of five years, with tolerable credit tothe primitive ages of \ himself, but then gave way to the greatestthe church, was begun \ extravagance of temper, and to the mostby that cruel tyrant Nero < atrocious barbarities. Among other dia-Domitius, the sixth em- \ bolical outrages, he ordered that the cityperor of Rome, and A. of Rome should be set on fire, which wasThis monarch reigned, for the \ done by his officers, guards, and servants, j 20 THE CHRISTIAN MARTYROLOGY. While the city was in flames, he went upto the tower of Maecenas, played upon hisharp, sung the song of the burning of Troy,and declared that he wished the ruin ofall things before his death. Among thenoble buildings burnt was the circus, orplace appropriated
Size: 1491px × 1676px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., book, bookcentury1800, booksubjectmartyrs, booksubjectpersecution
