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Church History
- Chapter 1: Introduction and General View
- Later Literature
- Third Period: From Constantine the Great to Gregory the Great (A.D. 311–590)
- Chapter 204: Eusebius, Lactantius, Hosius
- Chapter 203: Victorinus of Petau
- Chapter 202: Arnobius
- Chapter 201: Commodian
- Chapter 200: Novatian
- Chapter 199: Cyprian
- Chapter 198: Minucius Felix
Historical Periods
Author Archives: History of the Christian Church
Coptic Christians Were Attacked By Muslims In Cairo, Egypt
At least 12 people have died and 232 were injured when Salafist Muslims gathered outside the Coptic Saint Mena Church to attack Coptic Christians in Cairo’s Imbaba district. More than 190 people detained after fatal clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo. It started after several hundred Salafist Muslims gathered outside the Coptic Saint Mena Church late Saturday (May 7, 2011) following rumours of an interfaith romance. The church was… Read more
Posted in 1. Apostolic Era (30-100 AD)
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The Martyrdom of Andrew
Andrew was the brother of Peter. He preached the gospel to many Asiatic nations; but on his arrival at Edessa he was taken and crucified on a cross, the two ends of which were fixed transversely in the ground. Hence the derivation of the term, St. Andrew’s Cross.… Read more
The Martyrdom of Matthias
Matthias of whom less is known than of most of the other disciples, was elected to fill the vacant place of Judas. He was stoned at Jerusalem and then beheaded.… Read more
The Martyrdom of James the Less
James the Less is supposed by some to have been the brother of our Lord, by a former wife of Joseph. This is very doubtful, and accords too much with the belief that Mary never had any other children except our Savior. He was elected to the oversight of the churches of Jerusalem; and was the author of the Epistle ascribed to James in the sacred canon. At the age… Read more
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The Martyrdom of Apostle Matthew
Apostle Matthew Whose occupation was that of a toll-gatherer, was born at Nazareth. He wrote his gospel in Hebrew, which was afterwards translated into Greek by James the Less. The scene of his labors was Parthia, and Ethiopia, in which latter country he suffered martyrdom, being slain with a halberd in the city of Nadabah, A.D. 60.… Read more
Posted in 1. Apostolic Era (30-100 AD)
Tagged Fox's Book of Martyrs, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, John Fox, John Foxe, St. Matthew
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Churches Were Burned Under Diocletian
Of the reign of Diocletian, and how he persecuted the Christians. [286 AD]
In the year of our Lord 286, Diocletian, the thirty-third from Augustus, and chosen emperor by the army, reigned twenty years, and created Maximian, surnamed Herculius, his colleague in the empire. In their time, one Carausius, of very mean birth, but a man of great ability and energy, being appointed to guard the sea-coasts, then infested by… Read more
Posted in 3. Nicene & Post Nicene (325-600 AD)
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The Martyrdom of Philip
Philip was born at Bethsaida, in Galilee and was first called by the name of “disciple.” He labored diligently in Upper Asia, and suffered martyrdom at Heliopolis, in Phrygia. He was scourged, thrown into prison, and afterwards crucified, A.D. 54.… Read more
The Martyrdom of James the Great
James the Great, according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, was the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was first cousin to the Virgin Mary. It was not until ten years after the death of Stephen that the second martyrdom took place; for no sooner had Herod Agrippa been appointed governor of… Read more
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Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Martyred In The Colosseum
From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated. (Ignatius to the Romans, 5)
St. Ignatius of Antioch is one of the Apostolic Fathers (the earliest authoritative group of the Church Fathers). St. Ignatius, along with his friend Polycarp were disciples… Read more
Posted in 2. Ante-Nicene (101-325 AD)
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Imprisonment of Apostles Peter and John
According to the book of Acts, persecution of Jesus’ disciples began after a trip by Simon Peter and John to the Jerusalem Temple and Peter’s speech. Peter said:
Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has… Read more
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