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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Persecutions of the Chr•• tians by the GOTHS. &c.
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An Account of the Persecutions of the Chr•• tians by the GOTHS. &c.
MANY Scythian Goths having embr••ed christianity about the time of Constantine the Great, the light of the gospel spread itself c•••siderably in Scythia, though the two king• who ruled that country, […] the majority of the peop••, continued pagans. Fritegern, king of the […] Goths, was an ally to the Romans; but […], king of the East Goths, was at war […] ••em. The christians, in the dominions of the former, lived unmolested; but the latter, having been defeated by the Romans, wreaked his vengeance on his christian subjects.
MANY Scythian Goths having embr••ed christianity about the time of Constantine the Great, the light of the gospel spread i•self c•••siderably in Scythia, though the two king• who ruled that country, 〈…〉 the majority of the peop••, continued pagans. Fritegern, king of the 〈…〉 Goths, was an ally to the Romans; but 〈…〉, king of the East Goths, was at war 〈…〉 ••em. The christians, in the dominions of the former, lived unmolested; but the latter, having been defeated by the Romans, wreaked his vengeance on his christian subjects.