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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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THEY succeeded but too well, for he banished above 5,000 into a dreadful desert, where many perished through hunger, or the inclemency of the weather. But being bent on persecuting the whole body of the orthodox christians, he sent an edict to Eugenius, which he commanded that he should read in the Cathedral on Ascension day, A. D. 483.
THEY succeeded but too well, for he banished above 5,000 into a dreadful desart, where many perished through hunger, or the inclemency of the weather. But being bent on persecuting the whole body of the orthodox christians, he sent an edict to Eugenius, which he commanded that he should read in the Cathedral on Ascension day, A. D. 483.
AS this edict ordered that all the orthodox bishops should me•t at Carthage on the first of the ensuing February, for the purpose of disputing with the Arian prelates, the king's stratagem evidently appeared to Eugenius, and several other bishops, particularly to Victor, bishop of Vita, the learned author of the original account of th•s persecution, for they well knew that he artfully […] to establish Arianism under the appearance of candour and justice.
AS this edict ordered that all the orthodox bishops should me•t at Carthage on the first of the ensuing February, for the purpose of disputing with the Arian prelates, the king's stratagem evidently appeared to Eugenius, and several other bishops, particularly to Victor, bishop of Vita, the leared author of the original account of th•s persecution, for they well knew that he artfully 〈…〉 to establish Arianism under the appearance of candour and justice.