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Christian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy [electronic resource] / G.E.M. De Ste. Croix ; edited by Michael Whitby and Joseph Streeter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 394 p.)ISBN:
  • 1435623452 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781435623453 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy.DDC classification:
  • 272/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BR1604.23 .D4 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Aspects of the 'Great' persecution -- The Fourth Edict in the West and the date of the Council of Elvira -- Why were the early Christians persecuted? -- Voluntary martyrdom in the early church -- Heresy, schism, and persecution in the later Roman Empire -- The Council of Chalcedon / with additions by Michael Whitby -- Early Christian attitudes to property and slavery.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Aspects of the 'Great' persecution -- The Fourth Edict in the West and the date of the Council of Elvira -- Why were the early Christians persecuted? -- Voluntary martyrdom in the early church -- Heresy, schism, and persecution in the later Roman Empire -- The Council of Chalcedon / with additions by Michael Whitby -- Early Christian attitudes to property and slavery.

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