Anabaptist Church History
Language: English

The original account

FIRST YEAR OF THE PERSECUTION COMMENCED A. D. 302.

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The sword of Diocletian had now been drawn from its sheath, and there remained nothing but the shedding of blood, and murdering and burning in manifold ways, all directed against the innocent and defenseless lambs of Christ; of which we shall directly give some examples.