# Lucian, An Elder Of The Church Of Christ At Antioch, After Having Confessed The Faith, Cast Into Prison, And Put To Death There, A. D. 310.

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Among the many pious witnesses of Jesus Christ,
who laid down their lives for the truth, Lucian,
who was an elder of the church at Antioch, was not
one of the least; for it is stated of him, that he was
a very godly, wise, and eloquent man, well versed
in the Scriptures, but above all, that he boldly
sealed all this with his blood and death, to the
honor of God.

The Judge asked him as he stood before his
judgment seat, saying: “O Lucian, how does it
come that thou, who art such a wise man, dost
follow this sect, for which thou canst give no reason
at all? Or, if thou hast any, let us hear it.”

Having obtained permission to speak, he made a
very excellent and glorious profession of his faith;
which would well deserve a place here, were we
not, in order to avoid prolixity, compelled to omit
it. As soon as he had ended his confession, and
the people had, in some measure, been drawn over
to his views, the Judge commanded them to lock
him up again in prison, and to put him to death
there; which, as the ancient writers relate, was
accordingly done. But God shall reveal it all on
the last day, and reward every one according to his
works. Compare with A. M., fol. 135, col. 1–4,
ex Eusebio and Ruffino, in Hist. Eccles. Hier.
Catal. in Luciano.

NOTE.—Some place this Lucian in the tenth
year of the persecution, namely, in A. D. 311.



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