# Of The Originator And The Cause Of This Persecution.

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The author of the Introduction to the Martyrs
Mirror writes, concerning this, as follows: “In
A. D. 259 the eighth persecution against the Christians
arose under the Emperor Valerian. He issued
an edict against the Christians, in which he commanded
that the Christians were not to assemble
themselves; and as this was not observed, a great
persecution arose everywhere.” Fol. 41, col. 1.



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