# The Ninth Year Of The Persecution, Commenced A. D. 310.

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The ancients tell us that Maximinus Jovius instituted
at this time a special persecution at Antioch,
through the instrumentality of one Theotecnus; to
which end he caused an image to be erected, in
honor of Jupiter Philius (the god of friendship), by
which—whether through Satan or through jugglery—certain
oracles were uttered, to the effect, that
God had commanded that the Christians, as his
special enemies, should be driven out of every
country, city, and field, and be exterminated, the
sooner the better. A. Mell., fol. 134, from Euseb.

It is easy to judge that this false and blood-thirsty
voice, having fallen as a true oracle into the hearts
of the heathen, caused not a little shedding of blood,
oppression, and burning among the innocent and
defenseless lambs of Christ, as we shall presently in
some measure show.

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