# The Third Persecution Of The Christians, Commenced Under Trajan, A. D. 102.

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With the beginning of the second century, A. D.
102, arose the third heathen persecution against the
Christians, under Emperor Trajan, who attained to
the reign of the Roman monarchy in the year 100.

Being instigated by Mamertinus, the governor of
Rome, and Targuinus, the superintendent of the
worship of the heathen deities, he persecuted the
Christians in an awful manner, and put them to a
wretched death.

He was called a good emperor, but very superstitious
as regards the heathen worship; by reason
of which he was the more easily induced to undertake
this sorry work. It also was no small help to
this end, that the heathen priests and idolaters paid
great taxes, to extirpate by sufferings and death, as
the enemies of God and of man, those who were
opposed to their gods, especially the Christians.

Meanwhile we shall show what persons suffered
under the bloody reign of Emperor Trajan, for the
name of Jesus Christ.



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