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First Year Of The Persecution Commenced A. D. 302.

From Martyrs’ Mirror

Original historical wording. Source heading; not independently verified Earlier accounts express the book’s perspective on Christian continuity.

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.

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

First Part. · AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE WHO SUFFERED IN THE FOURTH CENTURY.

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