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Spectators impressed by the sufferings of the Christians, 284

The blood of the martyrs the seed of the Church, 285

Persecution promoted the purity of the Church, ib.

Christian graces gloriously displayed in times of persecution, ib.

Private sufferings of the Christians, 286

How far the Romans acted on a principle of toleration, 288

Christianity opposed as a "new religion," 288

Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan, 289

Law of Trajan, ib.

Martyrdom of Simeon of Jerusalem, 290

Sufferings of Christians under Hadrian, 291

Hadrian's rescript, ib.

Marcus Aurelius a persecutor, 292

Justin and Polycarp martyred, 293

Persecution at Lyons and Vienne, 294

Absurd passion for martyrdom, 296

Treatment of the Christians by Septimius Severus, 297

The Libellatici and Thurificati, 298

Perpetua and Felicitas martyred, ib.

Alexander Severus and Philip the Arabian favourable to the Christians, 299

Persecution under Decius, 300

Persecution under Valerian, 302

Gallienus issues an edict of toleration, 303

State of the Church during the last forty years of the third century, ib.

Diocletian persecution, 304

The Traditors, 305

Cruelties now practised, 306

Not ten general persecutions, 307

Deaths of the persecutors, 308

Causes of the persecutions, 309

The sufferings of the Christians did not teach them toleration, 310