TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Frend, William H.
TI  - Martyrdom and persecution in the early church : : a study of a conflict from the Maccabees to Donatus
AV  - BR1604.2  .F7 1965
PY  - 1965///
CY  - Oxford : 
PB  - Blackwell, 
KW  - Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.Persecution -- Early church
N1  - Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Martyrs of Lyons, Judaism and Martyrdom, Martyrdom in the New Testament Period, Rome and Foreign Cults, The Legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41, The Church and the World to A.D. 70, Old Israel and New, 70-135, Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138, The False Dawn, 135-165, The Years of Crisis, 165-180, The Turn of the Tide, 180-235, The Great Divide: Alexandria, Carthage and Rome 190-240, Decius, The Triumph of Christianity, 260-303, The Great Persecution, 303-312, What has the Emperor to do with the Church? 312-361 Conclusion Bibliography Index
ER  -