Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
Publication Date
2-1-1933
Document Type
Article
Keywords
greek, origen, st. john, euaebius, martyrs, alexandria, christian, hebrew, persecution
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Abstract
Melito, bishop of Sardis, in a letter presented to Aurelius, called Christianity "the philosophy which began under Augustus." (Eusebius, IV, 26.) The narrative about the persecution in Gaul under Marcus Aurelius, in V, is among the most important in the Church History of the bishop of Caesarea, untainted by the flattery of his later references to Constantine. This persecution occurred in 177 A. D., especially in Lugdunum and Vienne on the Rhone. The report given by the churches there, sent to the churches in the provinces of Asia and Phrygia, is the longest citation in the whole history of Eusebius, and it seems to have been composed in Greek. One is almost compelled to infer that Greek was still the language in which Scripture was read in the services and perhaps also the language of the sermons•
Disciplines
Christianity | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
John 16:2; Acts 15:20; Matthew 22:11; Acts 7:60; Colossians 1:18; Acts 5:29; 1 Peter 2:9;
Submission Cost
Free
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
Recommended Citation
Sihler, E. G.
(1933)
"Studies in Eusebius,"
Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 4, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol4/iss1/14
