Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire: The Witness of Tertullian

201 Pages·2001·1 MB·English

by  Robert D. Sider

Christian and Pagan
in the Roman Empire
SelectionsfromtheFathersoftheChurch
volume 2
Christian and Pagan
in the Roman Empire
TheWitnessof Tertullian
edited by
robert d. sider
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ChristianandPaganintheRomanEmpire:thewitnessof
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Contents:Apology—Testimonyofthesoul—Spectacles—Tothe
martyrs—Thecrown—Flightintimeofpersecution
1.Christianityandotherreligions—Roman.—2.Rome—Religion.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
GeneralIntroduction xi
1. Apology 1
2. TestimonyoftheSoul 71
3. Spectacles 80
4. TotheMartyrs 107
5.TheCrown 115
6.FlightinTimeofPersecution 137
Appendix 153
SelectBibliography 157
GeneralIndex 159
IndexofReferencestoScripture 171
IndexofReferencestoClassical
andEarlyChristianLiterature 174

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wish to acknowledge with thanks the careful and critical
reading given to this book in its preparatory stages by Prof.
Thomas Halton and Prof. David Efroymson. Their suggestions
addedmuchtoitsfinalform.Thesolicitousandimperturbable
guidance of Dr. David McGonagle, Director of the Press, con-
tributedmuchtothepleasureIhavefoundinundertakingand
completing this work. I have also to thank the University of
Saskatchewan,anditsDepartmentofHistory,forsogenerously
providingforme,asanAdjunctProfessor,themanyfacilitieses-
sential to the happy pursuit of scholarly endeavors. Finally, I
note on behalf of all the readers of this little volume the debt
of gratitude owed to The Catholic University of America Press
for its many efforts to make available to the present the riches
oftheChristianpast.
The numbers placed in parentheses in Tertullian’s texts be-
low are section numbers from the original Fathers of the
Churchtranslations;thesenumbersdonotappearinTestimony
oftheSoulbecausetheydonotappearintheoriginalFathersof
theChurchtranslationofthiswork.
Saskatoon,St.Nicholas’Day,1999
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