22 February 303 AD.
John Foxe, the old Reformed and Anglican Churchman, that sufferer for the faith, that famed martyriologist (whom the 19th century revisionists and the TFOs didn't like), that old graduate of Geneva during the Marian times, that old non-conformist (refusing state-mandated church uniforms), that old scholar whom Elizabeth 1 called "our dear Father Foxe," that old scholar who refused preferrments, that old scholar who opposed burnings of Anabaptists at the stake (which happened under Elizabeth), reports this about the Roman Emperor, Diocletian.
Foxe, John. The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2001.
In Nicomedia, the eastern capital of Diocletian’s (eastern) Roman Empire, he [Diocletian] issued the edict to “eliminate Christianity from the Empire,” including the “burning of books” and the leveling of “Christian buildings.” All Christians were to “be arrested as traitors to the empire.”
But, of note, we would add, this affected Northern Africa as well, resulting in church splits over Donatism. Those who sold out and abandoned their Churchmanship and Christ Himself, but later wanted readmission to the Catholic Church, were denied readmission by the Donatists. That fight would have legs for decades. Augustine would support the party that argued for forgiveness and readmission.
John Foxe, the old Reformed and Anglican Churchman, that sufferer for the faith, that famed martyriologist (whom the 19th century revisionists and the TFOs didn't like), that old graduate of Geneva during the Marian times, that old non-conformist (refusing state-mandated church uniforms), that old scholar whom Elizabeth 1 called "our dear Father Foxe," that old scholar who refused preferrments, that old scholar who opposed burnings of Anabaptists at the stake (which happened under Elizabeth), reports this about the Roman Emperor, Diocletian.
Foxe, John. The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Gainesville, FL: Bridge-Logos Publishers, 2001.
In Nicomedia, the eastern capital of Diocletian’s (eastern) Roman Empire, he [Diocletian] issued the edict to “eliminate Christianity from the Empire,” including the “burning of books” and the leveling of “Christian buildings.” All Christians were to “be arrested as traitors to the empire.”
But, of note, we would add, this affected Northern Africa as well, resulting in church splits over Donatism. Those who sold out and abandoned their Churchmanship and Christ Himself, but later wanted readmission to the Catholic Church, were denied readmission by the Donatists. That fight would have legs for decades. Augustine would support the party that argued for forgiveness and readmission.
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