Christian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy
By: G.E.M. De Ste. Croix ; edited by Michael Whitby and Joseph Streeter.
Contributors: Whitby, Michael.; Streeter, Joseph.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780199278121; 9780199278121
Subjects: Persecution; Martyrdom -- Christianity; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Aspects of the 'Great' persecution; title: The Fourth Edict in the West and the date of the Council of Elvira; title: Why were the early Christians persecuted?; title: Voluntary martyrdom in the early church; title: Heresy, schism, and persecution in the later Roman Empire; title: The Council of Chalcedon / with additions by Michael Whitby; title: Early Christian attitudes to property and slavery.