Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: June 22, 2007 | Copyright information

Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy. G.E.M. de Ste. Croix. Michael Whitby and Joseph Streeter, editors. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]60.00. xii + 394 pages. ISBN 0-19-927812-1. On Geoffrey de Ste. Croix's death in 2000 the historian left a variety of unpublished papers: some of these were published in 2004 as Athenian Democratic Origins and Other Essays. In this collection we have those papers relating to persecution, martyrdom, church councils and early Christian attitudes to property. Of the seven chapters, three ('Aspects of the "Great Persecution'", ...

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