Persecution in the Early Church: A Chapter in the History of Renunciation

by Herbert B. Workman

Publisher:

Jennings and Graham

, 1906

Overview

Persecution in the Early Church takes into account the legal, historical, ecclesiastical, and experiential aspects of the early persecutions of Christians. The text emphasizes “those aspects of the inner life of the church which led to persecution.”

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Contents

Top Highlights

“Thus the fire of 64 did not create, but brought to a head the growing suspicion and dislike by both people and government of this new religion, and at the same time threw out into sharp relief its distinction from Judaism.” (Page 62)

“Religion to the Roman was chiefly a matter of patriotism” (Page 88)

“Scholars are now fairly agreed that by the time of Domitian¹ it had become the settled policy of the Roman emperors, and of the wonderfully efficient police administration which they controlled, to treat Christianity as itself a crime. But in our judgement Domitian was not the originator of a new departure. The establishment of this policy in the first instance was due to Nero. On the evening of July 19, 64, there broke out in Rome a disastrous fire, the least effect of which was the burning down of no small part of the congested quarters of the city. The fire marks a crisis in the fortunes of the Church, the beginning of an era of persecution which lasted for over two centuries.” (Pages 52–53)

“They lived under the shadow of a great hate. We purpose in the present chapter to examine the reasons for this hate. We shall first point out two permanent causes of persecution apart from all political or social questions. The one was the ill-will of the Jews, the other the superstition of the heathen. We shall then inquire into the factors in the life or thought of the Church itself which brought upon it the suspicion and hatred of the world.” (Pages 107–108)

“Long before the close of the century the prophecy of Christ had come true: the Christians were hated of all men ‘because of the name’ (Matt. 10:22).” (Pages 55–56)

Product Details

• Title: Persecution in the Early Church: A Chapter in the History of Renunciation
• Author: Herbert B. Workman
• Publisher: Jennings and Graham
• Print Publication Date: 1906
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 382
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Persecution › History--Early church, ca. 30-600; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Resource ID: LLS:PRSCTNRLYCHRCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T05:14:50Z

About Herbert B. Workman

Herbert B. Workman (1862–1951) was a Wesleyan minister and the principal of Westminster College. He was elected president of the Wesleyan Conference in 1930. He wrote numerous works, includingThe Letters of Jon Hus with Introductions and Explanatory Notes, Christian Thought to the Reformation, and The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal.