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Martyrs of the Early Church by Herbert B. Workman

ByRob Bradshaw

Today’s free book is another of Herbert B. Workman’s studies of Christian persecution in the early church. A copy of this public domain title was provided for digitisation by Book Aid.

Herbert Brook Workman [1862-1951], The Martyrs of the Early Church. London: Charles H. Kelly, [n.d.]. Hbk. pp.152. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  1. The Martyrs of the Apostolic Age
  2. The Causes of Persecution
  3. The Martyrs of the Second Century
  4. Thr Martyrs of the Third Century, to the Close of the Persecution of Valerian
  5. The Great Persecution Under Diocletian

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