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WRITTEN BY A NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Joseph causom
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED, FOR THE AUTHOR, BY A. BARTRAM;
AND SOLD BY T. DOBSON, SOUTH SECOND STREET, No. 41,
MDCCCV.
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OF THE
SECOND VOLUME.
LETTER XIX.
Rome, the nursery of Christianity-The Saviour born in a
Province of the Roman Empire-The dissemination of the
Gospel-The First Persecution-St. Peter, and St. Paul
-The Second Persecution-St. John-The Canon of the
New Testament-The Rise of the Apostasy-The Third,
Fourth, and Fifth Persecutions-Justin Martyr—Athe-
nagoras Tatian-Ignatius-Polycarp-Pliny's Account of
the Christians of the Second Century-The Miracle of the
Thundering Legion-The Sixth Persecution-Tertullian,
Origen-Irenæus-Voluntary mortification—Ceremonious
Observances-Third Century-Seventh Persecution Eighth
-Ninth-Tenth and last-The State of the Church
-Bishops of Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria-The Vi-
sion of the Cross-Conversion of Constantine the Great—
Theodosius-Honorius-Abolition of Idolatry-Corruption
of Christianity-Rise of the Monastic Orders-Father
Antony-Martin of Tours-The Council of Nice-Vene-
ration of Saints-Purgatorial purification_Pilgrimages—
Confession-The Council of Constantinople-That of E-
phesus-