The Emperor's Forgotten Column
In 303 AD, Emperor Diocletian launched the most savage persecution the early church had ever faced. He ordered scriptures burned in public squares, church buildings...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 2.
In 303 AD, Emperor Diocletian launched the most savage persecution the early church had ever faced. He ordered scriptures burned in public squares, church buildings razed to their foundations, and clergy imprisoned across the empire. In Nicomedia, soldiers tore down the great church within sight of the imperial palace before the mortar dust had settled from breakfast. Diocletian was thorough.…
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