Martyrs Mirror 198OF THE ORIGINATOR AND THE CAUSE OF THIS PERSECUTION
Open in the readerThe author of the Introduction to the Martyrs Mirror writes, concerning this, as follows: "In A. D. 259 the eighth persecution against the Christians arose under the Emperor Valerian. He issued an edict against the Christians, in which he commanded that the Christians were not to assemble themselves; and as this was not observed, a great persecution arose everywhere." Fol. 41, Col. 1 .