Martyrs Mirror 213SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PRE; CEDING MARTYRS, A. D. 284, DIOCLETIAN AT; TAINED TO. THE REIGN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ISSUED HIS FIRST EDICT AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A SEC; OND IN 302, CALLED TIIE TENTH PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIANS
Open in the readerBefore the tenth general and severe persecution of the Christians began, A. D. 302, many Christians were put to death in different places, and throughout this whole period, by virtue of the first edict of Diocletian. Of these we shall present a few, and then, with the beginning of'the next century, proceed to the tenth and severest persecution.