Bible Dictionary: Persecution: Suffering of The Church

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Acts 8:1
And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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The First Division of Ancient Christianity: the Church under the ...
... In the first, it was a religion liable to persecution, suffering severely at times ...
The conditions of the Church in these two periods are so markedly different ...
/.../ayer/a source book for ancient church history/the first division of ancient.htm

I Would Add, Moreover, that they Themselves...
... and there is a righteous persecution, which the Church of Christ inflicts upon the
impious. She therefore is blessed in suffering persecution for righteousness ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 2 6 i.htm

The Primitive Church
... in the government of the {65} Church was also brought about by these times of suffering.
Bishops, under the pressure of persecution, were sometimes forced to ...
/.../a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter v the primitive church.htm

The Persecution of Diocletian.
... was a presbyter of the Cæsarean church; and from ... for, and sympathy with, the suffering
confessors, and ... defections that occurred during the persecution, if he ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/section 3 the persecution of.htm

Persecution Every Christian's Lot
... And what a large catalogue of suffering Old Testament ... Examine Church History in
after-ages, and you will ... live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.". ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/persecution every christians lot.htm

The Persecution which Occurred at Antioch, on the Orontes. The ...
... Chapter XVIII."The Persecution which occurred at Antioch ... the members of the Catholic
Church were assembled. ... may share in the common suffering, and participate ...
/.../chapter xviii the persecution which occurred.htm

Again, in Cæsarea, when the Persecution had Continued to the ...
Church History. ... 1. Again, in Cæsarea, when the persecution had continued to the fifth
year ... this the same judge, who was a cruel contriver of suffering, and an ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter vii again in caesarea.htm

Concerning Persecution
... of Christianity is, namely, sanctity joined with suffering. ... in Christ Jesus shall
suffer persecution' (2 Timothy ... titles given to the church, afflicted' (Isaiah ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

The Era of Persecution
... the mind to endure in the time of persecution. ... The Church had also begun to define
its creed ... the various sects of Christians were suffering martyrdom together ...
/.../brittain/women of early christianity/iii the era of persecution.htm

The Church under the Roman Empire
... respect instead of with scorn, the Church began to ... was likely to involve loss and
suffering, and even ... from the severity needful in the days of persecution. ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter vi the church under.htm