Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 01 — Section 1573
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 1
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[2752] i.e. Maximinus. For an account of his defeat by Licinius and his death, see below, chap. 10. [2753] oupo manentos tote. This refers to Licinius' hostility to the Christians, which made its appearance some years later, and resulted in a persecution (see below, Bk. X. chap. 8). The clause, if a part of the original, obliges us to suppose that the ninth book was composed after Licinius had begun to persecute, but there are strong reasons for thinking that the first nine books were completed before 314 (see above, p. 45); indeed, we cannot explain Eusebius' eulogistic words in spea…
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