Fleury. Pearfon. Gofpels, Acts, generally pla- For exam- and others- fion. Baptifm is admi-Maffaurius Sa niftered by Immer-binus. Tidymus of AlexanSeveral Chriftiandria. Coecceichurches founded. jus Nerva. The first perfecu Philo the Jew. tion under Nero. omponius The oracles reduela. Coluced to filence, a du-mella. Rembious, or rather a mius Palafabulous ftory. mon. Votie The deftruction nus. Servilius of Jerufalem. Marcus An The accounts of næus CornuJa difpute betweentus. Lucan. St Peter and Si- Andromachus. mon the Magician Petronius. at Rome, and of a Perfius. Epicftatue's having tetus. Diofcobeen erected to the rides. Flavius latter in that city, Jofephus. 3ilifeem idle and fic- us Italicus. The perufal of Prifcus. the Sibylline Ora-ephalion. cles prohibited by Ariitides. Athenagoras the Tanner, an imperial cdict. Hermogenes, Janity. The origin of the Monaftic life derived from the auftere manners of Paul the Theban, the firft Hermit. Dioclefian affumes the name and honours due to Jupiter, and orders the people to worship him. Religious rites greatly multiplied in this century; altars ufed; wax tapers employed. Public churches, called in Greek Κυριακά, built for the celebration of Divine worship. The Pagan myfteries injudicioufly imitated in many respects by Christians. The tafting of ceives a crown, |