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In the persecution ofSeverus, in 204, he made a glorious confession of his faith, and thoughhe did n _ He is very earnest in admonishing, that no book is to bereceived as divine, but by the authority of the Church, and by traditionfrom the apostles, end the ancient bishops, the rulers of the Church. Blackwall, in his excellent Introduction to theClassics, writes as follows on the style of St. It isagreed that she received the crown of martyrdom at Catana, in thepersecution of Decius, in the third consulship of that prince, in theyear of our Lord 251.

We, on the contrary, fear not himwhom we have made with our hands, but him who created us, and who is theLord and Master of all nat er those that were able to work,and with wonderful sagacity laid himself out every way to comfort andassist all the afflicted members of Christ. Nicephorus, Martyr. In the second dialogue, Gallus recounts{305} many circumstances of the life of St.