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Early Christians in the Roman Empire of the 3rd Century CE: Faith or Family?

Mileidy Gonzalez University of Pennsylvania Classics and Biology   The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity constitutes one of the earliest Christian texts and an example of the personal account of a female martyr. Dating from the beginnings of the 3rd century CE (ca. 203 AD), this text narrates the martyrdom stories of …

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