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PUNISHMENTS AND TORMENT TOOLS DURING THE

PERSECUTIONS OF CHRISTIANS IN THE 1ST-4TH CENTURY

Aneta Tihova
(abstract)

This article considers the various forms of punishment and torment tools
during the persecution of Christians in the 1st-3rd century. Evidence is provided
by the surviving historical sources (the Church History by Eusebius of Caesarea,
the Annals by Tacitus, the Letters by Plinius the Younger to Emperor Traian, as
well as by church historians such as V. Bolotov and P. Malitski.
It turns out that unlike the time before Christianity when punishments
were meted out for committed crimes, during the period of persecutions the
martyrs were subjected to torture owing to their faith in Christ. The attempts of
the torturers to break the spirit of the Christians through torments of the flesh
ended in failure because the power of faith overcame everything transient.

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