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Martyrdom of St. Stephen, James the Great, and Philip 16
Matthew, James the Less, Matthias, Andrew,
St. Mark and Peter 17
Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, Simon,
John, and Barnabas 18

CHAPTER II.

THE TEN PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS.

The first persecution under Nero, A. D. 67 19
The second persecution under Domitian, A. D. 81 19
The third persecution under Trajan, A. D. 108 20
The fourth persecution under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162 22
The fifth persecution commencing with Severus, A. D. 192 25
The sixth persecution under Maximinus, A. D. 235 27
The seventh persecution under Decius, A. D. 249 27
The eighth persecution under Valerian, A. D. 257 31
The ninth persecution under Aurelian, A. D. 274 34
The tenth persecution under Diocletian, A. D. 303 36

CHAPTER III.

PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS IN PERSIA.

Persecutions under the Arian heretics 45
Persecution under Julian the Apostate 46
Persecution of the Christians by the Goths and Vandals 47
Persecutions from about the middle of the Fifth, to the conclusion
of the Seventh century 48
Persecutions from the early part of the Eighth, to near the conclusion
of the Tenth century 49
Persecutions in the Eleventh century 51

CHAPTER IV.

PAPAL PERSECUTIONS.

Persecution of the Waldenses in France 53
Persecutions of the Albigenses 55
The Bartholomew massacre at Paris, &c. 57
From the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, to the French
Revolution, in 1789 62
Martyrdom of John Calas 65

CHAPTER V.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE INQUISITION.

An account of the cruel handling and burning of Nicholas Burton,
an English merchant, in Spain 73
Some private enormities of the Inquisition laid open by a very
singular occurrence