Pliny the Younger on Christians

Ken McGuire
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edited November 20 in English Forum

One of the most important primary sources on the early church was included in the Perceus collection - namely the letters of Pliny the younger.  Unfortunately, they are in Latin only, for whatever reasons.  This brief letter (and Trajan's briefer reply approving the policy) is a witness to how Romans saw the Christians at the beginning of the 2nd Century, what persecution was like, and hints of the worship and Christology of the early church.

Anyway, I was wandering around http://www.earlychristianwritings.com and found a clean translation of these letters and tagged them with the Pliny datatype.

SDG

Ken McGuire

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  • BillS
    BillS Member Posts: 3,805 ✭✭✭

    Thank you!

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    Bill


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  • NB.Mick
    NB.Mick MVP Posts: 15,971

    Thanks a lot! 

    Kenneth McGuire said:

    tagged them with the Pliny datatype.

    That's great, now it scrolls along perfectly with the Latin version!

    Looking for a suitable cover picture I found that the letter has its own wikipedia entry, illustrated with this picture of a statue of Pliny (the protective mash-wire grid will not be visible in the small book cover picture)

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    Have joy in the Lord! Smile

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