Martyrologia Or Records of Religious Persecution Being a New And Comprehensi
Martyrologia Or Records of Religious Persecution Being a New And Comprehensi
Foxe John
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The two cities have now merged into one, under the same Magistrates, chiefs, and public regulations. * From all, therefore, that we can learn with regard to the motive to which this change in Julian is attributable, it was the hatred which he indulged towards the name and sons of Constantine, owing to the cruelties they had inflicted on his family, hatred which a young and impetuous disposition might easily extend to their religion. Another reason alleged is, that when he saw the dissensions of... the Christians, and their rancour against each other, his faith was perplexed : he found it hard to distinguish the excellence of the religion from the vices of those who professed it, and was unable to prevent his judg- ment from being blinded by his indignation. Both of them may be true ; for it is clear, from some part of his subsequent conduct, that * Sozemen. , Hist. Ecclen. , lib. T. , cap. 3. 2 Q 2 300 BOOK V. CHAPTER II. his enmity to Christianity was founded on passion, more than on reason ; and his hatred of the faith is more prominent than his dis- belief of it.
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