The History of Persecution

The History of Persecution comprises tales facts and important details connected with the infamous persecutions which have stained the human history. Content: Of Persecution amongst the Heathens Abraham persecuted Socrates persecuted amongst the Greeks Egyptian Persecutions Persecutions by Antiochus Epiphanes Persecutions under the Romans Persecutions by the Mahometans Of the Persecutions under the Christian Emperors Of the Dispute about Easter Of the Persecutions under Constantine The Nicene Council, or first general Council The first Council of Constantinople; or, second general Council The Council of Ephesus; or, third general Council The Council of Calcedon; or, fourth general Council The second Council at Constantinople; or, fifth general Council The third Council of Constantinople; or, sixth general Council The second Nicene Council; or, seventh general Council Of Persecutions under the Papacy, and particularly the Inquisition Of the Progress of the Inquisition Of the Officers belonging to the Inquisition Of the Crimes cognizable by the Inquisition, and the Punishment annexed to them Of the manner of proceeding before the Tribunal of the Inquisition Of the present state of the Inquisition at Goa, extracted from Dr. Buchanans Christian Researches in Asia Of Persecutions amongst Protestants Luther's opinion concerning Persecution Calvin's Doctrine and Practice concerning Persecution Persecutions at Bern, Bazil, and Zurich Persecutions in Holland, and by the Synod of Dort Persecutions in Great Britain Of Persecutions in New England, in America Conclusion: Who have been the great promoters of Persecution The things for which Christians have persecuted one another have generally been of small importance Appendix: Hints on the recent persecutions in the British Empire...

Samuel Chandler (1693-1766) was a British Nonconformist minister and polemicist pamphleteer. He has been called the 'uncrowned patriarch of Dissent' in the latter part of George II's reign. Chandler translated Van Limborch's History of the Inquisition and he wrote a substantial introduction to Van Limborch's original four volume Latin preface.