FOOTNOTES:
[165] The church counted ten persecutions, the first under Nero, the last under Diocletian.
[166] The word is Greek and signifies place of repose.
[167] See his biography in the "Lives of the Fathers of the Desert," by Rufinus.
[165] The church counted ten persecutions, the first under Nero, the last under Diocletian.
[166] The word is Greek and signifies place of repose.
[167] See his biography in the "Lives of the Fathers of the Desert," by Rufinus.