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| The Martyrs in Cæsarea in Palestine.
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Chapter
XII.—The Martyrs in Cæsarea in
Palestine.
During the above-mentioned persecution under Valerian, three men in
Cæsarea in Palestine, being conspicuous in their confession of
Christ, were adorned with divine martyrdom, becoming food for wild
beasts. One of them was called Priscus, another Malchus, and the name
of the third was Alexander.2265
| 2265 Of
these three men we know only what is told us in this
chapter. | They say that
these men, who lived in the country, acted at first in a cowardly
manner, as if they were careless and thoughtless. For when the
opportunity was given to those who longed for the prize with heavenly
desire, they treated it lightly, lest they should seize the Crown of
martyrdom prematurely. But having deliberated on the matter, they
hastened to Cæsarea, and went before the judge and met the end we
have mentioned. They relate that besides these, in the same persecution
and the same city, a certain woman endured a similar conflict. But it
is reported that she belonged to the sect of Marcion.2266
| 2266 Marcionitic martyrs are mentioned by Eusebius in Bk. IV. chap. 15,
and in Martyrs of Pal. chap. 10. In H. E. V. 16, it is
stated that the Marcionites as well as the Montanists had many martyrs,
but that the orthodox Christians did not acknowledge them as
Christians, and would not recognize them even when they were martyred
together. Of course they were all alike Christians in the eyes of the
state, and hence all alike subject to persecution. | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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