The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom by Candida Moss

The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom

Candida Moss

320 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative slow-paced
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In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to...

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