Ramsay MacMullen Professions : HistorianBorn : March 3, 1928 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Ramsay MacMullen More Christians died for their faith at the hands of fellow Christians Ramsay MacMullen persecutionchristianhands All Gaza's temples are torn down and burned and the city is cleansed of every belief but the Christian faith. The most stubborn opponents, faute de mieux, are tied up, marched away to the provincial capital, severely tortured, and all killed mala morte, 'a great number.' Ramsay MacMullen citieschristiannumbers It is a very good exercise, at least from a historian's point of view, to imagine oneself a devout pagan while reading various Christian writings. Ramsay MacMullen readingchristianwriting Anyone who asserted wrong teachings, anyone serving the devil or his demons, earned instead an equally remarkable antagonism. In their official high meetings together, Christians thus could not keep their own disagreements within the bounds of civil language; their continual quarrels required the intervention of the civil authorities; and all this was well known and noted by friends and foes alike. Ramsay MacMullen devilteachingchristian Similar Authors Abram L. Sachar historian Bryan Ward-Perkins historian Bruce Catton historian Bruce Bartlett historian Brian Crozier historian Allan Nevins historianAll Authors
