Extrait: ... s'ils adoraient la statue imperiale, s'ils chargeaient leurs maitres, on leur offrait d'ordinaire de l'argent et la liberte. Aussi voit-on, dans ces persecutions, qu'on commence par arreter les esclaves, paiens et chretiens, et qu'on les presente a la torture pour les contraindre a deposer contre leurs patrons. C'est ce qui se fit a Lyon, et aussitot parurent ces accusations stupides, que dans tous les temps on a imputees aux gens que poursuit la haine publique. Les chretiens, disaient les esclaves, se ...
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Extrait: ... s'ils adoraient la statue imperiale, s'ils chargeaient leurs maitres, on leur offrait d'ordinaire de l'argent et la liberte. Aussi voit-on, dans ces persecutions, qu'on commence par arreter les esclaves, paiens et chretiens, et qu'on les presente a la torture pour les contraindre a deposer contre leurs patrons. C'est ce qui se fit a Lyon, et aussitot parurent ces accusations stupides, que dans tous les temps on a imputees aux gens que poursuit la haine publique. Les chretiens, disaient les esclaves, se reunissent a des banquets communs; la on egorge un enfant et on en boit le sang. C'est ce qu'on nommait les festins de Thyeste, en souvenir de ce personnage fabuleux a qui son frere Atree, par une vengeance abominable, fit servir la chair meme de son fils. De pareilles calomnies sont si odieuses qu'il semble impossible de les croire. Mais la haine ne raisonne pas. Parmi les esclaves arretes a Lyon, il y avait une femme nommee Blandine; c'etait une chretienne que sa maitresse avait convertie. Elle etait de petite taille, faible et delicate; aussi sa maitresse, qui avait vaillamment affronte la torture, craignait-elle que la pauvre esclave ne fut pas de force a combattre avec le bourreau. C'etait le souci de tous les freres (ainsi se nommaient entr'eux les chretiens); tous, captifs ou non, assistaient a ce terrible spectacle, pour s'encourager les uns les autres et s'animer a mourir pour la verite. On livra Blandine aux bourreaux; c'etait une esclave; on n'avait rien a menager avec ces creatures que dedaignait l'orgueil antique. Les Romains avaient moins de souci d'un esclave que nous n'en avons aujourd'hui d'un boeuf ou d'un cheval. Blandine fut mise a la torture; il semblait que du premier coup on allait briser ses membres delicats, ou forcer la pauvre femme a crier grace; mais l'esprit de Jesus-Christ l'animait; elle resista avec un courage heroique et une force surhumaine. Depuis le point...
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