The Chosen People

LESSON XXV. 1. How had our Lord forewarned His followers of their sufferings?-Matt. x. 16, 17.-John, xvi. 2.

2. How had they been told to meet their afflictions?-Matt. v. 12.-1 Peter, iii. 14.

3. What had He said of confessing or denying Him?-Matt. x. 32, 33.

4. What had been promised through St. John to such as overcame?-Rev. ii. 17.-iii. 5 and 21.

5. How had the lot of the martyrs been shown to St. John?-Rev. vii. 14-17.

6. How many periods of persecution had been predicted?-Rev. ii. 10.

7. Name the ten chief persecutors.

8. How is Severus memorable in Britain?

9. Who were the martyrs of Carthage?

10. Who were the chief martyrs of the persecution of Valerian?

11. What were St. Lawrence's treasures? 12. Why did Sapricius fail?

13. What became of Valerian?

14. Whose was the fiercest persecution?

15. How did the Theban legion witness their confession?

16. In what manner were Christians brought to trial?

17. Mention some of the martyrs of the Diocletian persecution.

18. Who was the British martyr?

19. Who shielded the Britons?

20. How was the Empire divided?

21. What was the difference between a martyr and a confessor?

22. What was the remarkable end of Galerius?