A young Roman army captain in the third century is confronted by the brutalities endured by Christians. The strength of their faith in the midst of persecution prompts Marcellus to convert, despite knowing it could cost him his life. Told through fictional characters, The Martyr of the Catacombs relates the history of the early church and the determination of its members to obtain salvation. The Martyr of the Catacombs is a great old Christian fiction classic text normally attributed to an anonymous author, but lately identified as the work of James De Mille, an early Canadian novelist who published numerous works of popular fiction from the late 1860s through the 1870s.
Excerpt: “It was a great festival day in Rome. From all quarters vast numbers of people came pouring forth to one common destination. Over the Capitoline Hill, through the Forum, past the Temple of Peace and the Arch of Titus and the imperial palace; on they went till they reached the Coliseum, where they entered its hundred doors and disappeared within.”
This title is Number 8 in Lakeview Publishing's Resurrection Series.
182 page paperback, A5 size.