User talk:TerranceA

Aristides AD 138, This Aristides has to my knowledge not been discussed prior on Wikipedia. He precedes the more popular Aristide of the mid AD 400s. Aristides was a Greek philosopher who came to the defense of Christians being slaughtered via a letter to Emperor Adrian. This is pulled from Foxe's Book of Martyrs. "Aristides a philosopher: of the same city, wrote an elegant epistle which caused Adrian to relax in his severities, and relent in their favor. Adrian dying AD 138, was succeeded by Antoninus Pius, one of the most amiable monarchs that ever reigned, and who stayed the persecutions against the Christians." —Foxe's Book of Martyrs

TerranceA (talk) 01:10, 24 February 2011 (UTC)