...any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft, adultery, never to falsify their word, not to deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up" (Epistles X. 96). SUETONIUS An additional second century reference is from the Roman historian Suetonius...

...never to commit any fraud, theft or 36Sordi, Christians, 52-53. "Pliny, Letters 96 (LCL II) 401-403. adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a...trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up.38 Thus the strongest accusation Pliny could level at Christians is that they disobeyed his order...

...before sunrise to sing hymns to Christ, after which they would "bind themselves by a solemn oath . . . never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word." Pliny went on to say that after swearing this sacramentum, the Christians would disperse, then reassemble...

...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food— but food of...

...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up. Afterward, it was their custom to ... partake of food, but food of an ordinary and innocent kind."...

...light, and addressed a form of prayer to Christ, as to a divinity, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never...word, nor deny a trust when they should be called on to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble, to eat in common...

...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food - but food of an...

...hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to perform any wicked deed, never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, not deny a trust when they should be called upon to make it good; after which it was their custom to...

...hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds, bui never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never...falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be required to deliver it up. (Ep. 10.96) The allusion to oath taking in the context of communal worship,...

...by a solemn oath not to commit any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, nor deny a trust, when they should be called upon to deliver it up, after which it was their custom to separate, and then to reassemble to partake of food - but food of...