History of the persecutions of the church

Title(s):
  • History of the persecutions of the church
  • Պատմութիւն հալածանաց եկեղեցւոյ
    (Patmut῾iwn halacanac῾ ekełec῾woy, History of the persecutions of the church)
Author:
Period covered:
Maximinus (235-238)-Diocletian
Language:
Armenian
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
The work as it is attested is bound to be pseudepigraphic, as it seems to have ended after Firmilianus' own death. This does not exclude that there existed an original version that was later updated. Yet, the fact that it is only attested in Armenian, suggests an Armenian pseudepigraph.
Fragments:
  • Moses of Khoren, History of the Armenians 2.75-76
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • P. Nautin (1971) 'Firmilien'. In: Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastique 17: 249-252.
  • R.W. Thomson (1978) Moses Khorenats‘i, History of the Armenians: Translation and commentary on the literary sources. Cambridge (MA) - London: 221-222.