Saint Paul at Rome
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Charles Marivale discusses the background of the Roman Empire and the principle of monarchical government, and explains the roles of Augustus and Nero, especially Nero’s involvement with the Rome’s fire and his eventual persecution of Christians. He explores the diffusion and dispersion of the Jews during the days of Jesus up to the Day of Pentecost. He tells about St. Peter bringing the gospel to Rome, and his association with the foundation of the Church there. He then details St. Paul’s involvement in the gospel, his dealings with the Greek philosophers, his arrest, his confinement, and his martyrdom.
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Charles Merivale (1808–1893) was ordained deacon in 1833 and priest in 1834. He was appointed select preacher at Whitehall in 1839 and in 1848 took the college living of Lawford, near Manningtree, in Essex. He was appointed Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons in 1863. In 1869, he declined the professorship of modern history at Cambridge, but in the same year accepted from Gladstone the deanery of Ely, and until his death devoted himself to the best interests of the cathedral, also receiving many honorary academical distinctions.