He writes: “We have no direct evidence that an effort was ever made on the part of the Christians of this period to withstand persecution by force. The furthest they go in this direction is to lash their rulers with spirited censure or to baffle them by flight.
ते लिहितात: “या कालावधीतील ख्रिश्‍चनांनी कधीही छळाचा जोरजबरदस्तीने प्रतिकार केल्याचा कोणताच उघड पुरावा आमच्याजवळ नाही.