Glaucia has been separated from her brother Laon and sold as a slave to pay for her fathers debts. When all seems hopeless she hears about a God who cares for slaves. Who is this mysterious man named Paul who preaches about an unknown God? What has become of her brother Laon? Will he be able to find his sister and rescue her from a life of bondage? Read and find out. A tale about the early Christians, their triumphs and struggles. Illustrated.
Excerpt from Glaucia: The Greek Slave N the following pages an attempt is made to illustrate some of the many difficulties with which Christianity had to contend at its first intro duction to the great centres of civilization. It was opposed not merely by the dominant religion and the prevalent philosophies of the world, but the whole structure of society formed a barrier to its progress which seemed insurmountable. It was an age of atheism and of superstition, of tyranny and slavery, of boundless wealth and abject poverty, of reckless cruelty and selfish luxury. Faith and hope had almost died out from amongst men. Nothing is more remarkable in the literature of the period than the tone of deep despair which every where prevailed. Darkness covered the earth, gross darkness the people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
