The Little Peace of the Church
By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Apr 27, 2026 | In Lives of the Popes (Podcast)
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The popes in the middle of the third century experienced intense persecution by the emperors Decius and Valerius, but this suddenly gave way to a forty-year period of official and explicit toleration, which provided the Church with a foretaste of the lasting relief that was to come under Constantine.
This installment covers popes #24-28: Sts. Sixtus II, Dionysius, Felix I, Eutychian, and Gaius.
Links
Article https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/little-peace-church/
The Paradoxical Prestige of the Deacon in the Early Church https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/paradoxical-prestige-deacon-in-early-church/
Thomas V. Mirus is President of Trinity Communications and Editor-in-Chief for CatholicCulture.org, hosts both the Catholic Culture Podcast and Lives of the Popes, and co-hosts Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. See full bio.
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