Marcellus eagerly examined the scroll from the emperor. It appointed him to a higher grade, and commissioned him to search out and arrest the Christians in their hiding places, mentioning particularly the catacombs. Finding the task unpleasant, he nevertheless obeys. But as he learns more of these Christians, he becomes more convinced that they have the truth. Tension mounts as persecutor becomes the persecuted.
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