victorinus

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• was_professor_inRome

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  Victorinus held the esteemed position of Rhetoric Professor in Rome for a period of time.

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  Victorinus, sometime Rhetoric Professor of Rome

• translatedPlatonists

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  Victorinus translated certain books of the Platonists into Latin, which the narrator had read.

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  I had read certain books of the Platonists, which Victorinus, sometime Rhetoric Professor of Rome (who had died a Christian, as I had heard), had translated into Latin

• had_statue_inRoman Forum

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  As a testament to his excellent discharge of office, Victorinus deserved and obtained a statue in the Roman Forum, a high honor.

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  obtained a statue in the Roman Forum

• was_worshipper_ofAnubis

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  Before his conversion, Victorinus was a worshipper of idols, including Anubis and other 'monster Gods,' and a partaker of their sacrilegious rites.

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  to that age a worshipper of idols, and a partaker of the sacrilegious rites, to which almost all the nobility of Rome were given up, and had inspired the people with the love of Anubis, barking Deity

• defendedAnubis

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  For many years, the aged Victorinus, with thundering eloquence, defended the worship of Anubis and other Roman deities against the traditional Roman pantheon.

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  all which the aged Victorinus had with thundering eloquence so many years defended

• readHoly Scripture

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  As part of his spiritual journey, Victorinus studiously read the Holy Scripture, as recounted by Simplicianus.

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  He used to read (as Simplicianus said) the holy Scripture

• searchedChristian writings

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  Victorinus diligently sought and searched into all Christian writings, contributing to his deepening understanding and eventual conversion.

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  sought and searched into all the Christian writings

• confessed_toSimplicianus

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  Victorinus privately confessed to Simplicianus that he was already a Christian, though he was not yet ready for public declaration.

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• feared_offendingBabylonian dignity

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  Victorinus initially feared offending his proud, daemon-worshipping friends, whose 'Babylonian dignity' he believed would lead to enmity.

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  For he feared to offend his friends, proud daemon-worshippers, from the height of whose Babylonian dignity, as from cedars of Libanus, which the Lord had not yet broken down, he supposed the weight of enmity would fall upon him.

• becameCatechumen

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  After deciding to convert, Victorinus was admitted to the first Sacrament and became a Catechumen, beginning his formal instruction.

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  And having been admitted to the first Sacrament and become a Catechumen

• soughtBaptism

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  Not long after becoming a Catechumen, Victorinus gave in his name to be regenerated by baptism, signaling his full commitment to Christianity.

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  he further gave in his name, that he might be regenerated by baptism

• made_public_profession_ofChrist

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  Victorinus chose to publicly profess his salvation in the presence of the holy multitude, rather than privately.

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  he chose rather to profess his salvation in the presence of the holy multitude.

• is_child_ofChrist

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  Victorinus, having converted, no longer blushed to be considered a child of Christ, embracing the humility of his new faith.

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  he now blushed not to be the child of Thy Christ

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• professedSalvation

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  Victorinus chose to publicly profess his salvation rather than doing so privately.

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  to profess his salvation in the presence of the holy multitude

• professedTrue Faith

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  Victorinus boldly pronounced the true faith in front of an assembly, inspiring them.

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• obeyedJulian's Law

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  Victorinus obeyed Julian's law by giving up his 'wordy school' rather than compromising his faith by giving up God's Word.

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  how he, obeying this law, chose rather to give over the wordy school than Thy Word, by which Thou makest eloquent the tongues of the dumb

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