Martyrs of Scilli (modern Algeria): “Books and Letters of Paul” were in the hands of the accused in July 180, when they stood in front of the proconsul Saturninus before their condemnation to capital punishment. Christian proselytes coming from Greek-speaking churches, some of them with Jewish backgrounds, sooner or later rendered their message in Latin. Early translations of Scripture from the second and early third century can still be identified by a careful scrutiny of biblical quotations in
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