ANANIAS

husband of Sapphira; both punished by Peter with sudden death because of their lying and hypocrisy name given to that form of political theory which objects to ail government, ‘Anarchist’ generally suggests a certain violent type of revolutionary, one of whose methods of bringing about the millennium is to put to a violent death all kings and rulers, and it is this type which, working by means of sceret societies, constitutes a menace to society. It is thus theoretically diametrically opposed to Socialism, which would increase rather than diminish the scope of government; but extreme Socialists and anarchists may (and do) for the time join hands to overthrow the existing system which they both consider evil. Anarchism, however, may be quite different. Tolstoy was an anarchist. in the strict sense. All government, according to him, was evil, though he advocated non-resistance to evil. A modern state as such was directly tyrannical. In objecting to all organized government he followed some earlier thinkers, though it would seem impo ible to reconstruct society (if one would then speak of society at all) on such a basis. Violent anarchism can almost be called a disease in the body moc, for anarchists seem to be bred countries which have for centuries suffered from misgovernment. In recent years they have murdered Pres. Carnot, the Empre of Austria, Pres. M’Kinley,.and King Humbert of Italy, besides attempting to kill others. A similar kind of revolutionary in Ru ia was called ‘Nihilist.’ chiefly remembered by his opposition to the writings of Origen, whose advocate, Rufinus, he excommunicated. (2) A. I., surnamed Dicorus, Byzantine emperor 491-518, succeeding Zeno, whose wife, Ariadne, he married. Ruled with great energy and justice. His reign was disturbed by the I saurian (492-6) and the Persian wars (503-5), and by intine emperor 713-16. _Deposed by a mutiny of the navy, which proclaimed Theodosius III. in his place. A. became a@ monk in The alonica. but later headed a revolt against Leo, the succe or of Theodosius, and was executed.