Sentences with phrase «early martyrs»
"Early martyrs" refers to people who were persecuted or killed for their beliefs, usually relating to their religious or political views, during the early history of a particular religion or movement. Full definition
When we learn about early martyrs, we can see their honesty, sincerity, zeal and courage to face persecution.
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I think that is the view you have because of the weight you give the early martyrs in validating your beliefs, e.g. «people would not die for what they don't believe».
I see your point Dan, but to make martyrs be a proof of historicity you might want to specify the earliest martyrs, that is those who actually saw Jesus and perhaps those who heard about it from them.
While this claim can not be historically proven beyond doubt, it is certain that we are looking here at the mortal remains of an early martyr whose burial site was a place of reverence and pilgrimage from the first days of the Christian era.
«The brutality of the first - century Roman persecution was real and those early martyrs should be honored,» he wrote for Charisma.
Ignatius of Antioch, an early martyr, gave us the first use of the word: «Where Jesus Christ is,» he wrote, «there is the Catholic Church.»
He walked with his supporters beneath the arch, across the piazza dedicated to the early martyrs, along the portico of the basilica, through the massive bronze door and into the brilliant illumination of St. Peter's, lit for the television cameras, where a congregation of twenty thousand was waiting.