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* [[Martyrdom of Ignatius]] * [[Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs]]

...le. Nevertheless, his memorial (feast day) is September 23, the day of his martyrdom according to the ''Liber Pontificalis''. The same work also claims that Lin

...esponse of early Christians ranged from seeking martyrdom to acceptance of martyrdom to hiding or fleeing persecution to apostatizing (renouncing their faith).

...[[Jerusalem]] in [[70 AD]]. According to church tradition Justin suffered martyrdom at [[Rome]] under Marcus Aurelius when Rusticus was prefect of the city (be ...scens laid snares for him. [[Irenaeus]] (Haer. I., xxviii. 1) spoke of his martyrdom, and of Tatian as his disciple; he quoted him twice (IV., vi. 2, V., xxvi.

* [[Martyrdom of Polycarp]]

...has a well developed story of his [[A Biography of Saint Peter#Martyrdom | martyrdom]]. ...estion of Peter's stay in Rome, and indeed for an explanation of Peter's [[martyrdom]] in general.

...ld, in order to give a succinct account of the circumstances attending the martyrdom of Polycarp. It is the earliest of all the Martyria, and has generally been

...the 1559 edition only has four illustrations, of which the third shows the martyrdom of Bishop Hooper in 1555 and the fourth shows Archbishop Cranmer, in 1556,

...s been censured for his language to the Romans, in which he seems to crave martyrdom. But he was already condemned, in law a dead man, and felt himself at liber ...incipal source of information regarding him is found in the account of his martyrdom, to which the reader is referred. Polycarp alludes to him in his Epistle to

...r is quite clear. St. Ignatius, writing in 107-110 AD while on his way to martyrdom, refers to the Eucharist as a “gift of God,” the “medicine of immorta

...favor Petrine authorship date the epistle sometime shortly before Peter's martyrdom which could have taken place as lates as AD 68. The pro-Petrine group sets

...he period. After the death of the apostles, for the Roman imprisonment and martyrdom of [[St. Peter]] seem historical, Clement was the natural representative of

The Church in Iowa never made that decision. Instead of embracing [[martyrdom]], they embraced causes of social and personal injustices, rather than [[Ki ...the native Americans was ceased due to war. The Church lost its cause of [[martyrdom]] and the [[Kingdom of God | Kingdom]], and chose the cause of patriotism.

...d outcast.43 Neither could metaphor have empowered Jews into their willing martyrdom.

...d ready to confirm and seal with his blood, even in the fiercest flames of martyrdom, if God bad called him to that fiery trial.