How strong was the faith of the Christian martyrs in the early centuries?
Many of the early Christian martyrs were either fed to the lions, burned, crucified on crosses, beheaded, or hanged.
It seems as though they weren't afraid of death.
The early church even honored the marytrs with Roman priests celebrating Mass over the tombs of the martyrs in the catacombs.
So how strong was their faith?
They died to defend their faith, as soldiers die to defend their country. That's pretty darn strong!
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March 25 2009 08:03 am | Christian
tsim nuj on 25 Mar 2009 at 1:44 pm #
very strong. you not with satan, you die.
no with god you die.
that's how strict they were.
long time ago, christians killed people for not believing in god.
strange huh?
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Fireball on 25 Mar 2009 at 2:19 pm #
INcredibly strong!!!!!!!!
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Hail Naw! on 25 Mar 2009 at 3:09 pm #
They died to defend their faith, as soldiers die to defend their country. That's pretty darn strong!
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lainiebsky on 25 Mar 2009 at 3:21 pm #
I hope you know that Christians weren't the only ones killed that way. In fact, there were many more Jewish than Christian victims.
Anyway, Rome didn't exactly give anyone a choice. It's not as if they let people go free if they denied their faith. They died whether they defended their faith or not.
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Lion of Judah on 25 Mar 2009 at 3:52 pm #
mass today is nothing like mass back then. First off, they had no alter girls because there weren't books to read from. Just maybe a scroll or no scroll. lol
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Simon T on 25 Mar 2009 at 4:10 pm #
I am sure that their faith was very strong.
Just like the faith of Islamic martyrs, Jewish martyrs and Hindu martyrs.
Just because somebody has strong faith does not mean that what they believe in is real.
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Mokele Mbembe on 25 Mar 2009 at 4:31 pm #
Would they be martyrs if their faith wasn't strong? You see, it's absurd to ask.
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