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The earliest catechisms of Reformed (Calvinist) Christianity, written in the 16th through 18th centuries, including the Heidelberg (1563), Westminster (1647) and Fisher's (1765), included discussions in a question and answer format detailing how the creation of images of God (including Jesus) was counter to their understanding of the Second ...
Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...
Christians were persecuted by local authorities on an intermittent and ad hoc basis. In addition, there were several periods of empire-wide persecution which were directed from the seat of government in Rome. Christians were the targets of persecution because they refused to worship the Roman gods or to pay homage to the emperor as divine.
Image Saints and Servants of God Born Died Church Status Diocese Type of Cause Jesuit Martyrs of North America (1642–49) René Goupil: 15 May 1608 in Saint-Martin-du-Bois, Maine-et-Loire, France 29 September 1642 in Ossernenon, near Auriesville, New York, United States Professed Religious, Jesuits Toronto and New York: Martyr in odium fidei ...
In particular, the testimony is that of the Christian Gospel, or more generally, the Word of God. A Christian witness is a biblical witness whether or not death follows. [26] Illustration of Christian martyrs burned at the stake by the order of Ranavalona I in Madagascar. [citation needed]
110 Infant and Child Martyrs of Luçon: February 28, 1794 15 days–7 yrs France: Luçon: Servants of God: Louise Marmet: 1769 April 5, 1794 25 France: Lyon: Servant of God: Martyrs of Uganda (1885–1887) Dionysius [Denis] Ssebuggwawo Wasswa: ca. 1870 May 25, 1886 16 Uganda: Kampala: Saint: Ambrosius [Ambrosio] Kibuka: ca. 1868 June 3, 1886 18 ...
Woodcut of 1563 from the Protestant Foxe's Book of Martyrs showing the destruction of Catholic images in the upper portion. Edward VI, whom Cranmer charged to emulate Josiah's purging of the Temple, [1] is shown enthroned in lower left, while a Reformed church service according to the Book of Common Prayer takes place in the lower right.
When an Orthodox Christian venerates icons of a saint he is venerating the image of God which he sees in the saint. Eremitic Saint Onuphrius by Emmanuel Tzanes , 1662 Because the church shows no true distinction between the living and the dead, as the saints are considered to be alive in Heaven, saints are referred to as if they are still alive ...