Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The First Martyrs of the Church of Rome were Christians martyred in the city of Rome during Nero 's persecution in 64. The event is recorded by both Tacitus and Pope Clement I, among others. They are celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church as an optional memorial on 30 June. The Orthodox Church celebrates them on 30 June in its liturgical ...
Christian martyr. In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. [ 1 ] In the years of the early church, stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake, or other forms of torture and capital punishment.
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. George Blaurock, 1529.
Feast. 26 June. John and Paul (Latin: Ioannes, Paulus) are saints who lived during the fourth century in the Roman Empire. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June. The year of their martyrdom is uncertain according to their Acts; it occurred under Julian the Apostate (361–363).
Tacitus on Jesus. The Fire of Rome, by Karl von Piloty, 1861. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire. The Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred to Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals (written c. AD 116), book 15, chapter 44.
The martyrdom of Sts Chrysanthus and Daria. A column made of calc-sinter ("Eifel-Marmor"), in the church St. Chrysanthus und Daria, Bad Münstereifel, Germany. Saints Chrysanthus and Daria (3rd century – 283.AD) are saints of the Early Christian period. Their names appear in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, an early martyrs list, and a church ...
New Testament apocrypha. Acts of the Martyrs (Latin Acta Martyrum) are accounts of the suffering and death of a Christian martyr or group of martyrs. These accounts were collected and used in church liturgies from early times, as attested by Saint Augustine. [1] These accounts vary in authenticity.
The persecution of Christians in the New Testament is an important part of the Early Christian narrative which depicts the early church as being persecuted for their heterodox beliefs by a Jewish establishment in the Roman province of Judea. The New Testament, especially the Gospel of John, has traditionally been interpreted as relating ...