Perpetua Sacrifice

Around this time in Rome, Christianity was rising and it hasn’t been a strong religion yet. This is an account from a personal diary written by Vibia Perpetua in Carthage during the Roman Empire. Perpetua was a young, newly married women with a child from upper class society and Felicitas was Perpetua’s slave who was pregnant. This diary serves as a time frame from her arrest till the moments before her death. Perpetua, Felicitas and dozens other people were arrested and all of them were determined, fearless and willing to sacrifice everything for their faith in Christianity. Hence, Sacrifice was the ultimate approach any martyrs did to fulfil God’s duty. Based on the article, Perpetua best fits the example of sacrifice and duty.
The above conversation was when Perpetua’s father came to visit her in the prison trying …show more content…
Perpetua, however, tries to argue with her father that no matter how hard you try to persuade me I will always call myself a Christian just like a vase will always be called a vase. Likewise, Perpetua’s father even brings her child in prison to remind her of the responsibility of a mother. Throughout her diary, there is no mention of who the father is, which means Perpetua must be a single mother. So, not only Perpetua was willing to die for her confident faith in Christianity, but she was also determined to be separated from her only nursing child who would starve to death without her milk. Even when Perpetua was with the judge, her father tries to talk her out but he fails. Perpetua’s faith was stronger than compared to her bond with her father. It was astonishing to see Perpetua show no emotion towards her father who was