Martyr

result of persecution. Martyrs often sacrificed their own lives for a particular cause rather than, in the case of Christians, betray their beliefs. In the Christian tradition, after their deaths many martyrs became saints. Saints are religious people who are recognized as being exceptionally holy by the Church. Yet saints and martyrs served other purposes other than just to honour the holy work that the particular individual had done in their lifetime. Saints or martyrs were often associated…

The Sinful Martyr: Sonia’s role as a religious figure in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment From Rodion Raskolnikov’s psychological struggles to the turmoil of the socio-political influences exerted on Russia by the Eastern and Western world, Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment deals with dualities of many natures. Religion, a prominent motif in the text, also has duality, as portrayed through Sonia Marmeladov. Through Sonia’s characterization as a religious figure, her actions and…

The newly form religion called Christian would have a lot of growing pains over the next two centuries. Important Christian figure like the Apostles were being killed off. The Christian authority figures calling Apostles martyrs and anyone else who dies still believing in Christ love. The Church was looking to become more then that religion that people get to watch die in the colosseum. The religion still being new and did not have many followers and most of the followers were the poor, women,…

Martyrdom can be argued as one of the most prominent characteristics of early Christianity. As a Christian, I believe that the martyrs of this period have served as a vehicle of Christianity’s survival (and more) through the tests of time and persecution. This is especially the case in the third century Roman Empire under the rule of Emperor Decius (Meeks). For the purpose of this report I will refer to the story of the sainted Perpetua who, according to Fredriksen, was martyred in the year 202…

This book is made up of a collection of fictional letters that was affiliated with Antipas. Antipas was the martyr that was cited in Revelation 2:13, “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to my name, and did not deny my faith even in the days in which Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.” In the beginning, Antipas was an elite Roman citizen who fought to maintain and continue to enhance his position in his…

using the legal system as a noose instead of being found guilty and convicted; to what extent was his megalegoria a tool for him to dig his own grave, or was he speaking sincerely? If Socrates’ goal was to martyr himself, how successful was he, if at all? The choice to categorize Socrates as a martyr at all, much less judging the consequences…

Jan Hus; Patriot or Martyr Jan Hus was a bohemian church reformer whose ideas had been years before his time. Hus was able to sway the church to accept so many different ideas than it had previously accepted though his teachings and sermons. Hus engrained his beliefs through the Bible, seeing as where he was from, the Bible was their main source of text. In this paper, three historian’s views will be analyzed through their arguments on Hus. Professor Stefan Swiezawski, Francišek Šmahel, and…

unworthy. Can’t you see. I am a coward.’ ” (51). Both the whisky priest and Jose show deep instances that they are not complacent with their actions regarding their priesthood. This same belief causes the whisky priest to never accept the condition of a martyr, while Padre Jose is affected in such a way that he can…

called Christians, but are godless, impious heretics, teach doctrines that are in every way blasphemous, atheistical, and foolish.” This statement also encompasses anyone who doesn’t prescribe to the teaching of premillennialism. To conclude, Justin Martyr will be identified as a premillennialist because of his belief in a literal millennium reign of Christ and the establishment of a literal kingdom on…

While reading martyr narratives one might see a horror film play out before their eyes. The scenes of torture and brutality should not be considered as just another woman martyr who becomes a saint but a woman who is in a real life horror fiction. These stories are not for people to learn about martyrs, or how to act virtuous, but as a form of entertainment for people. These stories were meant to be used as teaching methods to show people how to be chase and for women to keep their virginity,…