Christian Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy

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Christian Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy

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Author : Geoffrey de Ste. Croix
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-09-28

Christian Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy written by Geoffrey de Ste. Croix and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-28 with History categories.

This volume brings together seven seminal papers by the great radical historian Geoffrey de Ste. Croix, who died in 2000, on early Christian topics, with an especial focus on persecution and martyrdom. Christian martyrdom is a topic which conjures up ready images of inhumane persecutors confronted by Christian heroes who perish for the instant but win the long-term battle for reputation. In five of these essays Ste. Croix scrutinizes the evidence to reveal the significant role of Christian themselves, first as volunteer martyrs and later, after the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth century, as organizers of much more effective persecutions. A sixth essay pursues the question of the control of Christianity through a comprehensive study of the context for one of the Church's most important and divisive doctrinal decisions, at the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451); the key role of the emperor and his senior secular officials is revealed, contrary to the prevailing interpretation of Church historians. Finally the attitudes of the early Church towards property and slavery are reviewed, to show the divide between the Gospel message and actual practice.

Christian Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy

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Author : Geoffrey de Ste. Croix
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-09-28

Christian Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy written by Geoffrey de Ste. Croix and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-28 with History categories.

This volume brings together seven seminal papers by the great radical historian Geoffrey de Ste. Croix, who died in 2000, on early Christian topics, with an especial focus on persecution and martyrdom. Christian martyrdom is a topic which conjures up ready images of inhumane persecutors confronted by Christian heroes who perish for the instant but win the long-term battle for reputation. In five of these essays Ste. Croix scrutinizes the evidence to reveal the significant role ofChristian themselves, first as volunteer martyrs and later, after the triumph of Christianity in the early fourth century, as organizers of much more effective persecutions. A sixth essay pursues the question of the control of Christianity through a comprehensive study of the context for one of theChurch's most important and divisive doctrinal decisions, at the Council of Chalcedon (AD 451); the key role of the emperor and his senior secular officials is revealed, contrary to the prevailing interpretation of Church historians. Finally the attitudes of the early Church towards property and slavery are reviewed, to show the divide between the Gospel message and actual practice.

Christians Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy

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Author : Geoffrey Ernest Maurice De Ste. Croix
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Christians Persecution Martyrdom And Orthodoxy written by Geoffrey Ernest Maurice De Ste. Croix and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with categories.

I Am A Christian

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Author : Anthony P. Schiavo, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Arx Publishing, LLC
Release Date : 2018-09-17

I Am A Christian written by Anthony P. Schiavo, Jr. and has been published by Arx Publishing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-17 with History categories.

"Jesus never existed." "The Bible is a book of fairy tales." "Accounts of Christian persecution are fables." Christians of today face ridiculous claims of this type on a regular basis. These charges gain traction in the modern world because the average person has practically no knowledge of the Church's ancient past. I Am A Christian: Authentic Accounts of Christian Martyrdom and Persecution from the Ancient Sources aims to remedy this deficiency. The works collected in this book represent some of the most trustworthy first-hand accounts of the triumphs and travails of the early Church that have survived antiquity. These include several authentic transcripts of Roman legal proceedings against Christians, along with obscure but fascinating historical works that are unfamiliar to even the most informed Christians of today. In several cases, readers will be presented with the actual words of the martyrs themselves. In others, they will read accounts penned by eye-witnesses or authors writing within the living memory of the events themselves. Taken together, these works form a glorious record of early Christian zeal and fortitude in the face of aggressive state persecution. When reading them, one notices a common refrain: when questioned, the accused would cry out: “I am a Christian,” which was the equivalent of saying, “I am guilty as charged.” In an era when such an admission carried a death sentence, these authentic testimonies provide a convincing answer to modern skeptics who will find them as baffling as did the ancient Roman emperors, proconsuls and magistrates of nearly two millennia ago.

Discrimination Persecution Martyrdom

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Author : Huibert van Beek
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2018-04-09

Discrimination Persecution Martyrdom written by Huibert van Beek and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-09 with Religion categories.

The Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: Following Christ Together global consultation was convened and organised by the Global Christian Forum, together with the Catholic Church (Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), the Pentecostal World Fellowship, the World Council of Churches and the World Evangelical Alliance.

Martyrdom And Persecution In The Early Church

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Author : W. H. C. Frend
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-04-15

Martyrdom And Persecution In The Early Church written by W. H. C. Frend and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with Religion categories.

Although the story of the triumphant rise of Christianity has often been told, it was a triumph achieved through blood and tribulation. The literal meaning of the term martyr meant "witness," but among early Christians it quickly acquired a harsher meaning--one who died for the faith--and that witness through death was responsible for many conversions, including those of Justin Martyr, who himself offered just such witness, and perhaps even Tertullian. Persecution was seen by early Christians, as by later historians, as one of the crucial influences on the development of the early church and Christian belief. Why did the Roman Empire persecute Christians? Why did thousands of Christians not merely accept, but welcome martyrdom? In his classic work, Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church, the late W. H. C. Frend explores the mindset of Christians who suffered persecution as well as the motivations of those who persecuted them. He shows the critical importance of Jewish ideas to early Christians, heavily influenced as they were by the story of Daniel and the revolt of the Maccabean. He argues that the Christian concept of martyrdom held in such high regard among early Christians can only be understood as springing from Jewish roots. Frend explores a number of major persecutions to show both common themes and variations, and examines also the relationship between the heavenly kingdom of Christ and the rule of the earthly emperor. In doing so, he shows how persecution formed an essential part in a providential philosophy of history that has profoundly influenced European political thought.

The Myth Of Persecution

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Author : Candida Moss
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-03-05

The Myth Of Persecution written by Candida Moss and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with Religion categories.

In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence dissent and galvanize a new generation of culture warriors. According to cherished church tradition and popular belief, before the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal in the fourth century, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. These saints, Christianity's inspirational heroes, are still venerated today. Moss, however, exposes that the "Age of Martyrs" is a fiction—there was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still taught in Sunday school classes, celebrated in sermons, and employed by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get Christians and, rather, embrace the consolation, moral instruction, and spiritual guidance that these martyrdom stories provide.

Book Of Martyrs

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Author : John Foxe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1840

Book Of Martyrs written by John Foxe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1840 with categories.

History Of Christian Martyrdom

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Author : John Foxe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1836

History Of Christian Martyrdom written by John Foxe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1836 with Church history categories.

Persecution In The Early Church

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Author : Herbert B. Workman
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2009-04-01

Persecution In The Early Church written by Herbert B. Workman and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-01 with Religion categories.

The subject of persecution in the early Church, treated as a whole, has been somewhat neglected by English writers. The legal aspects of the matter, the relations of the Church to the Empire, and the nature of the courts and procedure by which the Christians were condemned have been fully dealt with in the researches of Ramsay, Hardy, and others . . . Persecution also, treated merely from the standpoint of the Church, the experiences of the martyrs, has, of course, never lacked presentation in this country from the days of Foxe onward . . . [A] treatment of the subject as a whole, in its legal, historical, ecclesiastical, and experiential aspects, is what I have attempted in the following pages . . . While I trust that no aspect of the subject has been neglected, special attention has been drawn to those aspects of the inner life of the Church which led to persecution. Contents 1. The Master and His Disciples 2. Casesar or Christ 3. The Causes of Hatred 4. The Great Persecution 5. The Experiences of the Persecuted