In that sense, the martyr stories have an incredible effect on the imagination of Christians, because who's the first Christian martyr? Jesus, himself. Heroically witnessing to his own faith ...

How did Christian apologists such as Justin Martyr try to reconcile this conflict or apparent conflict between loyalty to Christ and loyalty to Caesar? Did he talk about the nature of the kingdom?

And it was eminently fitting that such a deed should be done on the very day when the Christian Church celebrates the crucifixion, the martyrdom of her Divine Head. I do not mean that the two ...

This is the Church of martyrs. This Church triumphs, not the Church that has money in the bank - said Francis. Vatican media ...

The martyrs are drawn from every continent and many Christian denominations and represent all who have been oppressed or persecuted for their faith. Among them are victims of Nazism, communism and ...

As I was reading this book, I kept imagining the martyrs of Revelation who cry out from under the altar, “Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long will it be before you judge and avenge our blood on ...