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Language: en
Pages: 750
Pages: 750
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
The Roman Martyrs contains translations of forty Latin passiones of saints who were martyred in Rome or its near environs, during the period before the "peace o
Language: en
Pages: 200
Pages: 200
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-27 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
From Eusebius of Caesarea, who first compiled a collection of martyr narratives around 300, to Thierry Ruinart, whose Acta primorum martyrum sincera et selecta
Language: en
Pages: 124
Pages: 124
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-10-03 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book examines the historical context of the earliest Christian martyrs, and anchors their grisly and often wilful self-sacrifice to the everyday life and o
Language: en
Pages: 247
Pages: 247
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-05 - Publisher: Harper Collins
An expert on early Christianity reveals how the early church invented stories of Christian martyrs—and how this persecution myth persists today. According to
Language: en
Pages: 420
Pages: 420
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Aeterna Press
The Roman Martyrology is an official and accredited record, on the pages of which are set forth in simple and brief, but impressive words, the glorious deeds of
