Download or read book The Myth of Persecution written by Candida Moss and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Christian Persecution Martyrdom and Orthodoxy written by Geoffrey Ernest Maurice De Ste. Croix and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-09-28 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Martyrs Or A History of Persecution written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fox s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a work of Christian history by John Foxe. It recounts the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of dozens of Christian martyrs.
Download or read book Fox s Book of Martyrs A History of the Lives Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs written by William Byron Forbush and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage work contains a detailed treatise on the early Christian and Protestant martyrs, with information on their history and lives. This concise and comprehensive text will greatly appeal to those with an interest in important Christian figures, and will be of special interest to theology students. Written in clear, simple language and full of interesting insights into the lives of these seminal individuals, this text makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature, and is one not to be missed by the discerning collector. The sections of this book include: St. Stephen, James the Great, Phillip, Matthew, James the Less, Matthias, Andrew, St Mark, Peter, Paul, Jude, Bartholomew, Thomas, Luke, Simon, John, The First Persecutions, The Fourth Persecutions, etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Download or read book Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive and Protestant Martyrs written by Amos Blanchard and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 1352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Martyrs written by Martin Ruter and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive history of Christian persecution provides a detailed account of the trials, tortures, and deaths of many who have suffered martyrdom throughout history. From the early days of Christianity to the present day, this book offers a powerful and moving tribute to those who have given their lives for their faith. With meticulous research and powerful writing, this book is an essential addition to any library. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Fox s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.".
Download or read book Fox s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 1181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Martyrs Or a History of Persecution From the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Time Including an Account of the Trials Tortures and written by Martin Ruter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Martyrs, or a History of Persecution: From the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Time; Including an Account of the Trials, Tortures, and Triumphant Deaths of Many Who Have Suffered Martyrdom The great head or the church was surrounded, duo ring the whole of his ministry, with the most bitter hostil ity, and with continual persecution, until he suffered the death of the cross. St. John the baptist, and st. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Fragrance of Oppression written by Herbert Schlossberg and published by Crossway Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Turning Point book reveals the motives andtactics used in persecuting the early church. Exposes the sourcesof such persecution in modern times: totalitarian and Islamicgovernments. Calls believers to action.
Download or read book The Great Persecution written by Min Seok Shin and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Persecution under Diocletian and his imperial colleagues and successors is a foremost concern of modern scholarship on Roman persecution of Christians. This book is a systematic and comprehensive study of that persecution. Its focus is on events from 284 when Diocletian became emperor, to 313, when full religious liberty was granted to all religions by the so-called Edict of Milan. At least nine imperial orders were issued in 303 to 312 against Christianity. While Diocletian's orders were more concerned with the privileged upper classes of Christians, Maximinus Daia's orders were aimed at isolating all Christians from the Roman community. The enforcement of the imperial orders, and the sufferings of Christians under them, are examined on a diocese-by-diocese basis, comparing the situation in the West and in the East. In the late fourth century, Prudentius of Calahorra, poet and imperial official, complained about the loss of records on local martyrs, exclaiming, 'Alas for what is forgotten and lost to knowledge in the silence of the olden time! We are denied the facts about these matters, the very tradition is destroyed.' This book draws together the remains of what Prudentius feared was forgotten for ever.
Download or read book Book of Martyrs written by John Fox and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Fox s Book of Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Book of Martyrs or a History of the Lives Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs written by John Foxe and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
