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Martyrdom

To witness with one's blood — the supreme likeness to Christ

Martyrdom is witness to Christ unto death, regarded as the highest conformity to him. The book of Acts records Stephen's death, Ignatius of Antioch wrote of his longing to bear witness, and the Martyrdom of Polycarp recounts an early martyr's faithfulness. The Greek root of the word means 'witness.' Across Christian traditions, those who die rather than deny Christ are honored as sharing most fully in his own self-offering.

How it traveled

  1. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
    applies
  2. Acts
    Rome · 84
    explains
  3. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
    explains
  4. The Martyrdom of Polycarp
    Smyrna · 155
    explains
  5. Scorpiace.
    — · 220
    explains
  6. Apology.
    — · 220
    explains
  7. The Canonical Epistle, with the Commentaries of Theodore Balsamon and John Zonaras.
    — · 220
    explains
  8. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    — · 220
    redefines
  9. The Epistles of Cyprian.
    Carthage · 258
    explains
  10. Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
    — · 325
    explains
  11. The Church History of Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  12. The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius
    Caesarea · 339
    explains
  13. Defence of His Flight. (Apologia de Fuga.)
    Alexandria · 373
    explains
  14. The Letters
    Caesarea (Cappadocia) · 379
    explains
  15. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril
    Jerusalem · 386
    explains
  16. Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen
    Nazianzus · 390
    explains
  17. Selections from the Letters of St. Ambrose
    Milan · 397
    explains
  18. Concerning Virgins
    Milan · 397
    explains
  19. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  20. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  22. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  23. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    applies
  24. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  25. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  26. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  27. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  28. The Commentary and Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Galatians and Ephesians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  29. Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  30. The Letters of St. Jerome
    Bethlehem · 420
    explains
  31. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  32. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  33. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  34. Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. John
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  35. Answer to the Letters of Petilian, the Donatist
    Hippo Regius · 430
    applies
  36. The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 439
    explains
  37. The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 450
    explains
  38. The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret
    Cyrrhus · 458
    explains
  39. Seventeen Occasional Sermons
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains
  40. A History of the Work of Redemption
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    explains

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