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2. List of Christian martyrs - Wikipedia

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   Dirk Willems etching from Martyrs Mirror "Death of Cranmer", from the 1887 Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos, 1523, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyrs; Jan de Bakker, 1525, burned at the stake; Martyrs of Tlaxcala, 1527-1529; Felix Manz, 1527; Patrick Hamilton, 1528, burned at the stake, early Lutheran martyr ...

3. Christian martyr - Wikipedia

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   In Christianity, a martyr is a person who was killed for their testimony for Jesus or faith in Jesus. [1] In the years of the early church , stories depict this often occurring through death by sawing , stoning , crucifixion , burning at the stake , or other forms of torture and capital punishment .

4. Saint Stephen - Wikipedia

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   Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος, romanized: Stéphanos; c. AD 5 – c. 34) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first martyr of Christianity. [2] According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who angered members of various synagogues by his teachings.

5. List of early Christian saints - Wikipedia

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   Ten thousand martyrs: 4th century Terentian: 2nd century Terenzio of Pesaro: c. 250 Tertius of Iconium: 1st century Thalassius of Syria: 5th century Thamel (martyr) 2nd century Theban Legion: 3rd century Thecla of Iconium: c. 1st century Theoclia: 4th century Theodora (Roman martyr) 2nd century Theodora and Didymus: 3rd or 4th century Theodore ...

6. Acts of the Martyrs - Wikipedia

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   The scarcity of official records and direct documentation has been controversial. The old Christian communities had a great interest in maintaining the memory of their martyrs, as proven by the news referenced in the story of the martyrdom of Polycarp (m. 156), [3] whose memory was venerated annually in İzmir.

7. The Hidden History of Those Who Wrote the Christian Story - AOL

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   What was true of Paul—the best educated of the Apostles—is true of all early Christian writers and leaders. Most early Christians used secretaries to transcribe and copy their writings.