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Glorification is the Reformed alternative to purgatory. [ citation needed ] According to the theologies of most major Protestant groups, purgatory is a doctrine of the Catholic Church, a holding place for those whose lives were dominated by venial sins but not guilty of mortal sins .
This prayer is said at the conclusion of the Liturgy of the Word or Mass of the Catechumens (the older term). The General Instruction of the Roman Missal states: . In the General Intercessions or the Prayer of the Faithful, the people respond in a certain way to the word of God which they have welcomed in faith and, exercising the office of their baptismal priesthood, offer prayers to God for ...
This is a list of reputed martyrs of Christianity; it includes only notable people with Wikipedia articles. Not all Christian confessions accept every figure on this list as a martyr or Christian—see the linked articles for fuller discussion.
List of protomartyrs: a list of known protomartyrs; a protomartyr is the first Christian martyr in a country or among a particular group, such as a religious order. List of royal saints and martyrs : a list of Christian monarchs, other royalty , and nobility who have been beatified or canonized, or who are otherwise venerated as or ...
A page from an early 9th-century copy of the Martyrologium Hieronymianum made at the Abbey of Lorsch. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum (meaning "martyrology of Jerome") or Martyrologium sancti Hieronymi (meaning "martyrology of Saint Jerome") is an ancient martyrology or list of Christian martyrs in calendar order, one of the most used and influential of the Middle Ages.
In the history of the Baháʼí Faith there are many who are considered martyrs. The Baháʼí Faith grew out of a separate religion, Bábism, which Baháʼís see as part of their own history. In Bábism, martyrdom had the literal meaning of sacrificing one's life and was seen as a public declaration of sincerity and devotion to God. [3]
A monastic saint who was martyred for the Orthodox faith is referred to as "venerable martyr" or hosiomartyr. In the 20th century, some English-language Orthodox sources began to use the term venerable to refer to a righteous person who was a candidate for glorification (canonization), most famously in the case of John of Shanghai and San ...
Istishhad (Arabic: اِسْتِشْهَادٌ, romanized: istišhād) is the Arabic word for "martyrdom", "death of a martyr", or (in some contexts) "heroic death". [1] [2] Martyrs are given the honorific shaheed. [3] The word derives from the root shahida (Arabic: شهد), meaning "to witness". Traditionally martyrdom has an exalted place in ...