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Early Christian Martyrdom

In Our Time: Religion

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You Never Have Christianity Without Martyrdom

The idea of martyrs as the noble carrier of the great message is one that cang to have an incredible history into the middle ages and beyond. Even in the earliest narratives of jesus lives, in the gospels, they they have jesus saying to his followers, you are also going to be persecuted, right? So this is kind of put there as the central expectation right at the start of christian literary history. In a very real way, you never have christianity without martyrdom.

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