The martyrs are a heroic minority ... stories that got circulated were very important for the development of early Christianity. Several of the martyrdoms talk about -- of course we don't know ...

The martyrs are a heroic minority ... stories that got circulated were very important for the development of early Christianity. Several of the martyrdoms talk about -- of course we don't know ...

We need to engage with that spirit even those who hate us. The Coptic martyrs and their families — like the early Christians — call us to claim the more excellent way. They remind us that we ...

A Notre Dame historian has a book coming out soon contending that the early ... These saints, Christianity’s inspirational heroes, are still venerated today. In The Myth of Persecution ...

Keywords: Christianity, history of religions, longue durée, theory and method of medieval studies, global Middle Ages, inter‐connectivity, late antiquity, medieval and early modern studies. Embedded ...