The Blood of Martyrs
Description
What problems do the Christians cause for the Romans in the early 2nd century? What is the Christians' attitude when they are arrested? Why does Ignatius of Antioch ask to be torn apart by beasts? What is the difference between Jewish martyrs and Christian martyrs? Can the martyrdom stories be considered a kind of pornography? What is the historical interest of these accounts? Should they be read as the earliest Christian propaganda?
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49 min 54 sec
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