Christian martyrs | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 26/03/2019

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00:01:01 1 Etymology
00:01:51 2 Background
00:04:14 3 Origins
00:07:53 4 Theology
00:10:36 5 The Early Church
00:12:47 6 The Roman Empire
00:14:35 7 The Middle Ages
00:16:13 8 Degrees of martyrdom
00:17:54 9 Christian martyrs today



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A Christian martyr is a person who is killed because of their testimony of Jesus. In years of the early church, this often occurred through stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake or other forms of torture and capital punishment. The word "martyr" comes from the Koine word μάρτυς, mártys, which means "witness" or "testimony."
At first, the term applied to Apostles. Once Christians started to undergo  persecution, the term came to be applied to those who suffered hardships for their faith.  Finally, it was restricted to those who had been killed for their faith. The early Christian period before Constantine I was the "Age of martyrs". Early Christians venerated martyrs as powerful intercessors, and their utterances were treasured as inspired by the Holy Spirit."