Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
Subtitle: The Mass Murder of Catholics in Spain 1936-39
Edition: 2nd Printing
Publisher: Angelus Press
Published: December 2020
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Translation of: Los Martire de la Iglesia (Testigos de su Fe)
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780935952964
Description: This is the true account of the martyrdom of Catholics, who, because they chose to bear witness to the Faith, died for it. Of the many jewels that form the Christian diadem of Spain, that of the martyrs is the most beautiful. In cities, towns, and villages throughout the land, people were tortured for witnessing to the Truth. Many priests, religious brothers, nuns, men, women, and children were murdered. "You be the judge of the following events and decide if they are only terrible or also triumphant in their eternal heroism." The example of the Spanish martyrs makes us aware of the futility of our attempts to avoid guilt and escape from God by removing Him from society altogether. Their heroism forces us to take a long, clear, and unwavering look in the mirror. Is it possible that we find ourselves unknowingly in the enemy’s camp? Have we allowed ourselves to be absorbed by our culture merely to enjoy the safe but sterile existence of a microbe in a plastic society? Has much of what transpired in Spain in the heat of persecution already occured here and passed unnoticed? Are we deserving of persecution? The Spanish martyrs have left us an admonition proper for the age: Imagined paradises lead to real hells. The martyrs are models of what Christians, armed by the grace of God, can be. They rise above themselves, their infirmities, and the vicissitudes of history to escape the gravity of the world. In so doing, they provide us with an example that we can ignore only at our peril.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; label: Chapter 1
title: The Subterranean Flow of the Blood of Christ; label: Chapter 2
title: Two Women; label: Chapter 3
title: The Deaf Brother; label: Chapter 4
title: A Priest from Aldea; label: Chapter 5
title: The Bloodstain; label: Chapter 6
title: And a Child, Too; label: Chapter 7
title: And Again Crucified; label: Chapter 8
title: A Personal Account; label: Chapter 9
title: You Must Be the Mother of the Maccabees; label: Chapter 10
title: A Bethlehem in the Pyrenees; label: Chapter 11
title: The Oblations of Lorca; label: Chapter 12
title: A Popular Martyr; label: Chapter 13
title: Two Sisters; label: Chapter 14
title: On a Bed of Straw; label: Chapter 15
title: A Carmelite Martyr; label: Chapter 16
title: Oviedo, Two Years Later; label: Chapter 17
title: The Ignored Martyr; label: Chapter 18
title: Families and the Eucharist; label: Chapter 19
title: Shepherd of Wolves; label: Chapter 20
title: Double Shining Crown; label: Chapter 21
title: The Crucial Archives; label: Chapter 22
title: The Great Shame; label: Chapter 23
title: Might is Right; label: Chapter 24
title: Last Fields of Blood; label: Chapter 25
title: A Roll Call of Martyrs; title: Epilogue; title: A Sort of Final Prayer; title: Appendix; label: I.
title: The Pope Beatifies 122 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and an Ecuadorian Laywoman; label: II.
title: Angelus Reflection; label: III.
title: Claretian Martyrs of Barbastro; label: IV.
title: Viva Cristo Rey!