Martyrdom

The theme of the manner of speaking was Christian Martyrdom. The two guest speakers were Lawrence Cunningham and Joyce Salisbury. Cunningham is the professor of Theology and a former chair at the discussion section of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Salisbury is a PhD Professor at University of Wisconsin Green Bay. She focuses on woman?s body and torturing. In early Christian century before 250, Christian died in arena and got martyr. Question that she asked was ?how do you make people violate doing what they are doing?? roman tortured both the men and women. The Roman government considered the martyrdom of women an opportunity to make a normal display of the Christian faith. Expecting Christian women to react in dismay and weakness when faced with painful deaths, the Roman government dictated that the martyrdom of women would prove that any faith and given exemption with men before a deity is a weak, and foolish. such(prenominal) women as Perpetua and many others shocked the Empire with their refusal to deny their sentiments. Their allegiance was to God alone, and for Him, they sacrificed their roles in the world as mothers, wives, and daughters.



No intend however terrible shook these women from their convictions and obedience to the truth, and for their firm belief for which they would give their lives, these women gained the respect of the Church world. The Female martyrs were very unwavering and proved the Romans wrong by standing up against uncivilised and extreme physical and mental torture.

Next in the lecture were the Gnostics. Gnosticism was an extreme form of religion whose beginnings was not known to conjugation the Christianity era. Gnostics believed God was not of this earth; a supernatural universe made of matter. In Gnosticism, Christ is not a gillyflower sacrifice figure who has to be...

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