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(a martyr is a person who is killed because of their testimony of ‘jesus’ + ‘god’)
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In years of the early church, this often occurred through death by sawing, 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”)
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(early christians venerated ‘martyrs’ as ‘powerful intercessors’, and their utterances were treasured as inspired by the ‘holy spirit’)
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