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Offline Colin Michael

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We're all martyrs.
« on: September 03, 2009, 08:13:06 PM »
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Some interesting facts I found out about the word "martyr".


The word "martyr" is originally synonymous with "witness".
The word "martyr" as we know it was originally referred to as a "red martyr".
Christians referred to as "martyrs" in the original sense of the word became to be called "white martyrs".
St. Justin was called "Justin Martyr" (Iustinus Martyr) in jest because of his "death wish" for red martyrdom. He died of old age, coincidentally.
Eventually, Christians began to use the word "confessor" for "white martyrs" and "martyr" began to denote exclusively "red martyrs".


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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2009, 08:17:39 PM »
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you pull up intresting stuff...this is almost as intresting as the turn the cheek exapmle (No I'm not using sarcasm  :P )
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Offline Colin Michael

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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2009, 08:19:23 PM »
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Dr. Byrne's Humanities course for the win.
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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2009, 08:37:46 PM »
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very interesting...

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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2009, 08:44:13 PM »
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Raise your hand if you already knew this.

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Offline Kyp Henderson

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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2009, 09:24:30 PM »
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*Seconds the idea and raises his hand*
But still interesting to people who didn't know.
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Re: We're all martyrs.
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2009, 11:47:22 PM »
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I knew this also.
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