Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries (Biblia.com)

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In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the crime of being Christians. Not even torture could make them deny Christ, so they were burned alive. Is my faithfulness as strong? In the fifth century, Melania the Younger and her husband, Pinian, distributed their enormous wealth to the poor and intentionally practiced the discipline...

Considering the story line of the New Testament, the martyrdom of Christians during the early Christian period should not come as a complete surprise to us. Persecution, suffering and death are at the heart of the Christian message. The cross, an instrument of gruesome execution, became by A.D. 500 the primary symbol of the faith because it reminded believers then, as it does to this day, of Jesus’ ignominious sacrifice on the cross. The New Testament recounts story

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