Appostle or disciple?
2006-07-20 16:38:54 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wasn't James the first martyr?
2006-07-20 16:48:47 · update #1
St. Steven was the first disciple to be Martyred.
St. James, the brother of John, was the first Apostle to be Martyred.
2006-07-20 16:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by clusium1971 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
St. Stephen
He was the first Christian martyr. He was a disciple (a deacon), but not an apostle. Around 33 A.D. he was accused of blasphemy by the Sanhedrin and was subsequently stoned to death. As he died, he prayed for those who killed him. If you wish, you may read about him in Acts 6-7.
These websites also have good information on him:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/SAINTS/saints04.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14286b.htm
Incidentally, James was martyred later, in 44 A.D., by Herod Agrippa I on the feast of Passover. See Acts 12:1-2 or go to http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08279b.htm .
2006-07-20 23:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot honestly believe that no one has said this yet...John the Baptist was the first Christian to be martyred (and, if some people don't accept John as a Christian, or claim that his death wasn't martyrdom, how about Jesus).
2006-07-21 00:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by greatpanisdead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen with a rose, in and out of the garden he goes,
Country garden in the wind and the rain,
Wherever he goes the people all complain.
Stephen prospered in his time, well he may and he may decline.
Did it matter, does it now? Stephen would answer if he only knew how.
Wishing well with a golden bell, bucket hanging clear to hell,
Hell halfway twixt now and then,
Stephen fill it up and lower down and lower down again.
Lady finger, dipped in moonlight, writing "What for?" across the morning sky.
Sunlight splatters, dawn with answer, darkness shrugs and bids the day goodbye.
Speeding arrow, sharp and narrow,
What a lot of fleeting matters you have spurned.
Several seasons with their treasons,
Wrap the babe in scarlet colors, call it your own.
Did he doubt or did he try? Answers aplenty in the bye and bye,
Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills,
One man gathers what another man spills.
Saint Stephen will remain, all he's lost he shall regain,
Seashore washed by the suds and foam,
Been here so long, he's got to calling it home.
Fortune comes a crawlin', calliope woman, spinnin' that curious sense of your own.
Can you answer? Yes I can. But what would be the answer to the answer man?
2006-07-20 23:47:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen was the first Christian martyr. He was stoned to death.
2006-07-20 23:42:51 · answer #5 · answered by heatherbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen
2006-07-20 23:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen
2006-07-20 23:42:45 · answer #7 · answered by Iwanna know 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven was the first christian martyr. not sure where it is exactly but its in the New Testament
2006-07-20 23:45:43 · answer #8 · answered by crazy45 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven who was a disciple
Acts chap 7:54-60
2006-07-20 23:41:33 · answer #9 · answered by Wendy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen, a follower, was stoned by the Sanhedrin, the same people that supposedly pressured Pilate to crucify Jesus.
2006-07-20 23:43:06 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋