The Christian Catacombs of Rome
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2007-03-31 17:12:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The informed would think of them as Catholic and Saints.
2007-03-31 17:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by thewizardofodd 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure that this is true. There is such a thing as innocent people dying and I do believe that generally Christians die by murder, even if it's supervised or political and not investigated. The apostle Paul had already fought with the wild beasts in Ephesus in 1 Corinthians 15:32: "If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."" Wild beasts should really not be such a problem for true Christians. You're taking your chances but it's not a certain death sentence because Christians are supposed to show compassion and know how to set boundaries.
In any congregation there are those who are in it for the community contacts for business-related purposes or "friends". See 1 Corinthians 11. I think that Christians do go to jail and receive bad treatment, but people die doing what they love. If it's sticking up for what's right, or if it's complaining that people don't understand, that's personal choice.
2007-04-01 00:26:36 · answer #2 · answered by courage 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that they are a good part of the reason why the Greek word that is translated in the New Testament as "witnesses" is the word we get our English word "martyrs" from. People in the USA seem to think that Christian persecution is a thing of the past but more Christians around the world were killed for being Christians last year than in dozens of years of the Roman persecution.
http://www.christianpersecution.info/
2007-04-01 00:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are a good example for Christians today. False Christianity should take a page from their book and stop pandering to the whims of the masses or getting involved in politics (which they have no business being in) and take a stand for God. This is what those Christians died for.
2007-04-01 00:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by Epitome_inc 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
>> I wish we knew more about them, because I am sure that is the way we should be worshiping. We know they were mostly originally of the "Jewish" faith or way of doing things. Yeshua said he did not come to change one thing of the Word (which of course at the time was the Torah). I know that the majority of what we think of today as "Christian" is a mixture of pagan and what the early Church practiced, but a lot of it pagan. Don't believe me, research it. Look up what Constantine did. Look up Isthar. So, I really do wish we knew more.
2007-04-01 00:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Yahoogirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were real Christians. A lot of people today are pretend Christians. They have no idea what real hardship is.
2007-04-01 00:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by supertop 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were very brave people. They could not stop talking about what they had heard and seen. They were the eyewitnesses to the miracles of Jesus, and they had met people who saw Jesus after His crucifixion. They were willing to die for the truth. They are very honorable people. : )
2007-04-01 00:21:10 · answer #7 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they were the true christians of their time-and they are saints. no need to worry though-soon the wheat and the chaff will be sorted out -and all things will be revealed.
2007-04-01 00:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by inquisitive 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never met any of them, and there really isn't enough reliable information on them to form a judgment.
2007-04-01 00:25:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would think it would turn Christians off torture & killing--but then they turned around & had the Crusades & the Inquisition--go figure!!
2007-04-01 00:22:20 · answer #10 · answered by huffyb 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋