The Marvel Of The Catholic Church… The Heroes Of Jesus Christ — The Martyrs!
By RAYMOND DE SOUZA, KM Part 6 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). No other people have proved their love for Jesus Christ more than the Catholic martyrs. From the Colosseum during the first three centuries of pagan persecution to today’s Islamic persecution in many countries, from the lions of the Colosseum to the murderous ISIS of today, Catholic martyrs have always been the most magnificent flowers in God’s garden of heroism. Pagan historians record that in the days of the Nero’s persecution (AD 64-68), a “vast multitude of Christians were put to death” (Tacitus, Annals, X, 44). Tacitus lived between 55 and 120. Some were thrown…Continue Reading