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Divine Service : Liturgical periodical, Vol. 49 No. 3, 2009.

Original scientific paper

Reference to theology of martyrdom

Nikola Bižaca orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-508X ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split

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Abstract

The past and present of the Church give enough evidence that it also
has always been the Church of martyrs. In this work the author analyzes theology of martyrdom starting from the suffering testimony of Jesus Christ. Then he analyzes various testimonies about the persecution of prophets and the righteous in the Old Testament, as well as the testimonies about the martyrdom after Christ. In the second part the author brings an overview of different perceptions of martyrdom in the course of Christian theology. In the last part of the work ecumenical significance of martyrs is pointed out.

Keywords

martyrdom; hate for faith; imitation of Christ; ecumenism

Hrčak ID:

91105

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/91105

Publication date:

15.9.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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