Saint Stephen's Famous Martyrs

In Lasallian schools the core principle of concern for the poor and social justice invites students and staff to be in solidarity with the poor and advocate for those suffering injustices. This means that people should have awareness of the poor and those who are victims of injustices and respond to their needs by means of community service and advocacy. This core principle is illustrated in the novella, “Saint Emmanuel the Good, Martyr” by Miguel de Unamuno. The main character, Don Emmanuel is the parson of the city of Valverde. The congregation of this parish look up to Don Emmanuel, admire him, and are overtaken by his words in mass. However, the narrator reveals that Don Emmanuel was not a man of faith. “Metamorphosis” by Kafka, presents a story of a young man who one day wakes up and is transformed into a bug. As a result of this transformation, he is mistreated by his family and considered useless in society. In the case of Saint Emmanuel the Good Martyr, there is a character that does not believe in God, yet practices concern for the poor and social justice on a daily basis. On the other hand, we have a character that yearns what Don Emmanuel gives to the citizens in Valverde, care and concern.

In the early Church, martyrdom was considered a "baptism in blood," similar in itself to the baptism in water. The baptism of martyrdom was at the origin of the conversion of many. To be a true disciple is to die as a martyr. The rationale of costly discipleship is witnessing to non-Christians. This shows that martyrdom can communicate much more deeply than any other discourse. It is difficult to evaluate the intensity and scale of persecution against Christians of the first three centuries; nevertheless what we have are some documents that shed light on the frequency of these afflictions. During the first century, there were occasional persecutions under Nero’s reign, especially the fire of Rome in 64 CE, which Christians were accused of having

and became the last Pope to be declared a Martyr. While Martin's career provided dramatic evidence of

In addition to being perceived as one of the most important attributes in a saint, heroism actually started to be praised by Christians as one of the principal qualities in any true Christian. Augustine de Hippo basically believed that in order to be seen by God as a person who was capable to serve divinity, the respective individual needed to be familiar with the attitudes that he or she needed to put across and with the fact

A martyr is a person that defends a principle, even though it means giving up everything that is important to that person (Webster 236). Some martyr's are put in jail for standing up for Jesus Christ or God. Most martyrs are killed because of their beliefs. Martyrs are the strange ones who

When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington on April 14, 1865, people almost immediately deemed Lincoln a martyr. Although, no one even began to question whether Booth was one. A martyr is said to be a person who is killed for their beliefs, in the case of Booth, his hatred towards the president. Yet, with such a vague definition, martyr becomes very subjective. Aren’t those who are promised Paradise and eternal worship if they strap bombs to their chests considered martyrs too? Of course not! Not in the eyes of Americans at least. More often than not, martyrs are people who are willing to die for the cause in hopes that it will bring change. However,

Do you love animals and nature? Do you want to make trees plentiful again? Do you want to adopt all the puppies and kittens when you walk into the shelter? Well do I have a saint for you!

someone that dies for what they believes in, for example Martin Luther King jr. , soldiers , and

For instance, a hero is an individual who commits an act of charity, such as donating a piece of clothing to someone else, for the purpose of helping another person. Just as simple acts of kindness qualify a person as a hero, those types of civilians typically sacrifice themselves to the benefit of another person. For example, in an

Metis leader, Louis Riel, main attention in the Red River and North-West resistance, is a martyr for these reasons. The first reason is that he, himself struggled for the metis freedom. For there ways of life. For the things, others have done to them. I’m referring to the buffalo extinction. As soon as white settlers came to Manitoba and made the railroad and used the hunt as a sport, the buffalo had a mass extinction causing the metis there home and ways of life. Louis Riel just came back to Canada to help the Metis stop the settlers. He didn't want his people to die of starvation. No. Louis wanted freedom.

First of all, a hero can give up his or her life to save others. For example, “The man in the water,” by Roger Rosenblatt. They call him “the man in the water,” who sacrifices his life to save five people from drowning in the freezing river. He just did his job but his courage to face with the situation and

St. Oswald of Northumbria was a martyr-king that came from a large family with kings, rose to power, and spread Christianity while having a short reign as king.

Arpad’s great-great grandson was Saint Stephen I, the first king of Hungary. He was named a saint because he helped spread Christianity in and around Hungary. Today, St. Stephen's Day is a national holiday in Hungary.

The greatest Christian Apologist and martyr, in the turn of the second century, who stood firm in defending the belief of Christianity, was the great philosopher and early Christian apologist and martyr - Justin Martyr. Justin Martyr (100-165CE), was born in Samaria, near Jacob’s well, around turn of the century in modern day Palestine. Justin was a Gentile and well educated, who has traveled extensively in search for the life’s meaning in the philosophies of his day.

The first three centuries of the Catholic Church was plagued with persecution by the Roman emperors. During this period, the Apostle Peter is believed to have been crucified upside down and John the Baptist was beheaded, the Apostle Paul was also martyred during this period. Many of the other Apostles and Christians are believed to have been martyred during this time period. This all changed with the arrival