Saturday, March 21, 2015

A list of martyred popes—Wikipedia

I’m listening to a lecture (while riding my exercycle) on how the pagans were evangelized in the early church.  Now that Christians are being killed for the faith in larger numbers than the first century, it’s a good message to hear.  It wasn’t Facebook, Twitter and rock concerts, for sure. In some ways it is more difficult today. He mentioned how many popes were killed.  Tough job! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV_MsGUzN_I#t=1547  Don’t miss the final minutes of the talk where Steve Ray meets his neighbor in the judgment. Story of Steve Ray.

“The full list of popes from Peter up through John Paul II, including many mentioned as martyrs, is found in I Sommi Pontifici Romani, Annuario Pontificio, and the iconography of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. A secondary source, Liber Pontificalis or "Book of the Popes", adds "crowned with martyrdom" for half a dozen of the first 33 popes not specifically identified as martyrs in the primary sources. Several other popes are traditionally said to have been martyred, according to the Acts of the Martyrs and other sources of unknown authenticity.

1 comment:

The Reginator said...

(Note, the key on my keybo_rd for the first letter of the _ph_bet doesn't work right now.)
With my skepticism _bout some of our recent s_ints hs led me here.
Even holy men like John Pul II hve done non-Ctholic things nd re yet now clled sints.
It looks like none hve the visble crown of mrtyrdom since 309. Jesus told us that the world would hate us. Our current pontiff was even declared "person of the year" shortly after becoming pope.
Where is the hatred by the world?
THANK YOU. YOU FIXED MY "A" KEY!!!! (And now my 1/! key.)
- Reg, +JMJ