As a Religion and History double major I plan to explore the theological and historical phenomenon of martyrdom. The formative years of Christianity in ancient history will be the primary focus for my thesis; however, Old Testament pre-Christianity models will be a subtopic within the larger paper in order to construct the primary image of the Christian martyr. Using several historical accounts from primary documents on martyrs such as Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Ignatius of …showed first 75 words of 660 total…

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