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Who do we know became a Jesus follower, in part, because of the testimonies of Christian martyrs?
Felicity
Perpetua
Polycarp
Antipas
Secundulus
Justin Martyr
Tertullian
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The best answers are Justin Martyr and Tertullian.
- Justin Martyr (a former pagan philosopher) explicitly reports being attracted by the courage and moral witness of Christians under persecution and by Christian testimony as part of what led him to faith.
- Tertullian famously celebrated the converting power of martyrdom (“the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”) and points to martyr testimony as a key cause of many conversions.
(Perpetua, Felicity, Polycarp, Antipas, Secundulus were themselves martyrs or early Christians rather than converts who came to faith because of martyr testimony.)
- Justin Martyr (a former pagan philosopher) explicitly reports being attracted by the courage and moral witness of Christians under persecution and by Christian testimony as part of what led him to faith.
- Tertullian famously celebrated the converting power of martyrdom (“the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church”) and points to martyr testimony as a key cause of many conversions.
(Perpetua, Felicity, Polycarp, Antipas, Secundulus were themselves martyrs or early Christians rather than converts who came to faith because of martyr testimony.)
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