medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Perhaps it is the concept of "confessor" that
> changed, from confessing the faith through
> sufferings (but not death) to confessing the faith
> against error.
> Tom Izbicki
This is almost exactly the point made by Robert Markus in his book *The
End of Ancient Christianity* (Cambridge, 1990), esp. chapter 5. He
cites impressive evidence of a sort of crisis of identity that hit the
church when martyrs ceased to be made.
Best wishes,
MW
Mark F. Williams
Dept. of Classics
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
USA 49546
"Keep your stick on the ice."
-Red Green
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