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I think this topic is a very important one and a very wide one. Isn't revenge
(even
disguised under the form of divine punishment) supposed to be part of a/any
saint's live
anyway, or at least a martyr's live? Can we infer that when punishment for a
saint's
martyrdom comes from God it is a kind of divine "revenge" for the inflicted
injustice?
When it does come from God explicitly (according to the text) can it still be
classified as
the saint's revenge? Or, when it proceeds from a saint's will, does it
actually come from
God or is it endorsed by the divine will? It seems to me that the point of
most
martyrological narratives is this - to present the severity of the suffering
and then the
severity of the revenge for those who have inflicted it by being enemies of
God/the saint
in question/Christianity.
I would be very interested in an insightful opinion on this as a broader
theme.
Thanks:
Elena Ivanova
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