St. John Henry Newman - Martyrdom

“The unseen God alone was their Comforter, and this invests the scene of their suffering with supernatural majesty, and awes us when we think of them.”

This episode features a sermon first given by St. John Henry Newman on the Feast of St. Stephen the Martyr, in which he reflects on martyrdom and the early church martyrs.

Links

Full text: http://www.newmanreader.org/works/parochial/volume2/sermon4.html

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