"Protomartyr" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... God that were scattered abroad; where the law of love should reign, and no one should dictate to another. Alas! that this great movement had its admixture of human imperfection. After this, Steven the protomartyr, and Paul once him persecutor, had to expose the emptiness of all external santifications, and free the world from the law of Moses. Up to this point all Christians approve of progress; but at this point they want ...
— Phases of Faith - Passages from the History of My Creed • Francis William Newman
... The sacrifice of the protomartyr brought its fruits. Verulam became Christian, and within a century was paying him the honors of a saint. In the eighth century King Offa of Mercia, having treacherously murdered King Ethelbert, became ...
— England, Picturesque and Descriptive - A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel • Joel Cook |
