The greatest Christian Apologist and martyr‚ in the turn of the second century‚ who stood firm in defending the belief of Christianity‚ was the great philosopher and early Christian apologist and martyr - Justin Martyr. Justin Martyr (100-165CE)‚ was born in Samaria‚ near Jacob’s well‚ around turn of the century in modern day Palestine. Justin was a Gentile and well educated‚ who has traveled extensively in search for the life’s meaning in the philosophies of his day. In Justin’s child hood
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novel as to make the deaths of Minerva‚ Maria Teresa‚ and Patria even more traumatic to the reader. Although Dede did not fight the regime with her sisters‚ she still suffered because of Trujillo. Even though Dede lived‚ she can still be considered a martyr because her life was altered by Trujillo’s dictatorship. To start off with‚ Dede’s martyrdom can be attributed to the sacrifices she made. Dede had to sacrifice her personal life. After the death of her sisters‚ there were six children that had
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Justin martyr. Summarise your Knowledge and understanding of the life and work of Justin Martyr Justin Martyr was the greatest apology in the second century from Palestine‚ he spent a lot of his time searching for the truth‚ and this is why he passed through many philosophical schools. Justin finally came to rest when he thought he had found the truth with Plato’s religion‚ this was because of its mystical side. Justin then met an old man on the sea shore who told him about the prophets
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2012 John Brown and Spider-Man: Hero? Villain? America Can’t Decide Students of history and those merely interested in casual inquiry will often explore a topic‚ find a legitimate opinion‚ accept it at face value‚ and move on. Too often with young or inexperienced historians this is the case. It does‚ in a way‚ make sense. Many topics an individual will study have been researched and written on countless times. It is easy to accept an opinion as is and forget about it. John Brown is one of
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Would you go to extremes and kill an excessive amount of innocent people all because you thought you were right? This merciless‚ cruel man thought exactly that‚ John brown needs to be viewed in history as an terrorist who killed innocent people‚ as he did in the Pottawatomie massacre and Harpers Ferry. John brown took his beliefs to an extreme and brutally murdered anyone and everyone who believed differently than him. He was said to be a believer in god and that he was killing for God but his actions
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John Brown had no reason to break the laws of the United States. Not only did he murder people but he attacked a federal facility. Which was completely useless because it didn’t help abolitionists at all. It made it worse because he gave abolitionist a bad name. John brown is a terrorist who had no need to murder people or attack a federal facility. John Brown killed 15 people at Harpers Ferry which cannot be justified because most of the people were civilians. John Brown also killed people
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Do you think John Brown was a courageous abolitionist who died for a cause he believed in‚ or was he insane? Was he a martyr or a terrorist? John Brown was from Connecticut‚ born in strict religious family in 1800. At 12‚ after seeing a slave being brutally beaten‚ swore to never forget that day. In the mid 1800’s he decided to campaign against slavery in Kansas and Nebraska‚ so did the pro-slavery who campaigned for the continuation of slavery. With the murder of six anti-slaverists and that
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Jason Peterman History 128 12-7-10 Chris Carey John Brown: An Extreme Abolitionist John Brown’s beliefs about slavery and activities to destroy it hardly represented the mainstream of northern society in the years leading up to the Civil War. This rather unique man‚ however‚ took a leading role in propelling the nation toward secession and conflict. Many events influenced Brown’s views on slavery from an early age. When he was older‚ his strong anti-slavery feelings had grown‚ and he became an
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The last essay that I studied was‚ “John Brown‚ Quietist” by W. Caleb McDaniel. Personally‚ this was my favorite of the essays to have read. McDaniel’s main argument in his essay was to prove the fact John Brown was not a quietest. Although he is called so by many‚ it is an extreme paradox‚ which is a statement or proposition that‚ despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises‚ leads to a conclusion that seems senseless‚ logically unacceptable‚ or self-contradictory. Throughout
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John Brown Memorial Park Kansas‚ as a tendon‚ has created motion for change since its inception as a territory. As a territory in the Nineteenth Century‚ Kansas was a part of a network of trails. Examples of those trails were the Oregon Trail‚ the Santa Fe Trail‚ and numerous military trails that the United States Army used to resupply the forts across Kansas to protect the wagon trains moving settlers on the Oregon Trail and trade goods along the Santa Fe. Another trail came into Kansas and it
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