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Military saints
2016-07-08 22:57:20 Post No. 1388793
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Anonymous
2016-07-08 22:57:20
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ITT we share and discuss stuff about military saints. Bonus if he fought, resisted, was martyred by and/or helped defeat Muslims. Pic related Santiago Matamoros (Saint James the Moor-slayer).
>The military saints or warrior saints (also called soldier saints) of the Early Christian Church are prominent in the history of Christianity. The persecution of Christians under Diocletian or other Roman Emperors usually furnished the background for soldier-saint hagiography which has a common theme: a soldier of the Empire who has become a Christian finds that his devotion conflicts with traditional religious practices of the Roman military. Refusing to participate in rituals of loyalty to the Emperor (see Imperial cult), he is subjected to corporal punishment that escalates to torture—which miraculously may not affect him—but he does not deny his faith and is martyred. Such a saint was an "athlete of Christ" or "champion of Christ" (athleta Christi).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_saint
