Saint stephen's day

2022 - 12 - 25

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Gospel in Art: Saint Stephen's Day | ICN (Independent Catholic News)

Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 26 December 2022. Matthew 10:17-22. Jesus said to his disciples: 'Beware of men: they will hand you over to Sanhedrins and ...

Accused of blasphemy, at his trial, he made a long speech denouncing the Jewish authorities who were sitting in judgment on him and he was then stoned to death. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was a deacon in the early Church in Jerusalem. You will be hated by all men on account of my name; but the man who stands firm to the end will be saved.'

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Saint Stephen — the Church's First Martyr (Church Militant)

Hedges: "That's what infuriated his enemies — that he spoke so convincingly of Jesus Christ." When they questioned him, Stephen delivered a magnificent lesson ...

... We're heading now into a time when we will have to stand up for Christ — even at the cost of the shedding of our blood." Kill him!" Stephen's Church, New Boston, Mich.: "We need the witness of the martyrs in these times because we're living in an age of martyrs. Then they dragged him to the city walls, shouting, "Kill him! Stephen, in Jerusalem. Stephen is lauded in the Acts of the Apostles as "a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit."

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