Martyrs are Christian men and women who, when faced with the choice to die or give up their faith, decide to choose God over all things. Martyrs are crucial to the Catholic Church because they prove unrelenting and unconditional love for God, even when faced with man's biggest mystery and fear- death.
In the Second Century A.D., A famous Church father named Father Tertullian wrote "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church", meaning that the sacrifice that the martyrs endured would ensure the continuation of the Christian Church and Faith through inspiration of the masses.
Martyrs have been prevalent in the Catholic Church since its foundation. The first recorded martyrdom in the
Church was that of St. Stephen, who was stoned to death because of his faith in Jesus Christ. Further, the Bible holds that each of Jesus' Twelve Apostles but John was martyred for attempting to spread the faith of Christ's Kingdom. If Christ was not truly the Son of God, why would the apostles sacrifice their own lives for Him? Martyrdom as a concept makes no sense if Christ were not the Son of God, but because martyrdom is and has been prevalent throughout the Church, we can believe that Christ is the Son of God.
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