{"id":4868,"date":"2014-04-23T18:43:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T23:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=4868"},"modified":"2014-04-23T18:43:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T23:43:48","slug":"morbid-fact-du-jour-for-april-23-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=4868","title":{"rendered":"Morbid Fact Du Jour for April 23, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Decently Interred Yet Truly Morbid Fact!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are another couple little tales of Christian Martyrdom from the classic of the genre,\u00a0Fox\u2019s Book of Martyrs\u00a0<\/em>(1848). \u00a0<\/em>These acts allegedly occurred during the Fourth Persecution, under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162.\u00a0A.D. 108:<\/p>\n

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\"Marcus<\/a>

Marcus Aurelius was a pagan, yes\u00a0a stroooooong pagan.<\/p><\/div>\n

This commenced A. D. 162, under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Philosophus, a strong pagan.<\/p>\n

The cruelties used in this persecution were such, that many of the spectators shuddered with horror at the sight, and were astonished at the intrepidity of the sufferers. Some of the martyrs were obliged to pass, with their already wounded feet, over thorns, nails, sharp shells, &c. upon their points, others were scourged till their sinews and veins lay bare, and after suffering the most excruciating tortures that could be devised, they were destroyed by the most terrible deaths.<\/p>\n

Polycarp, the venerable bishop of Smyrna, hearing that persons were seeking for him, escaped, but was discovered by a child. After feasting the guards who apprehended him, he desired an hour in prayer, which being allowed, he prayed with such fervency, that his guards repented that they had been instrumental in taking him. He was, however, carried before the proconsul, condemned, and burnt in the market-place. Twelve other christians, who had been intimate with Polycarp, were soon after martyred.<\/p>\n

The circumstances attending the execution of this venerable old man, as they were of no common nature, so it would be injurious to the credit of our professed history of martyrdom to pass them over in silence. It was observed by the spectators, that, after finishing his prayer at the stake, to which he was only tied, but not nailed as usual, as he assured them he should stand immoveable, the flames, on their kindling the fagots, encircled his body, like an arch, without touching him; and the executioner, on seeing this, was ordered to pierce him with a sword, when so great a quantity of blood flowed out as extinguished the fire. But his body, at the instigation of the enemies of the gospel, especially Jews, was ordered to be consumed in the pile, and the request of his friends, who wished to give it christian burial, rejected. They nevertheless collected his bones and as much of his remains as possible, and caused them to be decently interred.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Culled from:\u00a0Fox\u2019s Book of Martyrs
\n<\/a>Generously suggested by: Louise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s Decently Interred Yet Truly Morbid Fact! Here are another couple little tales of Christian Martyrdom from the classic of the genre,\u00a0Fox\u2019s Book of Martyrs\u00a0(1848). \u00a0These acts allegedly occurred during the Fourth Persecution, under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, A. D. 162.\u00a0A.D. 108: This commenced A. D. 162, under Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Philosophus, a strong pagan. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sundry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4870,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868\/revisions\/4870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}