Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome: A Novel [Paperback]

Anonymous (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 1990

Told through fictional characters, Martyr of the Catacombs will help the reader understand the history of the early church and the severe persecution it experienced.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Kregel Classics; 6th edition (October 4, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825421438
• ISBN-13: 978-0825421433
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Behind the fluff, September 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome: A Novel (Paperback)

A Tale Of Ancient Rome brings to fore the true essence of the Christian race. The history of the writing itself is illustrative of the route through which Faith has come from Christ to the present time. The route that has wound through shame and ridicule, but which like the hero of the tale, is bound to lead to glory.

To the many adherents of the faith who still wonder where devotion and dedication fled, and to those who joined the race out of a longing for satisfaction for their hungry souls, but who have since been fed hay and rye, this book is a single ray piercing through a dark cloud. It brings Christianity out of it's brittle contemporary cast, and put it in it's true perspective of hope, and joy and tears and truth and grace.

This tale of the catacomb is the story of true Christians. It puts to shame the sham of contemporary Christianity. By this book every man can judge the true worth of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not by the church buildings scattered all around the nations most of which remain only as a reminded of the glory that was, nor by the showy bible teachers on cable TV. The promise of Jesus to you as a human being is evident in the tale. The victory of faith is apparent upon every page.

In this book you will find the Christ of the bible. In this book, it will finally make sense.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars May We Be So Faithful, August 3, 2005

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Tractor_Man (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome: A Novel (Paperback)

I read this book over 20 years ago, and it still comes to my mind even to this day. I highly recommend this book for those interested in what it would be like to live your faith under threat of physical suffering and death.

I live in a land blessed
Free from almost every pain
Resting in a comfortable lifestyle
Material riches displayed as gain
I worship at church
With nary a dread
Little fear for my family
Ending up dead
But for many Christians
Who live else where
To stand for Christ
Brings the ultimate price to bear
Dying by the hundreds
Each and every day
Tortured and murdered
In unspeakable ways
While I strive to gather
All the toys that I crave
They bury their loved ones
In desolate makeshift graves
Pray they will be bold
In proclaiming their faith
And meet death if need be
With Spirit-filled grace
If this has disturbed you
And your day I did taint
Perhaps I have jolted you to pray
And remember suffering saints

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful epic of Roman History with the Christians..., December 10, 2001

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Justin D. Vollmar (Laurel, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome: A Novel (Paperback)

It will inspire you greatly in the works of Christian martyr. It is also heart stirring story should you go through the persections. In the Roman Empire Era, the christians went through one of the worst suffering in the history. But God was gracious and blessed their work in reaching millions of souls in those era. It shall make you feel to run out and proclaim loudly "I'm proud to be a Christian!"

Buy one for your library, it is worth it, trust me if you are proud of your Christian heritage.