Perpetua and Felicitas Martyrs of Carthage: A Story of a Daughter, Women and Mothers

The martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas tells us the last few days of a group of Christian martyrs in the city of Africa in Carthage. History focuses a bit on that name Perpetua, young mothers, and Felicitas, pregnant mothers. The text witnessed the power of their faith before their inevitable death. Through the experiences of Perpetua and Felicitas you can get information about early Christian women and mothers, the influence of Montanists, martyrdom, and the vision of the Carthage church in the 3 rd century.

Perpetua is a Christian woman who lived in Carthage (modern Tunisia) with her husband, son, and slave Felicitas in the third century AD. At the moment, North Africa is the center of the vibrant Christian community. Therefore it was not surprising that his attention was concentrated in North Africa when Emperor Septimius Severus decided to weaken Christianity (he thought it had destroyed Roman patriotism). First arrested were five new Christians who were in the class to be baptized. One of them was Perpetua.

Perpetua's journey to consider the power, gender and religious issues of the ancient world: faith, gender and power of the Roman Empire is the historical history of Rome in the year 203, the story of Christian Martil Perpetia. The passion for Saint Perpetua and Felicity is the first existing diary written by Christian women. Vibia Perpetua is a young mother living in Rome in Africa and chose to publicly declare Christian faith at the age of 22. She died for her behavior even though she never died alone; she was a member of a group of Christian martyrs including several slaves placed in prison, after which 203 AD Emperor Septimisius Severus My son was executed at a birthday festival.

This dilemma involves publicly sacrificing your life and encourages higher or transcendental causes. Behavior of martyrs can change the world. In 203, the martyrdom of Vivia · Perpetua can be regarded as a Christian faith that exceeds concern about family, material safety, and individual survival. Perpetua was executed because he refused to abandon Christian faith, and the diary she wrote before the execution of the death penalty was the oldest sentence of a Christian woman. The story of Perpetua reflects the leaders role of several women in early Christian churches and provides insight as to why Christianity is in the Roman Empire. Her story can also be explained by evolutionary psychology and the influence of meme on human behavior, so they can overcome even the benefits of "selfish riders". The martyrdom of Perpetua may say more to us The meme of religious power