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The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity ( Latin: Passio sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis) is a diary by Vibia Perpetua describing her imprisonment as a Christian in 203, completed after her death by a redactor. [1] It is one of the oldest and most notable early Christian texts. Along with the experiences of Perpetua and Felicity, the text ...
- Who Was St. perpetua?
- What Is The "Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity"?
- What Does Perpetua's Writing Reveal About Her Father?
- What Visions Does Perpetua receive?
- What Happens in The Vision of The Ladder?
- What Happens in The Visions of Her Little Brother?
- Who Was Felicity?
- How Did Perpetua and Felicity Die?
- Are Perpetua's Visions Approved Private Revelations?
- What Now?
She was a young Christian woman and martyr, who died just after the year 200 in North Africa. When she was still a catechumen, she and several acquaintances were taken into custody. According to the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity: And among them also was Vivia Perpetua, respectably born, liberally educated, a married matron, having a father and...
It is a document describing what happened to Perpetua and her companions. It is also called "The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity." The document is composed of a preface followed by six chapters. What is particularly special is that about half of the document was written by the martyr herself: 1. Chapters 1-3 were penned by St. Per...
Perpetua's father was a most remarkable and persistent man. Apparently, he was the only member of her family who did not share the Christian faith. He made repeated attempts to get her to renounce the faith, and he suffered greatly at the thought his daughter would be killed by the authorities. Perpetua was deeply moved to see how much he was suffe...
Several visions are narrated in the text: 1. The first is a vision of a ladder, and it concerns Perpetua's martyrdom and arrival in heaven. 2. She also has a pair of visions concerning her deceased brother, Dinocrates, who is trying to drink from a fountain. 3. In another vision, she fights the devil in the form of an Egyptian gladiator.
One vision concerns the fact that she will be martyred: Then my brother said to me, 'My dear sister, you are already in a position of great dignity, and are such that you may ask for a vision, and that it may be made known to you whether this is to result in a passion [a martyrdom] or an escape.' She then receives the following vision: I saw a gold...
Perpetua relates the first as follows: I saw Dinocrates going out from a gloomy place, where also there were several others, and he was parched and very thirsty, with a filthy countenance and pallid colour, and the wound on his face which he had when he died. This Dinocrates had been my brother after the flesh, seven years of age who died miserably...
Perpetua is often mentioned together with one of her companions--Felicity--as is the case in Eucharistic Prayer I. Felicity was another woman who was arrested at a time when she was eight months pregnant. She was eager to go to heaven, however, and did not want to be delayed by being martyred after her friends. The fact that she was pregnant, howev...
Perpetua and her companions were martyred by being subjected to wild beasts. The men were subjected to a leopard, a bear, and a boar. Perpetua and Felicity were subjected to a fierce cow (or ox). The account of their martyrdom includes interesting details, such as the fact that when Perpetua's garment was torn, she drew it over herself to protect h...
The Church did not have the modern system of approving private revelations in place in her day, nor has it gone back over Church history and applied it to ones in early Church history. Perpetua is a saint, however, and her visions do not contain anything contrary to the faith. They seem (to me) entirely wholesome, and I see no reason to doubt that ...
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A small group of catechumens, including the noblewoman Perpetua and her servants Felicity and Revocatus, were imprisoned for their faith. Perpetua had a baby son who was still nursing, and Felicity was eight months pregnant. When Perpetua's father begged her to return to paganism for the sake of her family and her child she remained steadfast.
Feb 7, 2024 · Print. In 203 CE, a young, African Christian woman named Vibia Perpetua was executed in a brutal fashion. She and her fellow Christians were taken to the amphitheatre of Carthage (now in Tunisia ...
Mar 7, 2024 · 3. What does Perpetua’s writing reveal about her father? Perpetua’s father was a most remarkable and persistent man. Apparently, he was the only member of her family who did not share the ...
Perpetua and Felicity ( Latin: Perpetua et Felicitas; c. 182 [6] – c. 203) were Christian martyrs of the third century. Vibia Perpetua was a recently married, well-educated noblewoman, said to have been 22 years old at the time of her death, and mother of an infant son she was nursing. [7] Felicity, a slave woman imprisoned with her and ...
Mar 7, 2024 · Apparently, he was the only member of her family who did not share the Christian faith. He made repeated attempts to get her to renounce the faith, and he suffered greatly at the thought his ...
