Technically, killing yourself is suicide, not martyrdom. Someone persecuting you and killing you for your beliefs is martyrdom.
Again, Wikipedia isn't a great source.
So you would read apocalyptic literature the same way you read the Psalms and the gospels? No, you have to interpret things based on what the author was trying to convey. But the gospels give us the words Jesus used. That's what we're discussing here. Jesus told us we don't know the time or the place of his next coming.
I agree with you. But Jesus said we must eat his flesh and drink his blood. Doesn't that mean exactly what it says? I don't think Jesus would tell us we must do something, and then not show us exactly how to do so. He said at the Last Supper that the bread was His body, and the cup was His blood.
I can only speak for myself. All Trintarian baptized who believe in Christ are Christians, and that's what the Catholic Church teaches. We believe you (Protestants) don't have the fullness of the Truth, but you have the essence of the Truth. In fact, if one of you were to join the Catholic Church, we accept your baptism as valid.
It is just the Lord's way of explaining the spiritual with the physical. Just like He called Himself, "the bread of life" and that He would give "living water." Jesus is not actual bread and water but is referring to giving up His physical body as a sacrifice for our sins and then giving us the Holy Spirit. He is not encouraging cannibalism or saying the bread and wine of communion is His body and blood. It is symbolic. "Do this in remembrance of Me."
But often mis-informed, too.
We know where Peter was buried. We know where many of the early martyrs, even nameless ones, were buried.
First, Revelation tells us that she is bodily in heaven.
Well, Marital relations or other bodily functions don't make one less pure. I didn't say they did.
As stated before your opinion and mine don't count. Traditions of men was a reference to the Pharisees widening the scope of the rules. That division you write about at the end of the paragraph is mostly in Protestant denominations. Though there are Catholic people right along side.
Because a priest is to be available to his flock 24/7 with no regard for family obligations. I've seen faith-based movies where the pastor is struggling to make ends meet and takes on a second job. Or where he has family obligations and a parishioner needs assistance. I prefer to make a priest part of my family by offering him fellowship in my home. And I pray for them.
Anyone can post on Wikipedia, and can do so anonymously. Wikipedia is great to use for non-controversial subjects, I use it for geographical information such as where a particular county is in the state.
