The Violence of the Lamb: Martyrs as Agents of Divine Judgement in the Book of Revelation
[...]Paul Middleton argues that such an act represents direct participation by Christians in divine violence against those the author of the Book of Revelation portrays as God's enemies." Middleton considers societal and governmental persecution, some of which was ostensibly related to the...
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