Comments on: Party for Marty http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/11/party-for-marty/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Clare Krishan http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/11/party-for-marty/comment-page-1/#comment-5687 Clare Krishan Sat, 11 Nov 2006 19:31:57 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/11/11/party-for-marty/#comment-5687 As Bishop, Martin was maybe the first pro-life proponent of the 'seamless garment' argument against the death penalty? He appealed against the first Christian execution of a heretic - the puritan prude Priscillian (from whom we get "prissy"), in vain (there may have been earlier 'death sentences' which being appealled successfully were not recorded for posterity). His mighty intercession might possibly have saved France from Spain's fate - yes, Islam's armies were a day's march from the English Channel! Not only in antiquity have Europeans sought his favors by naming children baptized in early November after him: the parents of the infant Martin Luther and illegitimate St. Martin de Porres are probably the best knowm examples. As Bishop, Martin was maybe the first pro-life proponent of the ‘seamless garment’ argument against the death penalty? He appealed against the first Christian execution of a heretic – the puritan prude Priscillian (from whom we get “prissy”), in vain (there may have been earlier ‘death sentences’ which being appealled successfully were not recorded for posterity).

His mighty intercession might possibly have saved France from Spain’s fate – yes, Islam’s armies were a day’s march from the English Channel!

Not only in antiquity have Europeans sought his favors by naming children baptized in early November after him: the parents of the infant Martin Luther and illegitimate St. Martin de Porres are probably the best knowm examples.

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