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Tomáš Halìk is a wise guide for the post-Christian era, and never more so than in his latest work, a thought-provoking and powerful reflection on the.Martin the Confessor
Our father among the saintsMartin the Confessor, Pope of Rome, was a valiant defender of the Roman Church who suffered greatly in order to preserve the divinity of Christ against the Monotheliteheresy during the seventh century.
He was the last Pope of Rome to be martyred. He is venerated in the East on April 13 (GOARCH) or April 14 (OCA) (November 12 in the West).
Life
Born in Tuscany, St. Martin was educated with Church doctrine and joined the clergy of the Church of Rome.
He learned rhetoric under Peter Martin, and philosophy under Peter of Hibernia, one of the most learned men of his age, and with such wonderful.
As a priest Fr. Martin represented the See of Rome in Constantinople. After the death of Pope Theodore I in , Martin was chosen to succeed him. He appointed John, bishop of Philadelphia (Amman) to be Administrator of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem after the death of Patriarch Sophronius, who had died in Martin, as Pope, justified this appointment "by the apostolic power which came to him from Jesus Christ through St.
Peter."
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