Penance And Spiritual Fatherhood
Definition
Death accepted rather than performing the Horde’s purificatory rites before the Khan — bowing to fire, the bush, the sun and images of dead khans — understood as a confession that contradicts worship of the one True God.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Martyrdom As Refusal Of Idolatry
Biblical References
- Exodus 20:3 (alluded to) — “You shall have no other gods before me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 / John 6:53-56 (alluded to) — For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do
- Matthew 22:21 / John 19:11 (implicit) — *They replied, “Caesar’s.” He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Jesus replied, “You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you *