MARTYR
"Saint Sebastian" by Takato Yamamoto Today is the feast day of St. Sebastian, martyr. It's also inauguration day in DC. It's also the first day of my StoryGraph giveaway. Martin Luther King, too, look at that. With all this, I want to tell you about the definition of "martyr." " The use of the word μάρτυς (mártys) in non-biblical Greek was primarily in a legal context. It was used for a person who speaks from personal observation. The martyr, when used in a non-legal context, may also signify a proclamation that the speaker believes to be truthful. The term was used by Aristotle for observations, but also for ethical judgments and expressions of moral conviction that can not be empirically observed. There are several examples where Plato uses the term to signify 'witness to truth,' including in Laws." Thanks, Wikipedia. So, this is the basis for the term used in Christianity. Did you know that St. Sebastian's arrows did not kill him? ...