QUESTION 124

OF MARTYRDOM

(In Five Articles)

We must now consider martyrdom, under which head there are five

points of inquiry:

(1) Whether martyrdom is an act of virtue?

(2) Of what virtue is it the act?

(3) Concerning the perfection of this act;

(4) The pain of martyrdom;

(5) Its cause.

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