Holy Maccabean Martyrs

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

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4.8 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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During the rule of the Seleucid Empire in the centuries before Christ's birth, many men and women of great faith arose who were unwilling to renounce their faith in God, despite the threat of martyrdom. Join Mary McGeehan and Dr. Elizabeth Klein as they break open the Scriptures to discuss the faith and fortitude of these pre-Christian saints: the Maccabean Martyrs.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints.
0:05.6	This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute, an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
0:20.0	Hi, welcome to Catholic Saints.
0:21.6	My name is Mary McGeehan.
0:23.1	I work here at the Augustine Institute.
0:25.1	And today I am joined with Dr. Liz Klein, professor here at the graduate school.
0:30.4	Thank you for joining.
0:31.4	Thank you.
0:32.0	Today we are going to dive into another episode of the Live of the Saints.
0:36.3	We're going to discuss the Maccabian
0:38.7	martyrs. Thank you. This is a wonderful story. And let's dive in. Yeah. So I think I'm going
0:45.8	to get a reputation for talking about martyrs and English and Irish. Those will see, but
0:51.0	your favorite. But yes, but I do love the story of the Maccabee and Martyrs.
0:54.8	So for those who you're not familiar with the story, it is a biblical story.
0:58.3	It's found in the book of Second Maccabees.
1:01.1	And there's the story of the martyr Elie Azar in chapter 6, and then the martyrdom
1:05.0	of the Seven brothers and their mother in Chapter 7.
1:07.7	Okay. And I guess to give context, so these people are in the book of Maccabees.
1:13.8	Are they Maccabian? Is that their name or what? Right. Okay. So good question. So the story
1:20.8	that's in first and second Maccabees all pertain to the kind of Maccabian revolt against a ruler called Antigas Epiphanes the Fourth.
1:28.5	Okay.
1:29.2	So Antigas Epiphanes the Fourth is Seleucid. So he's Syrian. So the Syrians and Egyptians
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