James martyrdom in Acts 12

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Perhaps it was as they say “What you can’t control, destroy?”

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Nehemiah1 said:
But James the apostle martyrdom in Acts 12 is a politically motivated muder?
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What is your question exactly ? is it about whether a politically motivated murder, or at least an execution that serves the interests of the powers in place, may be called “martyrdom” ?

James was far from being an exception in the Early Church. Most persecutions in the first centuries had at their root the refusal of Christians to worship the emperor, which wasn’t purely a religious question as the Roman authorities perceived that as a direct threat to their power.
 
You could say that. Herod Agrippa I was certainly interested in pleasing the Jews by killing St James the Greater.
 
Considering that James was proclaiming the Kingship of Jesus in the face of the King Aggripa, yes.
 
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