Martyrdom

[TheOne33]

If you are martyred for the faith and at the time of your death you were not in a state of grace, are you forgiven of them because of what you did?

 

[Kelfa28]

Martyrdom is a baptism of blood…so yes.

 

[thistle]

Martyrdom is a baptism of blood…so yes.

Not quite correct.

A Catholic martyr is one who is already baptised and suffers or dies for refusing to renounce their faith.

Baptism of Blood applies to Non-Catholics who die for the Catholic faith and hence become Catholics through that baptism of blood.

 

[R_C]

If you are martyred for the faith and at the time of your death you were not in a state of grace, are you forgiven of them because of what you did?

While forgiveness (as in not going to Hell) is something only the Lord knows when to grant, we can say that if one is martyred for the faith, he will definitely benefit of the following promise made by the Lord:

he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it

 

[mangy_dog]

If you are martyred for the faith and at the time of your death you were not in a state of grace, are you forgiven of them because of what you did?

Martyrdom for the faith does carry with it a special grace and grace comes from God. I believe someone on this thread mentioned “baptism of blood”.

Martyrs for the faith are going straight to heaven. Not to be confused with suicide bombers.

 

[JaKael02]

If you are martyred for the faith and at the time of your death you were not in a state of grace, are you forgiven of them because of what you did?

The martyrdom would be a sufficient act of a supernatural love of God.

This means you could not, at the moment of martyrdom, NOT be in a state of grace.

Someone refust this, if this doesn’t sound correct.

 

[R_C]

The martyrdom would be a sufficient act of a supernatural love of God.

This means you could not, at the moment of martyrdom, NOT be in a state of grace.

Someone refust this, if this doesn’t sound correct.

I don’t mean to refute your statement, but martyrdom of a Christian (as in the recent cases in Nigeria) often can occur without it being an act of the faithful. The martyr under this circumstance may perhaps have fallen short of the sanctifying grace because of a mortal sin…however, being killed for being Christian, makes us hope that the martyr would die in a state of ‘‘auxiliary grace’’ or even that the Lord of infinite mercy would wipe away all trace of mortal sin out of His divine will.