Back Вызнаўца BE Vyznavač Czech Bekenner German Confesor de la fe Spanish Confesseur de la foi French Pengaku Iman ID Confessore Italian 証聖者 Japanese Belijder Dutch Wyznawca Polish
Confessor of the Faith is a title given by some Christian traditions. In Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Christians who professed their faith in times of Christian persecution and therefore had to suffer persecution, exile, torture, mutilation and/or imprisonment, but not directly undergo martyrdom, are called confessors (Latin: confessores).[1] Later, popes, bishops, abbots, kings and hermits were also counted among the confessors.
With the spread of Christianity and the decrease in persecution of Christians in the 5th century, this designation was also given to those Christians who lived a holy life, such as the English King Edward the Confessor.[1]
- ^ a b Johann Baptist Lüft (1903). "Bekenner" [Confessor]. Wetzer und Welte's Kirchenlexikon. Vol. 2. Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder’sche Verlagshandlung.