Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
Keywords
martyrdom, Ignatius, Polycarp, Perpetua, Christian discipleship, ancient Rome
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In January 2023 Elder Clark G. Gilbert, Commissioner of the Church Educational System for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave a landmark address at the Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Annual Training Broadcast. He invited religious educators to allow five themes from President Russell M. Nelson to guide their teaching of young adults, regardless of the courses they teach. As he explained, “In identifying these themes, we have focused on the prophet’s anchor message, ‘Choices for Eternity.’[1] . . . Each of these themes has been identified through careful review with the CES university presidents, including S&I’s administrator, Brother Chad Webb, as well as the leadership of the Executive Committee of the Church Board of Education.”[2] The first of these themes is “Know your divine identity,”[3] which President Nelson taught includes being (1) a child of God, (2) a child of the covenant, and (3) a disciple of Jesus Christ.[4]
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Gentile, Nicholas W. "The Martyrdoms of Ignatius, Polycarp, and Perpetua Windows into Christian Discipleship in Ancient Rome." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 24, no. 2 (2023). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol24/iss2/8
