Mentioned in the New Testament, the married couple played a vital role in the early Church and are remembered each year on July 8.
Sometimes its easy to miss the role of married couples in the early Church, as much emphasis is typically placed on virgins and celibate priests who were martyred for their witness to Jesus Christ.
Yet, married couples were vital to the survival of the early Church, especially since they often hosted meetings of the early Christians in their house, making them into small domestic churches.
One of the prime examples of
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