martus

Apostles, the term martus came to be used in the sense of a witness who at any time might be called upon to deny what he testified to, under penalty of death.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

But even in these first examples of the use of the word martus in

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The Greek word martus signifies a witness who testifies to a fact of which he has knowledge from personal observation.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

The proportion for one hogshead of sixty-three gallons is three half pints of fining, with as much heading put into the fining as you can take up upon a cent piece; the heading here recommended is composed of equal parts of sal martus (or green copperas) and alum, both finely powdered and mixed in equal parts, so as to be intimately blended with each other before using.

The American Practical Brewer and Tanner Joseph Coppinger

St. John, at the end of the first century, employs the word with this meaning; Antipas, a convert from paganism, is spoken of as a "faithful witness (martus) who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth" (Apoc., ii, 13).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Christ is martus alethinos (not alethes), in that He realized and fulfilled in the highest sense all that belonged to a witness.

Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

At all costs that all-important ho martus ho pistos, with the other two titles of the Lord which follow, shall be maintained in the dignity and emphasis of the casus rectus.

Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

-- A reference to the original, where the nominative ho martus ho pistos is in apposition to the genitive Iesou Christou, will show that we have here one of the many departures from the ordinary grammatical construction, with which this Book abounds.

Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863

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