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F., sec. 4. The third objection is a curious one, that the martyrs were
not put to death by idolaters, but by men worshipping God and
acknowledging a divine law,[1] and therefore were not true martyrs.
Eulogius misses the true answer, which is obvious enough, and scornfully
exclaims:--"As if they could be said to believe in God, who persecute
His Church, and deem it hateful to believe in a Christ who was very God
and very man."[2] Fourthly, the martyrs died a quick and easy death.
But, as Eulogius points out,[3] pain and torture give no additional
claim to the martyr's crown. Lastly, it was objected that the bodies of
these martyrs, as indeed was to be expected, corrupted, and were even,
in some cases, devoured by dogs. "What matter," says Eulogius,[4] "since
their souls are borne away to celestial mansions." [1] Eul. "Lib.
Apol.," sec. 3. [2] _Ibid._, sec. 12. [3] _Ibid._, sec. 5. [4] "Mem.
Sanct.," i. sec. 17. But it was not objections brought by
fellow-Christians only that Eulogius took upon himself to answer, but
also the taunts and scoffs of the Moslems. "Wh