The Noblewoman Who Chose a Greater King
In the spring of 203 AD, a twenty-two-year-old noblewoman named Vibia Perpetua stood in a Carthaginian prison, cradling her infant son. Her father, a wealthy...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 45:10-12, 16.
In the spring of 203 AD, a twenty-two-year-old noblewoman named Vibia Perpetua stood in a Carthaginian prison, cradling her infant son. Her father, a wealthy Roman patrician, knelt before her on the stone floor, tears streaking his aged face. He pulled at his beard, threw himself at her feet, and begged her to recant her Christian faith. "Have pity on my gray hairs," he pleaded.…
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