The Martyr of the Catacombs

The book "The Martyr of the Catacombs" is about a young Roman soldier Named Marcellus, who was converted to Christianity during a time of great persecution of Christians. After his conversion, Marcellus lived in the catacombs with all the other Christians, until he gave up his life for his Savior.

Marcellus' curiosity of Christianity began while he was at the Coliseum, and he saw the Christians being persecuted. He watched as young girls and old men boldly faced death. Shortly after this Marcellus was put in charge of arresting all the Christians. Then Marcellus found a young Christian boy named pollio, who ended up leading Marcellus to the catacombs where the Christians were. While Marcellus was there a man named Honorious shared the gospel with Marcellus, and shortly after Marcellus was saved. Because of this Marcellus was forced to live in the catacombs, but he was more happy there than he had ever been before. He continued to grow in knowledge and in spirit while he was there. But then one day Pollio, the boy who had brought Marcellus to the catacombs, was arrested. Marcellus watched as Polio was brought into the colliseum and bravely accepted death to a tiger. After Pollio's death Marcellus stood up from the crowd and shouted "O death, where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory?... thanks be to God who giveth us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ", and then he was arrested. Marcellus was then burned at the stake and before he died he shouted "Victory".

This was a very inspiring book, and it really showed what true Christianity is, and how far Christians have gone astray. I would definately recomend this book to any Christian person.