Perpetua and Felicity: Faith Stronger Than Fear

Perpetua and Felicity: Faith Stronger Than Fear

The witness of the early church was not carried by leaders alone, nor was it limited to those with influence, education, or public recognition. Ordinary believers carried it: young and old, free and enslaved, men and women, whose lives became living testimonies to the worth of Christ. And sometimes, it was carried by those the world would least expect. In the early third century, in the Roman city of Carthage in North Africa, two women stepped into this unfolding story of faithful witness, one that would echo across the centuries with unusual clarity and power.