Did the beheading of Thomas More make him a martyr for religious liberty? If not – is he relevant today? [Spirituality & Religion]

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“Thomas More was not a martyr for religious liberty, at least in the modern sense. What, then, was he a martyr for? What all martyrs die for: Truth. More refused to support Henry’s actions, not because they offended his freedom of conscience, but because they denied the truth about the sacrament of marriage, the teachings of the Church, and of papal authority. It was for this truth, rather than for his own personal autonomy, that More was willing to die...... And this..is...More’s relevance for our times. For the persecution that threatens Catholics today is also fundamentally about truth and love for the truth. Just as More faced death for refusing to support Henry’s denial of papal authority, so we face the possibility of ostracism, imprisonment, and financial penalties for refusing to support our society’s denial of other basic truths.” [b]~ Dr. Michael J. Rubin [/b], in [i]St. Thomas More's True Relevance for Our Time[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2na9YBQ[/c]