present, almost exclusively in the problems related to the authenticity and chronology of the document, neglecting the social aspect and the environment in which it was written; aspect that in turn helps determine the same chronology. It has been insisted, therefore, on the need to "identify the cultural and religious concepts expressed in the document and establish a reference to the social environment where the text comes from and to which it is addressed" . Notes 1. for example Esteban (Hch 7, 54) or Antipas (Ap 2, 13). 2. Real Academia Española. Diccionario Usual, voz "mártir". 3. Cf. Martyrium Polycarpi 18. 4. Cf. Epistola 12, 2: <<dies quibus excedunt adnote>>;see also Epistola 39, 2. 5. Cf. Passio Probi, Tarachi et Andrinici,BHG 1574. 6. Cf. Passio S. Symphorosae, BHL 7971;Acta Sanctorumjul. IV, 355. 7. Cf. BHG 1331-1334. 8. Cf. Hans von Campenhause 9. CF. Victricius, De laude Sanctorum, 56. 10. Cf. Historia ecclesiastica V, proemio en PG, 408. 11. Cf. Hist. eccl., VII, apendice. 12. Cf. Gregorio I, Registrum epistolarumVIII,29. 13. Cf. Acta Primorum martyrum sincera,Paris 1689. References Bibliography Acta Sanctorum (various editors) Aigrain R. (1953). L'hagiographie, ses sources, ses méthodes, son histoire. Paris. Bloud & Gay. BHG, 3 ed. Brussels 1957 DACL 1, 373-446 Delehaye H. (1934). Cinq leçons sur la méthode hagiographique. Brussels Delehaye H. (1933). Les origines du culte des martyrs, 2.ª ed. Brussels Delehaye H. (1955). Les légendes hagiographiques, 4.ª ed. Brussels Delehaye H. (1966). Les passions des martyrs et les genres littéraires, 2.ª ed. Brussels Delehaye H. (1927). Sanctus. Brussels. Gallina C. (1939). I martiri dei Primi Secoli. Florence. Gebhardt O.v. (1902). Acta martyrum selecta. Berlin A. Duncker. Grossi-Gondi F. (1919). Principi e problemi di critica agiografica. Rome. Knopf R. (1929). Ausgewählte Märtyrer Briefen, 3.ª ed. Tübingen. Pezzella S. (1965). Gli atti dei martiri. Introduzione a una storia dell'antica agiografia. Rome. Quasten J. (2004). Patrología I. BAC. Quenti H. (1908). Les martyrologes historiques au moyen Age. Paris. V. Lecoffre, J. Gabalda Ruinart T. (1659). Acta primorum martyrum sincera. Paris. Regensburg. Rütten F. (1955). Lateinische Märtyrerakten und Märtyrer Briefen, 3.ª ed. Münster Ruiz Bueno D. (1951). Actas de los mártires. Madrid. BAC. Schwerd A. (1960). Lateinische Märtyrerakten, Munich. BHL, 2, Brussels 1898-1901. External links Owen E.C.E (ed) (1927). Some Authentic Acts of the Early Martyrs. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Attribution Acts of the Apostles (genre) Christian hagiography