Would you suffer persecution, poverty, and prison for Christ? Would you endure cruel tortures that take your mind and body to the brink of death and beyond? Would you watch your children suffering for their faith and urge them to remain faithful to Christ? Would...
In 1563, John Foxe published an account of the life of Christian martyrs, beginning with Stephen, the first to die for the cause of Christ, and ending with the most recent martyrs of his day--Protestants killed during Bloody Mary's reign. He knew that dangers lay in forgetting...
Would you die for the privilege of proclaiming Christ? For two thousand years, Christians have courageously faced beatings, stonings, torture, burnings, wild beasts, and every form of evil for boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Written in modernized English,...
John Foxe (1516-1587) es reconocido como uno de los m?s importantes historiadores cristianos. Exilado por las persecuciones habidas en Inglaterra durante el reinado de Mar?a la Sanguinaria, a su regreso, despu?s de la muerte de la reina, public? su famoso Libro de los m?rtires,...
What would you do for the cross of Christ? For two thousand years, Christians have courageously triumphed over beatings, stonings, burnings, wild beasts, and every form of evil to boldly proclaim one truth: the name of Jesus. Voices of the Martyrs...
John Foxe (1516/17- 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of Actes and Monuments (popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants...
A Christian classic that's inspired and challenged believers for more than four centuries! From the stoning of Stephen to his own perilous time--Reformation-era England--Foxe chronicles the lives, suffering, and triumphant deaths of Christian martyrs and traces the roots of religious...
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Christian classic telling the stories of men and women who were martyred for their faith.
For centuries Christians have been brought up on the works of John Foxe, which, outside of the Bible itself, have been among the most widely read documents in history. Foxe's Martyrs has inspired millions to live lives of commitment in the face of persecution.
"Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man: we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England, as, I trust, shall never be put out." Hugh Latimer's famous words of consolation to Nicholas Ridley as they are both about to be burnt alive for heresy come...
"Sire - I have received an order, under your majesty's seal, to put to death all the protestants in my province. I have too much respect for your majesty, not to believe the letter a forgery; but if (which God forbid) the order should be genuine, I have too much respect for your...
The Actes and Monuments, popularly known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, is a work of Protestant history and martyrology by John Foxe, first published in English in 1563 by John Day.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs is a historical account of Christian martyrs throughout the centuries, written by John Foxe and originally published in 1563. This 1911 edition includes updated language and additional information. The book chronicles the persecution of Christians from...