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Beginning with the story of Stephen from the book of Acts, considered the first Christian martyr, the drama builds to the passion of the early Church's persecution under the Roman Empire. The hardy and radical faith of those first believers spawned medieval missionary movements that spread the gospel across Europe and into England, Scotland, and Ireland. As the story continues, it places a significant emphasis on the sufferings of the early Protestants during the Reformation. As a vicar in the Church of England, author John Foxe strongly identified with the Protestant sects throughout Europe, and his loyalty to their cause comes through in his descriptions of many early clashes between Catholic and Protestant believers. Listeners are given an opportunity to experience the storytelling that incited several wars between Catholic and Protestant forces. The political and personal passion of the Reformation continues with the stories of the French Protestants during and after the French Revolution.… (more)
October 2024 I started reading this a little while ago and finished it the other day. I am glad to have read it as it is a real classic. The edition I used is in a series of Chritian classics by Hendrickson. The one prolem is that this is an abridgement and I seem unable to find an authentic unabridged version anywhere online. What I have read is as gruesome as people say it is. At one point it seemed as though the persecutors were trying to find evermore crue ways to kill people. One admires the martyrs, although on occassion one wonders if more could have been done to preserve life. What an issue persecution is. Strangely its existence appears to back up the truth claims of Christianity, ( )
Beginning with Jesus Christ, this exceptional historical record traces the roots of religious persecution through the sixteenth century. It examines the heroic lives of great men and women such as John Hus, John Wycliffe, William Tyndale, Anne Askew, Lady Jane Grey, and Martin Luther. This edition has been streamlined and reorganized in today's language.
Heavy. I had to read slowly. But sobering, prompts one to consider pain and death and the ultimate reward.
I don't know if I would recommend it, per se. I wouldn't tell someone to set aside another book so that they could read this. But if you decide to read this one, I won't discourage it. ( )
O livro dos mártires é um clássico da literatura mundial. O livro reconta a vida, o sofrimento e a morte triunfante dos mártires cristãos da História. Iniciando-se com a história do primeiro mártir - o próprio Jesus Cristo - este relato excepcional traça as raízes da perseguição religiosa. Expõe os casos de mártires famosos como John Wycliffe, John Huss, William Tyndale, Martinho Lutero, Thomas Cranmer e muitos outros. Infelizmente, o tema do martírio religioso recusa-se a ser relegado aos arquivos da História. Cristãos em diversos países hoje vivem e defendem a sua fé sob a ameaça de morte. Muitos acabam pagando o preço máximo. E cada uma dessas mortes suscita uma interrogação na consciência de todo cristão: o que eu faria no seu lugar? A reflexão inspirada pela morte dos mártires pode nos levar ao cerne da nossa fé. Esta nova edição conta com a tradução primorosa de Almiro Pisetta e litogravuras originais de Marcelo Moscheta. John Foxe (1516-1587), autor do livro, nasceu na Inglaterra e estudou na Universidade de Oxford. Durante a perseguição dos protestantes pela rainha Mary Tudor, exilou-se na Alemanha e na Suíça, onde escreveu a primeira edição desta obra. A mensagem de O Livro dos Mártires moldou a consciência religiosa e política da Inglaterra durante vários séculos.
It's the super short version, and the last third of it gets a little graphic, but it's moving, and it leaves me with a big, urgent question: what is it about the gospel that leads people to give up all their comforts and risk their lives, and even sometimes risk their families for the proclamation of Jesus Christ? ( )
Christ our Savior, in the Gospel of St. Matthew, hearing the confession of Simon Peter, who, first of all other, openly acknowledged Him to be the Son of God, and perceiving the secret hand of His Father therein, called him (alluding to his name) a rock, upon which rock He would build His Church so strong that the gates of hell should not prevail against it.
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"Besides all this, it was unquestionably owing, in a chief degree, to the repeated eloquence, and forcible appeals of Mrs. Judson, that the untutored Burman was finally made willing to secure the welfare and happiness of his country, by a sincere peace."
Beginning with the story of Stephen from the book of Acts, considered the first Christian martyr, the drama builds to the passion of the early Church's persecution under the Roman Empire. The hardy and radical faith of those first believers spawned medieval missionary movements that spread the gospel across Europe and into England, Scotland, and Ireland. As the story continues, it places a significant emphasis on the sufferings of the early Protestants during the Reformation. As a vicar in the Church of England, author John Foxe strongly identified with the Protestant sects throughout Europe, and his loyalty to their cause comes through in his descriptions of many early clashes between Catholic and Protestant believers. Listeners are given an opportunity to experience the storytelling that incited several wars between Catholic and Protestant forces. The political and personal passion of the Reformation continues with the stories of the French Protestants during and after the French Revolution.
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Foxe's writing of religious Martyrs, politics, European History up to the time of Elizabeth 1.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs has been an invaluable addition to the libraries of faithful Christians for almost five centuries. Chronicling the suffering and brutal deaths of those who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, John Foxe captured the God-given, Spirit-inspired courage of these noble souls. Though sometimes difficult to read because of the inhumane cruelty depicted in its pages, the images which truly endure are those of the victorious faithfulness, by the grace of God, of these heroes of the faith. Why read this book? The stories within these pages are not only supremely inspiring but also educational as to the identity, character, and modus operandi of an apostate, false church. We have benefited immeasurably from the wonderful witness of these martyred saints, which not only helped many of our predecessors accept Christ, but also helped the true church to be stronger and purer.
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