Foxe's Book of Martyrs
by
John Foxe
For nearly two-thousand years, courageous men and women have been tortured and killed because of their confessions of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This updated edition of Foxes Book of Martyrs, contains stories of persecution up to 2001. Stories of heroic courage and overcoming faith. Stories of love of God and Christ. Stories of the amazing grace of God that enabled m...more
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August 1st 2001
by Bridge-Logos
(first published June 15th 209)
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The Renaissance of the fifteenth through sixteenth centuries, generally thought of in glowing terms of cultural and artistic re-birth, had its dark side. The development of political absolutism, which Niccolo Machiavelli prescribed in The Prince, combined with the crisis of the Reformation led to many shameful episodes of religious intolerance and butchery. The Inquisition, the Thirty Years War, the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the anti-popes, and England's Marian Persecutions have tainted,...more
I'm learning what it means to truly stand for what you believe in, and that Christianity will not die no matter what. Many men of power have hated true christianity and all those who followed Jesus Christ and His principles. And they tried in vain to use their power and influence to erase christianity and the memory of it from the earth. Men of power even today try to get rid of christianity through many means. Some may use the means of execution and physical torture for any captured followers o...more
Jul 24, 2011
Brian Eshleman
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My experience with this book was that so many brief descriptions on the martyred saints' lives followed by the death that they died actually began to numb the reader to the tragic and heroic nature of each instance. The author's constant railing against "Romish" and "popish" belief systems that led to the martyrdom of Protestants leads one to wonder how many Catholics were martyred by Protestants in later years. The best part of this book was when it went into a little more depth in describing m...more
Nov 14, 2012
David Sarkies
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This is a book that is all about Christian martyrs and it makes pretty grim reading namely because it is all about people who are being persecuted for their faith and undergo incredible suffering and hardship and end up dying in some of the most gruesome manners possible. In fact it is an incredibly depressing book and one that as a Christian I found to be very hard to read. Mind you, it is not something that we of any faith or persuasion should ignore, especially if we live in relative securit...more
This updated version of John Foxe's original work is a wonderful modern day record of the sacrifices God's people have made since Jesus Himself was crucified nearly 2,000 years ago. It is so important for Christians to learn and understand that our faith was founded on Christ's spilled blood, and His people are and have always been persecuted and killed for following his victorious example. This book was prepared by Voice of the Martyrs, an exemplary Christian ministry who offers support to pers...more
Nov 18, 2010
Bettie
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Well, if you ever want to know the depths of cruelty that humans can sink to, when people don't think the way they want you to, this is the book for you. At least 9 of the original 12 apostles were martyred, beheaded, stoned, crucified, and worse, for their faith, and it only goes downhill from there.
This follows history throughout the ages, as the church absconds, (for lack of a better word ) with lands, money, and titles by accusing anyone, albeit, rich or poor of not being part of the church...more
This follows history throughout the ages, as the church absconds, (for lack of a better word ) with lands, money, and titles by accusing anyone, albeit, rich or poor of not being part of the church...more
Some day, I really will finish this book. Really, I will. I think i've started it 3, maybe 4, times. I think the caustic combination for me is the ancient language combined with the heart wrenching subject matter. I usually scorn the adaptations (for the modern reader) and have thousands of pages in the original works (Les Miserables, Shakespeare, and The Counte of Monte Cristo come immediately to mind) but this is one work I would recommend a modern adaptation...
I expect to have my eyes opened to the horrors of many Christians brothers and sisters who have been stoned, beheaded, sawed into, boiled alive in oil, flayed and stripped alive, crucified, exiled and many atrocities that have been done to them in years past. As Cain slew
Abel and his blood cried up from the ground for justice
and mercy of GOD to avenge his death, I believe all of these Christian martyrs will also cry for GOD to avenge
their blood that was spilled by the hatred of others agaisnt th...more
Abel and his blood cried up from the ground for justice
and mercy of GOD to avenge his death, I believe all of these Christian martyrs will also cry for GOD to avenge
their blood that was spilled by the hatred of others agaisnt th...more
These are people whose faith supersedes pride, who willingly accept the literal fire in the name of God. I may never have faith like that. It's frightening to think of a world in the near past that people had to make a choice between death and lies, between telling the Truth and submitting to a false religion. This stuff is real. Christians now don't think of this often enough.
Apr 19, 2012
The Men's Ministry of Denton Bible Church
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"When one recollects that until the appearance of the Pilgrim's Progress the common people had almost no other reading matter except the Bible and 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs,' we can understand the deep impression that this book produced; and how it served to mold the national character. Those who could read for themselves learned the full details of all the atrocities performed on the Protestant reformers; the illiterate could see the rude illustrations of the various instruments of torture, the r...more
Oct 18, 2007
LaDonna
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This book was required reading at the private high school I attended. I have absolutely no interest in re-reading it. I can still remember the overwhelming sense of guilt I felt as a teenager because I'd rather pretend to be a heathen than stand up and get my head chopped off for Jesus.
This book gets no stars. It started out interesting before suddenly turning into a long, hateful, anti-Catholic tirade. Admittedly, I stopped reading this book a quarter of the way through when I reached the words, '...the great Antichrist of Europe, or Pope of Rome, and his diversely disguised host of anointed hypocrites...'
At this point I started flipping pages to random places in the rest of the book looking for any reason to continue reading. I came across claims that called the entire book'...more
At this point I started flipping pages to random places in the rest of the book looking for any reason to continue reading. I came across claims that called the entire book'...more
May 14, 2013
Eddy Allen
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When one recollects that until the appearance of the Pilgrims Progress the common people had almost no other reading matter except the Bible and Foxs Book of Martyrs, we can understand the deep impression that this book produced and how it served to mold the national character. Those who could read for themselves learned the full details of all the atrocities performed on the Protes tant reformers the illiterate could see the rude illustrations of the various instruments of torture, the rack, th...more
On 4-21-12 I'm still early in the book, up to the year 800 AD, but already learning significant things. For one thing, I learned in history that Christians were persecuted by the Romans until Constantine "made Christianity the official religion of the empire. Then church became entangled with state and Christians started persecuting other religions." That's pretty much all the attention my history classes gave this issue. Well, not so fast according to Fox.
There were degrees and waves of persecu...more
There were degrees and waves of persecu...more
This was a very interesting book. It is probably more of a reference book than a piece of non-fiction to pick up and read, but I really learned tons. Since I don't own it (yet), I wanted the read the entire thing before returning it.
This book recounts the lives, sufferings and violent deaths of all martyrs from Stephen (in the New Testiment) to Reformation England. It is written by John Foxe during the reign of Elisabeth, so he know many of these events first or second hand. He writes of the Sp...more
This book recounts the lives, sufferings and violent deaths of all martyrs from Stephen (in the New Testiment) to Reformation England. It is written by John Foxe during the reign of Elisabeth, so he know many of these events first or second hand. He writes of the Sp...more
During the passover, the scribes and Pharisees put the Apostle James on top of the temple, calling out to him, " You just man, whom we all ought to obey, this people is going astray after Jesus, who was crucified."
And James answered, " Why do you ask me of Jesus the Son of Man ? He sits on the right hand of the Most High and shall come in the clouds of heaven."
Hearing this, many in the crowd were persuaded
and glorified God, crying, " Hosanna to the Son of David !"
Then the scribes and Pharisees...more
And James answered, " Why do you ask me of Jesus the Son of Man ? He sits on the right hand of the Most High and shall come in the clouds of heaven."
Hearing this, many in the crowd were persuaded
and glorified God, crying, " Hosanna to the Son of David !"
Then the scribes and Pharisees...more
Jul 21, 2008
Mom 2
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Recommends it for:
every follower of Jesus
Sorry everthing I write is long - I'm a very fast typist. We often don't want to hear about the sufferings of the followers of Jesus, or be found reading about them because someone might think we're obsessing. In any case, I look through this book every few years to remind myself how good I have it in America and that we may be losing our freedom of speech, we still can worship God openly with a congregation. We can still talk about HIm to our friends without the threat of open persecution. This...more
As a new Christian, a teenager, in 1969 I read Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Those powerful stories ignited me, raised the bar of my commitment to Christ, and gave me a love for persecuted Christians. I pray this wonderful book from Voice of the Martyrs will do the same for countless readers. Hebrews 11 is still being written throughout the world—may we learn from those stories. And, empowered by Christ, may we live in such a way that our own stories might one day be worth telling.
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John Foxe was born at Boston, in Lincolnshire, in 1516, and died April 8, 1587. He is most famous for is publication of “Foxe’s Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church” more commonly known as “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”.
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