Foxes Book Of Martyrs

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 AD 33 – Today is their story and your Christian heritage. In the 16th century, English preacher John Foxe created what would later be called the “second most important book in history” after the Bible: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. With dozens of images, modernized English, and up-to-date accounts, Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs faithfully binds the testimonies of more than 50 of Foxe’s heroes from the Early Church to the Reformation with Christians in the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and through the twentieth century. More importantly, Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs unites past Christians with believers today. Building on over fifty years of ministry to persecuted Christians, The Voice of the Martyrs organization shares sixty-seven stories of Christians who have stood faithfully to the death since 2000. Their courage in the face of ISIS and the Taliban, brutal dictatorships, and government crackdowns will inspire you to boldness and remind you that the same Spirit of Christ Who strengthened Stephen, Peter, and Paul is at work in you today.

This book was first published in 2006. Second only to the Bible and Book of Common Prayer, John Foxe's Acts and Monuments, known as the Book of Martyrs, was the most influential book published in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The most complex and best-illustrated English book of its time, it recounted in detail the experiences of hundreds of people who were burned alive for their religious beliefs. John N. King offers the most comprehensive investigation yet of the compilation, printing, publication, illustration, and reception of the Book of Martyrs. He charts its reception across different editions by learned and unlearned, sympathetic and antagonistic readers. The many illustrations included here introduce readers to the visual features of early printed books and general printing practices both in England and continental Europe, and enhance this important contribution to early modern literary studies, cultural and religious history, and the history of the Book.

Editorial ReviewThis is truly a HIGH QUALITY KINDLE EDITION of Foxe's Book of Martyrs for easy reading and meditation. All the arts, portraits, pictures and illustrations are adapted for Kindle readers. The Clickable Table of Contents is designed so that you can click easily navigate to the different chapters.Note that the correct spelling of the author is John Foxe. Many editors spell his name wrong with "Fox"."After the Bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs. Even in our time it is still a living force. It is more than a record of persecution. It is an arsenal of controversy, a storehouse of romance, as well as a source of edification."Book Description:Fox's Book of Martyrs is a history of the lives, sufferings and deaths of the Early Christians and Protestant Martyrs.Content of the Book:Author's Biography & Sketches - John FoxeChapter I -- History of Christian Martyrs to the First General Persecutions Under NeroChapter II -- The Ten Primitive PersecutionsChapter III -- Persecutions of the Christians in PersiaChapter IV -- Papal PersecutionsChapter V -- An Account of the InquisitionChapter VI -- An Account of the Persecutions in Italy, Under the PapacyChapter VII -- An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John WickliffeChapter VIII -- An Account of the Persecutions in Bohemia Under the PapacyChapter IX -- An Account of the Life and Persecutions of Martin LutherChapter X -- General Persecutions in GermanyChapter XI -- An Account of the Persecutions in the NetherlandsChapter XII -- The Life and Story of the True Servant and Martyr of God,William TyndaleChapter XIII -- An Account of the Life of John CalvinChapter XIV -- Prior to the Reign of Queen Mary IChapter XV -- An Account of the Persecutions in Scotland During the Reign of King Henry VIIIChapter XVI -- Persecutions in England During the Reign of Queen MaryChapter XVII -- Rise and Progress of the Protestant Religion in Ireland; with an Account of the Barbarous Massacre of 1641Chapter XVIII -- The Rise, Progress, Persecutions, and Sufferings of the QuakersChapter XIX -- An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John BunyanChapter XX -- An Account of the Life of John WesleyChapter XXI -- Persecutions of the French Protestants in the South of France, During the Years 1814 and 1820Chapter XXII -- The Beginnings of American Foreign MissionsLet us learn from the past heroes of faith! They stand with those men of faith listed in Hebrews 11.Semper Fidelis.Christians must always remain faithful to God even to offering up their lives for God's sake!

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