Foxe's Christian Martyrs: The Powerful Classic, Abridged and Updated

by John Foxe

Publisher:

Barbour Books

, 2014

You’ll be inspired by the ultimate sacrifice of dozens of early followers of Jesus as recorded in the classic history Foxe’s Christian Martyrs. This sixteenth-century book, presented here in an abridged and updated edition, describes the faithful lives and untimely deaths of Christians from the early church era through the reign of Queen Elizabeth in England. Though man’s evil toward man is troubling, the martyrs’ God-given power to rise above their persecution is ultimately uplifting and inspiring. This is a book every Christian should be familiar with!

From the Back Cover

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
and they did not love their lives to the death.

Revelation 12:11 nkjv

 

In many areas of the world today, experiencing suffering and tribulation for the Christian faith is a part of daily life. For most of us, thankfully, this is not the case. And yet, our Lord warns us of the troubles still to come—and knowledge of the history of Christian persecution of valuable preparation.

     Reading Foxe’s Christian Martyrs may not be a pleasant experience. It is, however, an important one. Generations of early Christians were brought up on the works of John Foxe, which share the amazing stories of faith under fire—of Christians persecuted to the point of death.

     This classic book, newly updated and abridged, will inspire you to a deeper commitment to Jesus Christ.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Death was not considered enough punishment for the Christians, who were subjected to the cruelest treatment possible. They were whipped, disemboweled, torn apart, and stoned. Plates of hot iron were laid on them; they were strangled, eaten by wild animals, hung, and tossed on the horns of bulls. After they were dead, their bodies were piled in heaps and left to rot without burial. Nevertheless, the church continued to grow, deeply rooted in the doctrine of the apostles and watered with the blood of the saints.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : Foxe's Christian Martyrs: The Powerful Classic, Abridged and Updated
• Author: Foxe, John
• Publisher: Barbour Books
• Publication Date: 2014
• ISBN: 9781630585228

About John Foxe

John Foxe (1516–1587) was an English historian and martyrologist. In 1531, he joined the Reformers and acted as tutor to the children of the recently beheaded Earl of Surrey. He was educated at Brasnose College, Oxford, in 1532 and became a probationer fellow of Magdalen College in 1538. In 1545, Foxe resigned his fellowship at the University because of Protestant beliefs and became a tutor for the Lucy family in Warwickshire. He was ordained deacon by Bishop Nicholas Ridley in 1550 and became the first to preach Protestantism at Reigate in 1551. In 1553, when Mary I becomes Queen of England, he flees to the Continent and then returns to England in 1559. He was ordained by Grindal, bishop of London, as an Anglican priest in 1560. Foxe died at the age of 71 and was interred at St. Giles, Cripplegate, in 1587.