“But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success.”
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Fox's Book of Martyrs, Or, The Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church: Being a Complete History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Deaths of the Christian Martyrs ... to which is Added an Account of the Inquisition ... with the Lives of Some of the Early Eminent Reformers
This comprehensive work provides a historical narrative of the Christian martyrs, their sufferings, and deaths. It also includes an account of the Inquisition and biographies of notable early reformers within the Christian Church. more
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John Foxe
John Foxe was an English historian and Protestant polemicist, renowned for his work 'Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Special and Memorable, Touching the Church of England', commonly known as 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs'. This work has had a profound impact on English Protestantism and has been instrumental in shaping the narrative of the history of the Church of England. more
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