“The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.”
Quote by John Foxe
Work
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; from the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Period. To which is Added an Account of the Inquisition, the Bartholomew Massacre in France, the General Persecution Under Louis XIV, the Massacres in the Irish Rebellions in the Years 1641, and 1798, Rise, Progress, and Persecutions of the People Commonly Called Quakers, Together with an Account of the Western Martyrology, Or Bloody Assizes; with the Lives of Some of the Early Eminent Reformers ...
Fox's Book of Martyrs is an extensive historical work that provides a detailed narrative of the lives and deaths of Christian martyrs throughout history. The book covers a wide range of events, including the Inquisition, the Bartholomew Massacre in France, and the general persecution under Louis XIV. It also discusses the massacres during the Irish Rebellions in 1641 and 1798, as well as the rise, progress, and persecutions of the Quakers. Additionally, the book includes an account of the Western Martyrology, or Bloody Assizes, and biographies of some of the early prominent reformers. more
Author
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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