Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution (1907) (14780718231)

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Title: Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution ..
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Foxe, John, 1516-1587
Subjects: Martyrs Persecution Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., C. Foster publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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Foster. PREFACE The records of the past contain little that is of more thrilling interestthan the stories of Christian Martyrs. Assailed in the early centuries afterChrist by their pagan foes, and in later years by enemies who professed,themselves, to be the followers of a gentle and merciful Saviour—yet whoseem to have been destitute of human pity or compassion—these braveupholders of our faith were imprisoned, tortured, and slain by thousands. In an age of religious liberty such as the present, when justice, andthe freedom, happiness, and well-being of the multitude are jealouslyguarded—when offenders against the laws are subjected to no avoidablephysical pain, and even science is called upon to provide for the most dan-gerous of them the least painful of deaths—it is with amazement that weread of the barbarous punishments of the past. Appalling as some of these accounts of mans inhumanity to manmay be, yet it is only by their preservation that we, who live in happiertimes,