Fox's Book Of Martyrs : Or, A History Of The Lives, Sufferings, And Triumphant Deaths Of Many Of The Primitive As Well As Protestant Martyrs (Hardcover)

from lgfarlow

A classic that should be in the library of every believer. These amazing accounts make me both thankful and somewhat ashamed when I consider what our ancestors had to go through for the faith that we take so for granted in the west including the ability to read the Bible in English. It's also int...

from MsJolee

Considered only second to the Bible in importance to the Christian, Voice of the Martyrs, was first published in 1563 under the original title Acts and Monuments of the Christian Marytrs by John Foxe, who collected the stories up to his time. It was a book not at first well received, as it offend...

from thesilverofhisfining

What can I say? It is humbling reading. So glad I read it finally.

from david__clifford

Wow! This is a difficult book to read not because it is hard to understand but due to the suffering that so many endured even to the point of death for the sake of Christ. This book will make you think about your own faith and how deep it runs.

from DomingoSantos

I've heard about this book for years, but never took an opportunity to read it. My impression? "Foxe's [some titles use "Fox's"] Book of Martyrs" is the Christian equivalent to Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" in terms of tedious reading. "Martyrs" makes compelling examples of the evils of the pag...