April 12, 2024
Antique 1833 Leather Bound, Fox's Book of Martyrs
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Antique 1833 Leather Bound, Fox's Book of Martyrs Originally composed by the Rev. John Fox, M.A., and improved by important alterations and additions, by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich. Book of Martyrs or a History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive As Well as Protestant MartyrsPublisher: Middletown: Edwin Hunt, 1833 1833 copy of Foxe's famed Book of Martyrs or a History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive As Well as Protestant Martyrs. Briefly stated, in this work a lot of angels burn and a lot of martyrs blow trumpets. With TWENTY gorgeous engraved copperplates, this volume was compiled from the original Foxe's Book of Martyrs. It traces the roots of religious persecution (including even the most minor of evangelical figures) through the ages and inclusive of all races and cultures: Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, Americans, Spainards, French, etc. - through to the early 19th century. Not for the fainthearted, this work graphically explains and illustrates the torture, barbarities, cruelties and methods used. It is the ultimate documentary of 1,500 years of man's inhumanity to his fellow man, all in the name of God. The best description of this book is provided by its full title. "Book of Martyrs; or, a History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths, of the
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