Product Description

This updated edition of The New Foxes Book of Martyrs, contains stories of persecution up to 2001. So the book now covers a period of 1966 years, starting from the time of the death of Stephen, the first martyr, in A.D. 35. The Index has also been updated to include these new stories There are eight new photographs in this new edition. Some of them so horrifying in their brutality that you want to turn away from them. But they are pictures of our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering for their faith in our Lord, and should be viewed with open hearts that cry for their pains, and that send prayers rising to the throne of God for them. For nearly two-thousand years, courageous men and women have been tortured and killed because of their confessions of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. The New Foxes Book of Martyrs - 2001 tells their stories. Stories of heroic courage and overcoming faith. Stories of love of God and Christ. Stories of the amazing grace of God that enabled men, women, and children to endure persecutions and often horrible deaths. Foxes last revision of his Book of Martyrs was in 1570. In the 18th century others added to his book. But Christians have continued to be persecuted and martyred every year since then. More Christians were martyred in the last century alone than in all the past centuries combined. The New Foxes Book of Martyrs - 2001 tells their stories from A.D. 35 to 2001 in modern English, and includes new historical data that clarifies and harmonizes people, places, and times. The New Foxes Book of Martyrs - 2001 is the most up-to-date version of Foxes book ever published. Its essential reading for the study of Christian persecution in Foxes day and in ours. Now available in soft or hard-back (HB) cover, and Mass-Market paperback.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #106586 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.19 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 442 pages

Ingram
They were men that triumphantly donned the armor of God--the helmet of salvation, the shield of faith, the sword of God's Word. They faced torture and death in their fight of faith, willing to stand for their beliefs and Word of God regardless of the price.

About the Author
John Foxe (1516-87) was a professor at Oxford, then a minister in London before being forced to flee to Europe when Queen Mary came to power. While in Europe he wrote this classic and published it after returning to England when Queen Elizabeth took the throne.