Tag: FOXE’S CHRISTIAN MARTYRS

  • Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 7)

    THE WALDENSES About 1160, Peter Waldo, a citizen of lyons, suddenly changed his lifestyle, giving away large amounts of money, studying God’s Word, and teaching others how to live virtuous lives. In time, people flocked to him, eager to receive the scriptures he translated into French and passed out to those who wanted to learn.…

  • Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 6)

    A GODLY WOMAN Of all the people who suffered for Christ and His truth, I know of none so admirable as the godly woman put to death in Chipping Sodbury about this time. Her constancy was glorious to behold, especially when contrasted with the character of the chancellor who condemned her, one Dr. Whittenham. When…

  • Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 5)

    JOHN HUSS Richard II had married a native of Bohemia, and through her servants, the works of Wycliffe were carried to that country, where they were effectively preached to the people by John Huss of Prague. Pope John XXIII, seeking to suppress the Bohemians, appointed Cardinal de Columna to look into Huss’s preaching and deal…

  • Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 4)

    PERSECUTION BY THE VANDALS, AD 429 The Vandals crossed over from Spain to the north coast of Africa and defeated the Roman army there, conquering the whole country under their leader, Genseric. Since the Vandals were of the Arian sect, they abused the Christians wherever they found them, laying waste to all their cities and…