Foxe's Book of Martyrs

The print is so dang tiny! Had to return for another version

The print of this book is so small! It's too hard to read!

I downloaded this version to my Kindle for PC, and am 39% of the way through it. I am not offended as some are that it is not the 7,000 page version, for it is difficult enough to read of this brutal savagery to people for their beliefs in this shortened version.And for those who are offended that John Foxe exposes the verifiable brutality of the Roman church: maybe you were not brutalized by nuns or priests or brothers. In another work online, I found out that Pope Innocent III -- odd name for a vicious and guilty murderer -- assigned Dominic, founder of the 'order of preachers' (founder of the nuns who taught me) to head the inquisition, which he did with enthusiasm and alacrity, sending thousands upon thousands to torture and painful deaths. This explains a great deal about what came over many of these Dominican nuns, their frenzies of abuse toward us vulnerable kids rooted in a demonic history. Human sacrifice, particularly human sacrifice which involves great suffering and torment, accrues demonic powers to the sacrificer.I discovered this book after typing 'dominican nuns abuse' into the search engine, just as one day I discovered a blog called 'firetenders' after typing that same phrase into google. There I discovered large numbers of former catholic school kids, the oldest of us in our 60's, tho some are half that age, who were abused in many different ways to the point of physical and emotional and sexual damage. Some have chosen to disbelieve in God entirely, tho some of us have clung to our understanding that God is good, nothing like the one these nuns taught us; I myself have been walking with Jesus for 39 years, and can testify these nuns did NOT know him. The firetenders blog participants keep asking 'Why would these women behave like this to helpless kids?' It remained an unanswered question until I read the history of the roman church's violent butchery of millions of people as written by Foxe. Why would they not? We have instead been lucky we didn't live several hundred years ago. An attitude which would decide it is just fine to kill people horribly to supposedly save souls, is not an attitude that will lovingly raise children in a positive atmosphere. There are plenty of books about 'Saint' Dominic praising his 'love for the truth' which aided his 'fight against heresy.' I wonder do they mention how he 'fought' heresy? And what that what he considered 'heresy' was the exercise of free conscience among people who read the Bible for themselves and didn't want popery and pagan doctrines of purgatory? And where do they think the God of Israel asked them to kill people, instead of teaching? And who told them they could mix paganism with the name of Jesus and destroy the simple gospel?The most terrible reality in all of this, is that this devilry was committed in the name of Jesus, even tho what they did was the polar opposite of what he commanded his followers to do: 'Love one another.' Jesus who loved us, and died in our place, was badly served by these evil people. I am most angry about this, that never having bothered to study his Word, or know him, they did horrible things in his name.

Oh that I have the boldness but to share Christ as did these martyrs.Difficult reading due to archaic language.

These true stories are truly stirring. They can be quite graphic- but that’s the point. These men suffered much for Christ and we would do well to learn from their courage and strength which no doubt came from Our Lord.

This book is a gem. It is the accurate text as printed in 1856. It has many (if not all ) illustrations throughout from the original book published in 1563. I'm not an expert on the history of the editions, I just wanted an unabridged version. It has 1083 pages and is 3.5" thick. It also has an index of all the martyrs. This is a look at the history of "the Church" and those who gave thier life in preservation of the scriptures and the faith they held dear. It is Clearly seen how the love of Jesus Christ was driving the compassion of the Martyrs to love thier fellow man and future generations. I can see why this had such a great impact on the reformation period in history. This book merely records the personal victory of the early Martyrs.

Good history to know read up.

Loved it

Important information has been omitted. It was unclear that this version was condensed not only in size but also in content. I should have realised this from the price. Please look for an unabridged version.

Having read Foxe' s Book of Martyrs many years ago, I wanted to purchase a copy for a dear Christian friend whose surname is Fox!First of all be careful of who you order from as the one you will receive is not necessarily the one you think you ordered!! The edition I have just been sent from World of Books seems to be an abridged, abridged version and does not contain many of the writings I particularly would like my friend to read. Having said that, World of Books have given me a refund but I presume that as I subscribe to Amazon Prime, the total amount I paid was little more. They were pretty fair in that they have let me keep the book so I can't really complain. I have now ordered again from the Book Depository Ltd., in the hope I get what I have ordered.Having now had a gripe over editions (!), this book is an absolute "must" for Bible believing Christians. I challenge anyone to deny that these people were not given strength from God to endure the atrocities they went through by the vilest of fellow human beings for the sake of their faith. I only hope and pray I would have their courage.

The Hendrickson edition is a beautiful hardback, beautiful for keeping or for a gift. Please be aware though that this edition is not illustrated which is very disappointing. In spite of having no illustrations, it’s worth buying at £9.99 on Amazon. I may buy more to give away. Rarely do books get manufactured in such a perfect way, and the content is sure to demonstrate the authenticity of the beliefs of people who were willing to undergo the most horrific torture imaginable (and unimaginable) prior to death. These people gave their all for someone more precious than life itself. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Not for the fainthearted. Every single story, paragraph must be read with the greatest respect for all those courageous men and women..and children who stood firm in their faith in the presence of incredible atrocities, evils and injustice. All have one thing in common: Their Love and faith in their Savior and Lord.Why this title? Even a committed individual is humbled by such pure commitment.

Dissapointed that by the time i am reading as little as to page 24 that the title on cover of the book had over half the gold colouring come off , same with title on the spine.