From the first-century stoning of Stephen through his own perilous time—Reformation-era England—John Foxe recounts the lives, sufferings, and triumphant deaths of dozens of Christian martyrs. [Some were people of rank and influence. Some were ordinary folk. Some were his friends.] Four centuries later, these deeply moving accounts of faith and courage mark a path for modern Christians to measure the depth of their commitment. This edition, edited by William Byron Forbush (1868-1927), contains Foxes original material as well as some later additions (see chapters 5 , 6, & 10 particularly).
John Foxe Knihy
1. január 1516 – 18. apríl 1587
John Foxe bol anglický autor, najviac preslávený svojím rozsiahlym dielom „Foxe’s Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church“, všeobecne známejším ako „Kniha mučeníkov“. Jeho práca sa zameriava na prenasledovanie a mučeníctvo kresťanov, dokumentujúc ich vieru a obete v priebehu histórie. Prostredníctvom svojho detailného rozprávania Foxe vykreslil silný obraz vytrvalosti a oddanosti tvárou v tvár útlaku.
