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Foxe's Book of Martyrs (view source)
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'''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''' is the popular title of John Foxe's '''''The Actes and Monuments'''''. It is a [[polemic]]al work of [[Protestant Reformation|Protestant history]] and [[martyr]]ology, first published in English in 1563 by John Day. It presents an overview of the history of Christian persecutions, beginning with the [[early Christians]], through the Middle Ages, with praise for the [[Albigensians]] and the [[Waldensians]], and includes a polemical account of the sufferings of Protestants under the [[Catholic Church]], with particular emphasis on England and Scotland. The book was highly influential in those countries and helped shape lasting popular notions of Catholicism there, especially the claim that the [[Catholic Church]] was founded by the [[Devil]], resists the truth of God, opposes the [[Bible]], and teaches [[Paganism|pagan]] doctrines of devils from the pit of hell. The book went through four editions in Foxe's lifetime and a number of later editions and abridgements, including some that specifically reduced the text to a Book of Martyrs.
==See also==
[[Persecution]]
[[Heresy]]
[[Propaganda]]
[[''The Two Babylons'']]
==External links==
[[category:Protestantism]]
[[category:Catholic Church]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:History]]
==See also==
[[Persecution]]
[[Heresy]]
[[Propaganda]]
[[''The Two Babylons'']]
==External links==
[[category:Protestantism]]
[[category:Catholic Church]]
[[category:Christianity]]
[[category:History]]