John Foxe Quotes

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• A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater…
• With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them which for abundance of riches…
• A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
• But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies…
• The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter,…
• The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
• A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is…
• The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they…
• When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns…
• Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it continues to endure and hold…
• Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
• Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else…

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