Faith Quote by John Foxe

“The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic circles, if…

— Dr. Teresa Morgan

“(Fun fact: more Christians were martyred by one another in the decades after the Reformation than were martyred by the Roman Empire.6)”

— Rachel Held Evans

“Through the sacrifice of each martyr, the power of the Roman Empire became increasingly weakened until it completely collapsed. This was certainly spiritual warfare…

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“and there the stories Of martyrs awed, as Spagnoletto tainted His brush with all the blood of all the sainted.”

— George Gordon Byron

“He said there is a place in Gaul, the oldest church in their part of the world, where some of the Latin monks have…

— Elizabeth Kostova

“But its exclusive character and irreconcileable hostility to the religious cults and ceremonies with which the whole social life of the city-state and the…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

“Your grandfather lived at a time when it was difficult to believe in God and stay alive at the same time. He sought to…

— E.Y. Laster

“Christian legend later claimed that Peter also went to Rome and there became head of the Christian community, that is, a bishop. Both Peter…

— Norman F. Cantor

“the Church of Rome, formerly the most holy of all Churches, has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all…

— Martin Luther

“The Church of Rome ... has become the most lawless den of thieves, the most shameless of all brothels, the very kingdom of sin,…

— Martin Luther

“It was Pope Innocent III who placed in the hands of the church this terrible weapon of persecution, and who, by the awful severity…

— Rafael Sabatini

“for when had the true faith been other than persecuted and trampled under foot? If one came to think of it with eyes purified…

— Charles Kingsley