"The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the……" — John Foxe
"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 had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties."
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John Foxe
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12 Quotes by John Foxe
John Foxe has 12 quotes on this site.
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A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause…
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With his continual doctrine [Bishop Hooper] adjoined due and discreet correction, not so much severe to any as to them…
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A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
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But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the…
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The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make…
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The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
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A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against…
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When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they,…
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Princes, kings, and other rulers of the world have used all their strength and cunning against the Church, yet it…
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Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
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Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this…
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The traditional spokespersons for the Evangelicals, such as Chuck Colson and James Dobson, have become alarmed about this drift away…
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When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never…
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We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted.
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There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed…
— Peter Straub
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I sympathize the first, the direct and single-minded attack [Red Revolution]. I believe it to have been necessary and inevitable…
— Stuart Chase
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I am not myself apt to be alarmed at innovations recommended by reason. That dread belongs to those whose interests…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Dangerous climate change... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed
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Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue…
— Thomas Paine
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The Middle East is replete with both new and old threats. One should not underestimate these threats, but not be…
— Shimon Peres
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It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace.…
— Joseph Alleine
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The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Even in these mercifully emancipated decades, many people still seem quite seriously alarmed at the prospect of sleeping away from…
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