On account of this mandate, many eminent persons in the church and state fell martyrs to the ignorance and ferocity of the pagans.
More Quotes from John Foxe:
The emperor Domitian, who was naturally inclined to cruelty, first slew his brother, and then raised the second persecution against the Christians.John Foxe
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 but a verifying of the said prophecy.
John Foxe
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 and wealthy state thought they might do what they listed. And doubtless he spared no kind of people, but was indifferent to all men, as well rich as poor, to the great shame of no small number of men nowadays. Whereas many we see so addicted to the pleasing of great and rich men, that in the meantime they have no regard to the meaner sort of poor people, whom Christ hath bought as dearly as the other.
John Foxe
Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
John Foxe
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 taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
John Foxe
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Christianity Quotes, Ignorance QuotesBased on Keywords: ferocity, pagans
I am a wanderer passionately in love with life.
Aleksandr I. Kuprin
Do we need distance to get close?
Sarah Jessica Parker
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind.
George Berkeley