The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians — van Braght's 1660 collection of the stories, testimonies and letters of Christian martyrs of the first seventeen centuries, in the 1886 English translation, with Jan Luyken's engravings.
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Contents
First Century
1Concerning the Baptism of John2The Persons John Baptized3How, Among Others, He Baptized Also Jesus the Son of God4How Christ Baptized Through his Disciples5How Christ Commanded Baptism to his Disciples6How the Apostles Executed This Command of Christ to Teach and Baptize7What Testimony Thy Holy Apostles Have Given in their Epistles8Moreover, the Conditions Required In9Of the Testimony of the Fathers Concerning This Article10An Account of the Pious Martyrs and Witnesses of Jesus Christ who Suffered…11Jesus Christ the Son of God Crucified at Jerusalem12John the Baptist, Son of Zacharias and Elisabeth, A. D. 3213Stephen, One of the Seven Deacons of the Church at Jerusalem14James, the Son of Zebedee, Put to Death with the Sword, A. D. 4515The Holy Apostle Philip, Bound with his Head to a Pillar, and Stoned, A. D. 5416James, the Son of Alpheus, or Brother of the Lord, A. D. 6317Barnabas, a Companion of the Apostle Paul, A. D. 6418How Mark, the Holy Evangelist, A. D. 6419Of the Ten Bloody Persecutions which the Christians Suffered under The…20Of the Unheard of Cruelties Nero Practiced in Slaying the Pious Christians21Simon Peter, the Holy Apostle, A. D. 6922Paul, the Apostle of Christ, Sorely Persecuted, and Finally Beheaded, A. D. 6923The Martyrdom of Some of Paul's Friends and Brethren who were Imprisoned With…24Aristarchus, a Traveling Companion of Paul, A. D. 7025Epaphras, a Fellow Prisoner of Paul, A. D. 7026Four Fellow Laborers and Relatives of Paul, A. D. 7027Silas, or Silvanus, Scourged at Philippi, A. D. 7028Onesiphorus, a Friend of Paul, and Porphyrius, his Companion, A. D. 7029Andrew, the Holy Apostle, Crucified at Patras, A. D. 7030Bartholomew, the Holy Apostle of Christ, First Greatly Tortured, A. D. 7031Thomas, the Holy Apostle of Christ, Tor Mented with Red Hot Plates, A. D. 7032Matthew, the Holy Evangelist, A. D. 7033Simon Zelotes and his Brother Judas Thaddeus, A. D. 7034Matthias, the Holy Apostle of Christ35Some of the Seventh Disciples of Christ, A. D. 7036Of the Second Persecution of the Christians, A. D. 9337Antipas, the, Faithful Witness of Jesus Christ38John, the Holy Evangelist, Banished to the Isle of Patmos, A. D. 9739Timothy, the Spiritual Son of the Apostle Paul, A. D. 9840Urticinus, a Pious Christian, A. D. 9941Vitalus, Buried Alive at Ravenna for the Name of Jesus Christ, A. D. 9942Of Different Other Persons who were Slain for the Name of Christ, A. D. 100