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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Fourth Century
1Fourth Century2An Account of the Holy Baptism of the Martyrs in the Fourth Century Brief3Ing to The4Of Several Other Articles of Faith Taught by Ambrose5Chrysostom's Views Respecting Baptism6Of the Benefit, Virtue, and Operation of Baptism7Chrysostom's Views Respecting Several Other Articles of Faith8Jerome's Views Touching Several Other Matters of Faith9The Conversion of Euvodius10An Account of Those who Suffered in the Fourth Century11Of the Tenth General Persecution of the Christians, A. D. 30212The Cause and Severity of This Persecution13Further Statement of the Cause and Severity of This Persecution14Further Account of the Cause and Severities of the Above Mentioned Persecution15Notice to the Reader16First Year of the Persecution Commenced, A. D. 30217Anthimus; Bishop of the Church of Christ, A. D. 30218Fuller Account of the Martyrdom and Death of Anthimus19Phileas, Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ, A. D. 30220An Extract. From the Letters which Th9 Afore Mentioned Martyr Phileas Wrote…21Cassian, a Christian Schoolteacher, A. D. 30222Eulalia, a Christian Maiden, A. D. 30223Eucratis, a Virtuous:maiden, Died in Prison24The Second Year of This Persecution Began, A. D. 30325Euplius, a Pious Christian, A. D. 30326Pancratius, a Youth of Fourteen Years, A. D. 30327Justus, a Pious and God Fearing Youth of Auxerre, A. D. 30328Felix, Bishop of the Church at Thibaris, A. D. 30329Primus and Felician, Two Brothers30Apphian, a God Fearing Youth, A. D. 30431Ulpian, a Pious Young Man, Cast into the Sea, and Drowned32Aedesius, Brother of the Afore Mentioned Apphian, A. D. 30433Agathopus, a Deacon, and Theodulus, a Lector, of the Thessalonian Church, A. D. 30434Julitta of Iconia, an Honorable Widow, A. D. 30435Forty Youths, who Confessed Christ their Saviour, Thrown into a Cold Pool, A. D. 30436Fourth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, A. D. 30537Sylvanus, Januarius, Sosius, Proculus, Pelagia, Theonas, Cyrenia, and Juliana, A. D. 30538The Fifth Year of the Persecution, Commenced A. D. 306)39Theodosia, a God Fearing Maiden of the City of Tyre40Pamphilius, an Elder of the Church at Cxsarea in Palestine, A. D. 30641The Sixth Year of the Persecution, Coumenced, A. D. 30742Catharina, an Honorable Maiden of Alexandria, A. D. 30743The Seventh Year of the Persecution, Commenced, A. D. 30844Peter Apselamus, a Young Man, A. D. 30845Biblis, Aquilina, and Fortunata, Three Godfearing Christian Women46The Eighth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, A. D. 30947Two Sisters at Antioch Drowned in the Sea, A. D. 30948Irene and her Two Sisters, Burned Alive for the Testimony of Jesus Christ, A. D. 30949Peter, Nilus, and P. Mythius, A. D. 30950The Ninth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, A. D. 31051Death There, A. D. 31052Peter, Faustus, Didius, and Ammonius, A. D. 31053Anysia, a Young Girl of Thessalonica, A. D. 31054Demetrius, a Christian Teacher, A. D. 31055Theodorus, Philemon, and Cyrilla, A. D. 31056The Tenth or Last Year of This Persecution, Commenced, A. D. 31157Eugenius, Auxentius, Maodatius, and Many Others, A. D. 31158Basileus, Bishop at Pontus, A. D. 31659Two Brothers, Donotian and Rogatian, A. D. 36060John and Paul, who Opposed War, A. D. 36361Some Pious People, who, in Accordance with the Doctrine of Christ, A. D. 368