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
Second Century
1Second Century2An Account of the Baptism of the Holy Martyrs in the Second Century3Notice Concerning the Book "quiestionum Et Responsionum, " that Is4Further Remarks Concerning Baptism in This Century5An Account .of Those who Suf Fered in the Second Century6The Third Perseunoof Ci the Christians, Commenced under Trajan, A. D. 1027Simon Cleophas, One of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, A. D. 1098Rufus and Zosimus, Two Pious Christians, A. D. 1099The Ethiopian or Eunuch of Queen Candace, A. D. 11010Ignatius, a Disciple of the Apostle John, A. D. 11111Onesimus, a Friend of the Apostle Paul, Brought from Rome to Ephesus12Dionysius Areopagita, who was Converted by Paul13Publius, Barsimaeus, Barbelius, and his Sister Barba14Justus and Pastor, Slain for the Faith at Complutum15Phocas, Bishop of Pontus, Put to Death in a Lime Kiln, and in Boiling Water16Faustina and Jacobita Put to Death, A. D. 12017Severe Persecutions of the Believers About the Year 13018Getulicus, Symphorosa with her Sons, Cerialus and Amantius, A. D. 13619Ptolomeus, a Godfearing Man20Lucius, a Pious Christian, Also Put to Death at Alexandria21Felicitas with her Seven Sons, Januarius, Felix, Philippus, Sylvanus, A. D. 16422Of the Fourth Persecution of the Christians23How Atrociously the Sincere Christians were Treated During This Persecution24Justinus, First Scourged, and Then Beheaded25Polycarp, a Disciple of the Apostle John, and Bishop of the Church at Smyrna, A. D. 16826Twelve Pious Christians, who Had Come from Philadelphia to Smyrna, A. D. 16827Carpus. Papylus, Agathonica and Many Other Women28Germanicus, an Eminently Pious Man, A. D. 17029Vetius, Surnamed Pagathus, Put to Death on the River Rhone in France30Attalus, Roasted in an Iron Chair31Alexander of Phrygia, First Dreadfully Tortured32Maturus, Sanctus, Blandina, and a Youth from Pontus, Most Miserably Tormented33An Old Man of Ninety Years, Called Photinus34Alcibiades, a Pious Christian35Epipodius of Lyons, and Alexander, the Greek36Leonides, Plutarchus, and Others37What Transpired with the Christians During the Fourth Persecution