The Bloody Theater, or Martyrs Mirror, in plain modern English: edited chapter for chapter from the 1886 translation, with every scripture reference and abbreviation spelled out so it can be read aloud. The unaltered 1886 text is on the shelf as Martyrs Mirror.
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Contents
Fourth Century
1Fourth Century2An Account of the Holy Baptism of the Martyrs in the Fourth Century Brief3Hilarius on Baptism and Several Other Articles of His Faith4Of Several Other Articles of Faith Taught by Ambrose5Chrysostom's Views on Baptism6Of the Benefit, Virtue, and Operation of Baptism7Chrysostom's Views Concerning 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, in the Year 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, in the Year 30217Anthimus, Bishop of the Church of Christ, in the Year 30218Fuller Account of the Martyrdom and Death of Anthimus19Phileas, Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ, in the Year 30220An Extract from the Letters which the Aforementioned Martyr Phileas Wrote…21Cassian, a Christian Schoolteacher, in the Year 30222Eulalia, a Christian Maiden, in the Year 30223Eucratis, a Virtuous Maiden, Died in Prison24The Second Year of This Persecution Began, in the Year 30325Euplius, a Pious Christian, in the Year 30326Pancratius, a Youth of Fourteen Years, in the Year 30327Justus, a Pious and God Fearing Youth of Auxerre, in the Year 30328Felix, Bishop of the Church at Thibaris, in the Year 30329Primus and Felician, Two Brothers30Apphian, a God Fearing Youth, in the Year 30431Ulpian, a Pious Young Man, Cast into the Sea, and Drowned32Aedesius, Brother of the Aforementioned Apphian, in the Year 30433Agathopus, a Deacon, and Theodulus, a Lector, of the Thessalonian Church, in the Year 30434Julitta of Iconia, an Honorable Widow, in the Year 30435Forty Youths, who Confessed Christ their Savior, Thrown into a Cold Pool, in the Year 30436Fourth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 30537Sylvanus, Januarius, Sosius, Proculus, Pelagia, Theonas, Cyrenia, and Juliana, in the Year 30538The Fifth Year of the Persecution, Commenced in the Year 30639Theodosia, a God Fearing Maiden of the City of Tyre40Pamphilius, an Elder of the Church at Caesarea in Palestine, in the Year 30641The Sixth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 30742Catharina, an Honorable Maiden of Alexandria, in the Year 30743The Seventh Year of the Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 30844Peter Apselamus, a Young Man, in the Year 30845Biblis, Aquilina, and Fortunata, Three Godfearing Christian Women46The Eighth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 30947Two Sisters at Antioch Drowned in the Sea, in the Year 30948Irene and her Two Sisters, Burned Alive for the Testimony of Jesus Christ, in the Year 30949Peter, Nilus, and P. Mythius, in the Year 30950The Ninth Year of the Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 31051Lucian, an Elder of the Church of Christ at Antioch, in the Year 31052Peter, Faustus, Didius, and Ammonius, in the Year 31053Anysia, a Young Girl of Thessalonica, in the Year 31054Demetrius, a Christian Teacher, in the Year 31055Theodorus, Philemon, and Cyrilla, in the Year 31056The Tenth or Last Year of This Persecution, Commenced, in the Year 31157Eugenius, Auxentius, Maodatius, and Many Others, in the Year 31158Basileus, Bishop at Pontus, in the Year 31659Two Brothers, Donotian and Rogatian, in the Year 36060John and Paul, who Opposed War, in the Year 36361Some Pious People, who, in Accordance with the Doctrine of Christ, in the Year 368