Martyrs Mirror in Modern English

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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.

Contents

Second Century

1Second Century 2An Account of the Baptism of the Holy Martyrs in the Second Century 3Notice Concerning the Book "Quaestionum Et Responsionum," that Is 4Further Remarks Concerning Baptism in This Century 5An Account of Those Who Suffered in the Second Century 6The Third Persecution of the Christians, Commenced under Trajan, in the Year 102 7Simon Cleophas, One of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, in the Year 109 8Rufus and Zosimus, Two Pious Christians, in the Year 109 9The Ethiopian or Eunuch of Queen Candace, in the Year 110 10Ignatius, a Disciple of the Apostle John, in the Year 111 11Onesimus, a Friend of the Apostle Paul, Brought from Rome to Ephesus 12Dionysius Areopagita, who was Converted by Paul 13Publius, Barsimaeus, Barbelius, and his Sister Barba 14Justus and Pastor, Slain for the Faith at Complutum 15Phocas, Bishop of Pontus, Put to Death in a Lime Kiln, and in Boiling Water 16Faustina and Jacobita Put to Death, in the Year 120 17Severe Persecutions of the Believers About the Year 130 18Getulicus, Symphorosa with her Sons, Cerialus and Amantius, in the Year 136 19Ptolomeus, a Godfearing Man 20Lucius, a Pious Christian, Also Put to Death at Alexandria 21Felicitas with her Seven Sons, Januarius, Felix, Philippus, Sylvanus, in the Year 164 22Of the Fourth Persecution of the Christians 23How Atrociously the Sincere Christians were Treated During This Persecution 24Justinus, First Scourged, and Then Beheaded 25Polycarp, a Disciple of the Apostle John, and Bishop of the Church at Smyrna, in the Year 168 26Twelve Pious Christians, who Had Come from Philadelphia to Smyrna, in the Year 168 27Carpus. Papylus, Agathonica and Many Other Women 28Germanicus, an Eminently Pious Man, in the Year 170 29Vetius, Surnamed Pagathus, Put to Death on the River Rhone in France 30Attalus, Roasted in an Iron Chair 31Alexander of Phrygia, First Dreadfully Tortured 32Maturus, Sanctus, Blandina, and a Youth from Pontus, Most Miserably Tormented 33An Old Man of Ninety Years, Called Photinus 34Alcibiades, a Pious Christian 35Epipodius of Lyons, and Alexander, the Greek 36Leonides, Plutarchus, and Others 37What Transpired with the Christians During the Fourth Persecution