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
Third Century
1Third Century2An Account of the Holy Baptism of the Martyrs in the Third Century3Tertullian's Views Concerning Different Other Matters4Notice Concerning the Writings of Origen with Reference to Baptism5Concerning Different Points of the Doctrine of Origen6An Account of the Pious Martyrs and Witnesses of Jesus Christ who Suffered In…7Of the Fifth Persecutions of the Christians8Rutilius, after Many Escapes, Torn Asunder, and Then Burnt9Mavilus, a Pious Christian of Adrumelen10Perpetua and Felicitas, of Tuburbi in Mauritania, and Others11Leonides, the Father of Origen12Five of the Disciples of Origen13Two Female Disciples of Origen14Basilides, who, from an Executioner Became a Christian15Ireneus, an Ancient Teacher16How Septimius Florens Tertullian, Through a Certain Apology17Cessation of This Persecution18Reinstitution of This Persecution19Agapitus, Calapodius, Tiburtius, Valerianus, Quiritius, Julia, Cecilia20Henricus, Narcissus, Julius, Eusebius, and Others21Of the Sixth Persecution of the Christians, Commenced under Maximin, in the Year 23722Several Thousand Persons Burned in their Meeting Places for the Evangelical…23About Sixty Noted, Pious Martyrs Put to Death for the Name of Jesus Christ24Alexander of Jerusalem, after Many Torments25Of the Seventh Persecution of the Christians26Of the Cruelty and Misery of This Persecution27Metras, a God Fearing Old Man, Pierced with Reeds, and Stoned to Death28Cointha, a Believing Woman, in the Year 25229Apollonia, an Aged Virgin, in the Year 25230Serapion of Ephesus, a Pious Man, Torn Limb from Limb, in the Year 25231Julian, an Old Man, with his Friend Eunus, Led About Seated on Camels, in the Year 25332Macar, Epimachus, and Alexander33Four God Fearing Women, Namely, Two Called Ammonaria34Heron, Ater, and Isidore, Burned for the Faith35Nemesius, a Pious Christian36Babylas, Bishop of the Church at Antioch, and Three Youths, Urban, Philidian37Pionius, Bishop of the Church at Smyrna, in the Year 25438Further Particulars Concerning the Death of Pionius39Maximus, a Pious Christian40Origen, a Son of Leonides the Martyr, Greatly Tormented at Alexandria41Of the Eighth Persecution of the Christians42Of the Originator and the Cause of This Persecution43Further Particulars About the Originator and Cause of This Persecution44Further Amplification of the Cause and Circumstances of This Persecution45Of the Cruelty and Violence of This Persecution46Dionysius, Bishop of the Church at Alexandria47Fructuosus, Bishop of the Church of Tarragona48Marinus, of Noble Descent, but Preferring the Gospel to the Sword49Three Pious Peasants, Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander50Philip, Privatus, Florentin, Pontius, and Many Others, in the Year 27051Of the Ninth Persecution of the Christians52A More Particular Account of This Persecution, According to P. J. Twisck53What the Author of the Introduction, and So On, Has Written About This Persecution54Privatus, Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ at Gevauldan, in the Year 27455Mamas, a Shepherd, Thrust Through with a Three Pronged Spear, in the Year 27456Symphorian, a Pious Christian, in the Year 27557Several Years after the Death of the Preceding Martyrs, in the Year 28458Claudius, Asterius, and Neon, Three Brothers59Zenobius and his Sister Zenobia, in the Year 28560Tharacus, Probus, and Andronicus, Three Pious Christians, in the Year 29061Second Examination of the Three Aforementioned Christians62The Three Martyrs Examined on the Rack the Third Time63An Account of the Death of the Aforementioned Martyrs