John Foxe Quotes

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.
John Foxe

Him, Christian, Far

Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!
John Foxe

Long, Miserable, Ten

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.
John Foxe

Place, Year, Church

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.
John Foxe

Wealth, Cause, Danger

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
John Foxe

Him, Against, Means

The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.
John Foxe

Sun, Minds, Influence

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.
John Foxe

Heaven, Flowers, Glory

Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy.
John Foxe

Nothing, May, Said

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Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: 1516

Died: 1587

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