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The acts and monuments of the christian church, better known as foxe s book of martyrs, was first published in english in 1563. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read foxes book of martyrs. Very much abridged, and with additional material added, by william byron forbush. Beginning with the story of stephen from the book of acts, considered the first christian martyr, the drama builds to the passion of the early churchs persecution under the roman empire.
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