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The Bloody Theatre, or Martyrs Mirror is a vast historical and devotional record of Christians who practiced baptism upon confession of faith and suffered persecution for their testimony to Jesus. Compiled from chronicles, memorials, and testimonies, it traces baptism and martyrdom across the centuries, from the time of Christ through 1660. Its contents range from an account of the true church and its continuity through history to detailed records arranged by century, including a substantial treatment of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sufferers. The book presents these lives as examples of steadfast faith, self-denial, and endurance under imprisonment, violence, and death, while preserving the religious convictions of the community that compiled it.
The style is solemn, exhortative, and deeply scriptural, combining historical narration with prefaces, prayers, commentary, poems, and translated testimonies. This English edition reflects a 1660 Dutch original through a careful 1886 translation, retaining the formal religious language and occasional obscurities of its sources. It will appeal to readers interested in Anabaptist and Mennonite history, Christian persecution, martyr biographies, and the spiritual literature of earlier centuries. Those drawn to extended documentary collections and earnest devotional reflection will find a book meant to be read slowly and contemplatively.
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Several volunteers have worked on the post-processing of this complex e-book and I acknowledge the efforts of those who preceded me with respect to correcting spelling and other errors. A limited list of such corrections is appended. The original layout of the book was not completely consistent in the formating of headings, subheadings, etc. and cannot be truly replicated for digital reading devices, but the textual content has been faithfully preserved including inconsistent punctuation and other flaws. The original table of contents, which was located at the end of the book, was incomplete and inconsistent with respect to the hierarchy of headings and has been modified to be of of greater assistance to the reader. It has also been repositioned to the more usual location at the beginning. Some illustrations have been moved nearer to the relevant text. In this plain text version, footnotes have been numbered and located below the relevant paragraphs.
who baptized only upon Confession of Faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their Savior, from the time of Christ to the year A. D. 1660.
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS AUTHENTIC CHRONICLES, MEMORIALS, AND TESTIMONIES, BY
THIELEM J. VAN BRAGHT.
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL DUTCH OR HOLLAND LANGUAGE FROM THE EDITION OF 1660, BY JOSEPH F. SOHM.
ILLUSTRATED.
ELKHART, INDIANA. MENNONITE PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1886.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886,
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