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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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Volume 1 › Chapter 3 › An Account of the Martyrdom of JOHN CALAS.
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AS we are now treating of the persecutions in the kingdom of France, it may not be improper to look a little forward to modern times, wherein we may see the same persecuting spirit of popery, that raged formerly, most strikingly exhibited in the martyrdom of John Calas.
AS we are now treating of the persecutions in the kingdom of France, it may not be improper to look a little forward to modern tim•s, wherein we may see the same persecuting spirit of popery, that raged formerly, most strikingly exhibited in the martyrdom of John Calas.
THIS is one of the most singular affairs that ever happened, and by being transacted in a polished age, shows that neither experience, or improvement, can root out the inveterate prejudices of the Roman catholics; or render them less cruel, or inexorable, to the Protestants.
THIS is one of the most singular affairs that ever happened, and by being transacted in a polished age, shews that neither experience, or improvement, can root out the inveterate prejudices of the Roman catholics; or render them less cruel, or inexorable, to the Protestants.
JOHN Calas was a merchant of the city of Toulouse, where he had been settled, and lived in good repute, and had married an English woman of French extraction.
JOHN Calas was a merchant of the city of Thoulouse, where he had been settled, and lived in good repute, and had married an English woman of French extraction.