Mirror of the Martyrs: Stories of Courage, Inspiringly Retold, of 16th Century Anabaptists Who Gave the

By John S. Oyer, Robert S. Kreider, John Oyer

Some four centuries ago, thousands of Christians died because they dared to refuse to join the state church in medieval Europe. Their reading of the Holy Bible and their consciences led them to believe that church membership should be a voluntary, adult decision. These believers died public, tortured deaths as martyrs. Many modern-day Christians claim these persons of courage as their spiritual ancestors. In the late 1600s, many of those scenes were etched on copper plates, some of which, still exist. Mirror of the Martyrs reproduces 30 of those etchings and tells the courageous stories of these people of faith.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561480037
• ISBN13: 9781561480036
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Good Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Suffering of the Anabaptists

The seventeenth century book "Martyr's Mirror" told the gripping story of Anabaptist persecution in Europe. This book tells both about the illustrator of "Martyr's Mirror" and a number of the martyrs featured in the larger text. Overall both an inspiring account of some Anabaptist martyrs (even to a person such as myself who is not Anabaptist) and a book for anyone interested in the illustrations of "Martyr's Mirror".