Martyrologia; Or, Records of Religious Persecution, a New and Comprehensive Book of Martyrs Compiled Partly from the Acts and Monuments of J. Foxe and Partly from Other Genuine and Authentic

J. S. Stamp; W. H. Rule

ISBN 10: 0371333075 / ISBN 13: 9780371333075

Published by HardPress, 2020

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• Title: Martyrologia; Or, Records of Religious Persecution, a New and Comprehensive Book of Martyrs Compiled Partly from the Acts and Monuments of J. Foxe and Partly from Other Genuine and Authentic
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371333075
• ISBN 13: 9780371333075
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Martyrologia; Or, Records Of Religious Persecution, A New And Comprehensive Book Of Martyrs Compiled Partly From The Acts And Monuments Of J. Foxe And Partly From Other Genuine And Authentic Documents By J.S. Stamp And W.H. Rule. This front matter and introduction present a scholarly meditation on the origins and machinery of religious persecution in late antiquity and the early medieval period. A Preface praises Foxe’s Acts and Monuments, while the Introduction argues that Christian rulers and church authorities often enforced orthodoxy through coercive legal mechanisms that suppressed dissent. The work traces the paradox of Christian persecution—from Constantine’s sponsorship of orthodoxy and the Donatist controversy to the embedding of canons into imperial law and the later codification of penalties in Theodosian and Justinian codes. It critiques canon and civil law as persistent instruments of coercion, and frames the martyr narrative as a corrective to understand how state power and ecclesiastical authority shaped religious liberty. The broader aim is to examine how laws and councils shaped Christian history and to critique the continued consequences for liberty of conscience.