“The history of Christian martyrdom is, in fact, the history of Christianity itself; for it is in the arena, at the stake, and in the dungeon that the religion of Christ has won its most glorious triumphs.” So wrote William Bramley-Moore in his conclusion to an introduction to an edition of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. Today, however, despite our living in a “global village,” many, many Christian martyrs, including those of the twenty-first-century, are largely unsung heroes. This history
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