The Martyrs Mirror
The Bloody Theatre, or, Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians
Who baptised only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their Saviour, from the time of Christ to the Year A. D. 1660.
Compiled from various authentic chronicles, memorials, and testimonies, by Thieleman J. Van Braght, 1660
Translated from the original Dutch or Holland language, by Joseph F. Sohm, 1886
Thieleman J. Van Braght (1625-1664) was an Anabaptist who is best known for writing a history of the Christian witness throughout the centuries entitled “The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their Saviour, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660” (1660).
Thieleman J. Van Braght, Martyrs Mirror
