• “Satan is so much more in earnest than we are–he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.” – Amy Carmichael

Martyr’d Women

JOHN KNEL OR BUCHNER, AND ANNA CANTIANA, A. D. 15.50

In the year 1550, there were imprisoned in the city of London, in England, two pious witnesses of Jesus, a… Continue reading

SENTENCE OF DEATH OF CECILIA JERONYMUS

Whereas Cecilia, daughter of Jeronymus, of Wormer, has joined the doctrine, sect and heresies of the Anabaptists, having been rebaptized,… Continue reading

JOHN CLAESS TESTAMENTS WRITTEN TO WIFE AND OTHERS, IN THE YEAR 1544A

JOHN CLAESS, AND LUCAS LAMBERTS, AN OLD MAN, CALLED GRANDFATHER; TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL TESTAMENTS WRITTEN BY JOHN CLAESS, WHILE IN… Continue reading

MARIA VAN BECKUM, AND URSULA, HER BROTHER’S WIFE, A. D. 1544

In the year 1544, there was a sister in the Lord, named Maria van Beckum, whom her mother had driven… Continue reading

BALTHASAR HUBMOR, AND HIS WIFE

At the time of Zwinglius there was also one Balthasar Hubmor of Friedberg, whom the papists called a doctor of… Continue reading

ANNA OF ROTTERDAM, PUT TO DEATH IN THAT PLACE, A. D. 1539

The following is the Testament which Anna of Rotterdam left and presented to her son, Isaiah, on the twenty-fourth of… Continue reading

CHRISTINA HARING, A. D. 1533

In the year 1533, a sister, named Christina Haring, was apprehended, taken to Kitzbuehl, and there fastened to a chain;… Continue reading

HUGO JACOB KR2EN, AND HIS WIFE MARY, WITH TWO OTHERS, A. D. 1532

When the Word of Gad, through the grace of the Lord, came again to the light, and was accepted with… Continue reading

NINE BRETHREN, SEVERAL SISTERS, AND ANOTHER SISTER, A. D. 1529

About the year 1529, the knowledge of the truth began to shine also in the places on the river Rhine,… Continue reading

WEYNKEN, A WIDOW, DAUGHTER OF CLAES, OF MONICKENDAM, BURNT TO DEATH IN THE HAGUE, THE 20TH NOVEMBER, A. D. 1527

On the 15th of November, 1527, Weynken, daughter of Claes, was brought prisoner from the castle of Woerden to the… Continue reading

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