David G. NewcombeMichael Pidd
Another popular source for this information is John Foxe’sBook of Martyrs,first published in 1563 and in many later editions. Its late age, 1500 years after the events, is enough to disqualify it since we have the earlier account, but its popularity makes it an important source. To a lar...
John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs has been called “The most important Christian work ever printed outside of the Bible itself.” It documents the martyrdom of all of history’s recorded saints from the original Apostles of the First Century, to the mid-16th Century Reformation. Perhaps most ...
7. Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, John Foxe 8. The Book of Mormon, Joseph J. Smith, Jr. But two works of fiction round out the Top Ten: 9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling (107 million — UK title was …and the Philosopher’s Stone) 10. And Then There Were ...
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