Martyrdom
Andrew Hewet
A short biography of Andrew Hewet (d. 1533), a young London tailor’s apprentice who confessed that he believed as John Frith did concerning the Lord’s Supper and was burned with him at Smithfield.
David Beaton
The cardinal who had George Wishart burned at St. Andrews in 1546 and was murdered there in revenge.
George Wishart
A short biography of George Wishart (c. 1513–1546), Scottish preacher and martyr, the teacher of John Knox, burned at St. Andrews by Cardinal David Beaton.
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), the Florentine preacher who called the Renaissance city to repentance.
Guido de Brès
A short biography of Guido de Brès (1522–1567), Reformed pastor of the Low Countries, author of the Belgic Confession, and martyr at Valenciennes.
Hendrik Voes and Johann van Esschen
A short account of Hendrik Voes and Johann van Esschen, Augustinian friars of Antwerp burned at Brussels on July 1, 1523, the first martyrs of the Reformation.
Henry Phillips
The young Englishman who befriended William Tyndale in Antwerp and betrayed him to the emperor’s officers in 1535.
Hugh Latimer
A short biography of Hugh Latimer (c. 1485–1555), converted through Thomas Bilney, Bishop of Worcester, preacher to Edward VI, and martyr at Oxford with Nicholas Ridley.
Ignatius of Antioch
The bishop of Antioch who wrote seven letters on his way to martyrdom in Rome and first spoke of the “catholic church.”
James Bainham
A short biography of James Bainham (d. 1532), London lawyer of the Middle Temple who recanted under pressure, publicly repented with Tyndale’s New Testament in hand, and was burned at Smithfield.
Jan Hus
Jan Hus (1372 - 1415), a faithful servant of Christ raised in Bohemia, stood in the power of God’s truth against the corruptions of the Roman Church in the early 15th century.
John Bradford
A short biography of John Bradford (c. 1520–1555), chaplain to Bishop Ridley, preacher of Lancashire, and martyr at Smithfield.
John Fisher
The scholarly Bishop of Rochester who led the English theological attack on Luther and died for refusing Henry VIII’s supremacy.
John Frith
A biographical sketch of John Frith (1503–1533), Tyndale’s friend and fellow laborer, burned at Smithfield.
John Hamilton
The last Catholic Archbishop of St. Andrews, who burned the aged Walter Myln in 1558 and opposed the Reformation Parliament of 1560.
John Hooper
A brief biographical sketch of John Hooper (c. 1495–1555), Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester, burned at Gloucester under Queen Mary.
John Rogers
A brief biographical sketch of John Rogers (c. 1500–1555), Tyndale’s friend, editor of the Matthew Bible, and the first martyr of Queen Mary’s reign.
Justin Martyr
The greatest apologist of the second century, who defended the faith to the emperors and died for “the true philosophy.”
Lady Jane Grey
A biography of Lady Jane Grey, the nine-day queen of England whose biblical learning and Protestant faith remained steadfast through imprisonment and death.
Louis de Berquin
A short biography of Louis de Berquin (c. 1490–1529), “the most learned of the nobles,” translator of Luther and Erasmus, and martyr at Paris.
Matthew’s Bible
The story of Matthew’s Bible of 1537, its hidden debt to William Tyndale, and John Rogers’s work as editor of the first authorized English Bible.
Nicholas Ridley
A short biography of Nicholas Ridley (c. 1500–1555), Master of Pembroke Hall, Bishop of London, and martyr at Oxford with Hugh Latimer.
Patrick Hamilton
A brief biographical sketch of Patrick Hamilton (c. 1504–1528), author of Patrick’s Places and the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation.
Polycarp of Smyrna
The aged pastor of Smyrna, a disciple of the apostle John, whose martyrdom is one of the earliest written accounts of Christian martyrdom.
Radical Reformation Leaders
Biographical sketches of the leading founders, theologians, prophets, martyrs, and organizers of the Radical Reformation.
Relics
The Roman Catholic veneration of relics: what relics are, how the medieval councils and Trent regulated them, Frederick the Wise's collection at Wittenberg, and the Reformers' answer from Scripture.
Relics
The Roman Catholic veneration of relics: what relics are, how the medieval councils and Trent regulated them, Frederick the Wise's collection at Wittenberg, and the Reformers' answer from Scripture.
Richard Bayfield
A short biography of Richard Bayfield (d. 1531), Benedictine monk of Bury St. Edmunds who became one of the boldest smugglers of Tyndale’s New Testaments into England and was burned at Smithfield.
Robert Barnes
A short biography of Robert Barnes (d. 1540), Augustinian prior of Cambridge, exile with Luther, envoy of Henry VIII, and martyr at Smithfield.
Rowland Taylor
A short biography of Rowland Taylor (d. 1555), Rector of Hadleigh in Suffolk, friend of Cranmer, and martyr on Aldham Common.
Scripture Unsilenced
Five hundred years after the first printed English New Testament (1526): William Tyndale’s consuming conviction, Bibles in bales, the Word before the congregation, the cost, the prayer answered, and our stewardship today.
Thomas Bilney
A brief biographical sketch of Thomas Bilney (c. 1495–1531), converted through Erasmus’s New Testament, the means of Hugh Latimer’s conversion, burned at Norwich.
Thomas Cranmer
A biography of Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556), Archbishop of Canterbury, author of the Book of Common Prayer and the Forty-Two Articles, burned at Oxford under Queen Mary.
Thomas More
The brilliant humanist and Lord Chancellor who wrote thousands of pages against Tyndale and Luther and prosecuted English evangelicals.
William Tyndale
A biography of William Tyndale (1494–1536): the plowboy vow at Little Sodbury, the first printed English New Testament, Bibles in bales, the burning of God’s Word, a bare text, betrayal at Antwerp, Vilvoorde, and the prayer answered.
