In his sixth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith—and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.
The book includes profiles on...
Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful
Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, and Ignatius of Antioch
Perpetua, Blandina, and Irenaeus and Fabian
William Tyndale, John Wyclyffe, Patrick Hamilton, and John Hus
Anne Askew, John Foxe, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer
Martyrs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John and Betty Stam, and Jim Elliot
Wang Zhiming, Gaspar Makil, and Archbishop Oscar Romero
Martyrs from the twenty-first century, in regions such as the Philippines, Iraq, Libya, and Syria
In his sixth God's Generals volume, Roberts Liardon chronicles some of the great martyrs for the faith—and some of the lesser-known ones. Their inspirational testimony, acts of courage, and even seasons of doubt both encourage and point awareness toward the persecuted church of the twenty-first century.
The book includes profiles on...
Apostle Paul and Stephen the Faithful
Polycarp of Smyrna, Justin Martyr, and Ignatius of Antioch
Perpetua, Blandina, and Irenaeus and Fabian
William Tyndale, John Wyclyffe, Patrick Hamilton, and John Hus
Anne Askew, John Foxe, Hugh Latimer, and Thomas Cranmer
Martyrs from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John and Betty Stam, and Jim Elliot
Wang Zhiming, Gaspar Makil, and Archbishop Oscar Romero
Martyrs from the twenty-first century, in regions such as the Philippines, Iraq, Libya, and Syria