14 October 1529 A.D. Belgian Government’s Edict Against Belgian Reformers. Persecutions: Game On!
14 October 1529 A.D. Belgian Government’s Edict Against Belgian Reformers. Persecutions: Game On! Dr. Rusten tells the story. We add a few interpolations and musings. Rusten, E. Michael and Rusten, Sharon. The One Year Christian History. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2003. Available at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Year-Christian-History-Books/dp/0842355073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393302630&sr=8-1&keywords=rusten+church+history By the 1530s, Antwerp was becoming one of the richest and busiest cities in Europe. The port on the Schedlt River made it the center of international trade and commerce. The whole region was known as Flanders. Charles V, the Emperor of the (Holy Roman, being neither Holy nor Roman) Empire received ½ of its tax revenues from this area alone. Charles V gave many benefits to this region, except for religious freedom. The Reformation began in 1517. It soon reached Antwerp. Lutherans and Anabaptis...