18 April 1587 A.D. CHURCH OF ENGLAND: John Foxe, Reformed Anglican Churchman and Martyriologist, Passes
18 April 1587 A.D. CHURCH OF ENGLAND” John Foxe, Reformed Anglican Churchman and Martyriologist, Passes Before proceeding we offer this Collect (h/t to Charles Baker) ALMIGHTY and most gracious Father, who didst raise up John Foxe to chronicle the many martyrs who paid for the true faith with their lives; we beseech thee to move us in these days to true catechesis, that learning what the true faith is, we may, with them, sing "Holy, Holy, Holy" through Jesus Christ our Lord, and to Him, who with the Father and the Spirit liveth and reigneth, world without end. Amen. Freeman, Tom. “John Foxe: a biography.” John Foxe’s Acts and Monuments Online. N.d. http://www.johnfoxe.org/index.php?realm=more&type=essay . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. John Foxe: a biography by Tom Freeman John Foxe (1517-1587) was born in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1517. His father, of whom little is known, may have been related to Henry Foxe, an affluent merchant who became Mayor of the town ...