God's Gift of Martyrdom

It is a special joy for me to hear that our good and pious table companion and house guest [Robert Barnes] has been so graciously called by God to pour out his blood for the sake of God's dear Son and to become a holy martyr." Martin Luther's reflection on the death of this friend, the English churchman and diplomat, in 1540typified his attitude toward martyrdom as his followers experienced it at the hands of Roman Catholic opponents. He continued, "Thanks, praise, and honor be to the Father of our dear Lord Jesus Christ, who has let us see the same kind of times which were seen at the beginning [of the church], times in which his Christians, who had eaten and drunk with us (as the apostles said of Christ, Acts 4 ) ... are taken away before our very eyes and from our eyes and our side to martyrdom (that is, to heaven) and become saints

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• Lutheran Reformers Against Anabaptists

  Open Access•John S Oyer•Lutheran Reformers Against…•1964

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• Luther and the False Brethren

  Frank J Wray, Mark U Edwards•The American Historical Review•1976

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• Luther and the False Brethren

  J M Porter•Sixteenth Century Journal•1978

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• For all the Saints, Changing Perceptions of Martyrdom and Sainthood in the Lutheran Reformation

  George W Forell•Sixteenth Century Journal•1989

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• Confessing the Faith

  Dennis Brelfeldt•Sixteenth Century Journal•1992

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