[ABOVE—During the Reformation era, Catholics spread the faith world-wide, including to Japan. After weeks of cruel captivity, the Nagasaki martyrs depicted here by an unknown Japanese artist, were roasted slowly between fires [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons File:ChristianMartyrsOfNagasaki.jpg]
If you could spend an afternoon with just one person from the Reformation, who would you choose? The Reformation was an era of well-known names, heroes and heroines on both sides of the Catholic/Protestant divide. The fire of their faith could not be quenched. The zeal with which they faced imprisonment and even met death has become a testimony to all subsequent ages. It would be the opportunity of a life time to talk with almost any of them.
Six half-hour programs vividly bring to life the Reformation Overview, and covers seven colorful reform leaders.
For myself, I would be torn between Knox and Tyndale. Luther wrote so much and so much has been written about that I feel as if I already know him. Although much has also been written about Knox and Tyndale, too, I still cannot form as clear an estimate of either as I wish. Probably I would opt to sit down with Tyndale.
Who would you pick?
Subjects are listed chronologically by year of death.
John Fisher (1469–1535) Points Others to Heaven from His Prison Cell
Thomas More (1478–1535) Meditates on Choice While Awaiting Execution
William Tyndale’s (1494–1536) Poignant Prison Letter
Martin Luther (1483–1546) Translates the Bible While in Protective Custody
Anne Askew (1521–1546) Holds Her Own Against the Men Who Torture Her
John Frederick (1503–1554) rejected a compromise of faith
Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554) Finds her final hope in Christ
Giovan Paschale (died 1560) Hopes for Eternal Satisfaction
Peter Bergier leads Jean Pierre Chambon to Christ in Prison (1562)
Guido de Brés (1522–1567) Comforts His Family from Death Row
Philip of Moscow (1507–1569) Assassinated in Prison for Rebuking Ivan the Terrible
John Knox (1510–1572) Pulls an Oar as a Galley Slave
Edmund Campion (1540–1581) Defends His Mission at His Arraignment
George Buchanan (1506-1582) made Latin verses in prison
John of the Cross (1542–1591) Paraphrases Solomon in His Dungeon
Henry Barrowe (c. 1550–1593) Is Bullied at His “Arraignment”