ON THIS DAY in REFORMATION HISTORY

4 January 1577 – Hans Bret, a baker and lay preacher in the Netherlands was tortured and burned at the stake for his Protestant Faith. Despite having his tongue clamped and cauterised by a red hot tongue screw, he boldly proclaimed the Gospel until the flames consumed his body. He was one of many thousands of martyrs who gave their lives for the Gospel of Christ in Holland during the great persecution of 1531-1578.

This Day by Day Calendar of the Reformation is taken from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book, The Greatest Century of Reformation (288 pages, over 200 historic pictures and maps, 20 chapters and 16 appendices) available from Christian Liberty Books, PO Box 358, Howard Place 7450, Cape Town, South Africa, Tel: 021-689-7478, Fax: 086-551-7490, Email: admin@christianlibertybooks.co.za and Website: http://www.christianlibertybooks.co.za.

Dr. Peter Hammond
Christian Action Network
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