To insinuate that the Blessed John Henry Newman was ignorant of Foxes' work is preposterous. The Blessed John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) was originally an evangelical Oxford academic and priest in the Church of England. In 1845 he left the Church of England and was received into the Roman Catholic Church where he was eventually granted the rank of cardinal by Pope Leo XIII.
I am very confident that the Blessed John Henry Newman saw Foxes Book of Martyrs for what it was, a highly distorted and one sided piece of Reformation propaganda. It has all of the agenda and veracity of "The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk".
Peace be with you
” a highly distorted and one sided piece of Reformation propaganda.”
I am very discouraged and disappointed to read that. If you can not accept the historical record of the martyrdom of these precious saints, I can’t really discourse with you anymore. How anyone can trample their testimony and sacrifice is absolutely beyond me.