Friday, May 06, 2005

Catholic, Anglican bishops honor first English martyr of Reformation

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0502770.htm

[Catholic News Service] May 5, 2005--In a show of religious unity, a Catholic bishop and an Anglican bishop commemorated the death of the first English martyr of the Protestant Reformation.

First English martyr of the Protestant Reformation?! Depends upon whether you are a Catholic or a Protestant. Foxes' Lives of Martyrs certainly does not list John Houghton as a martyr for the English Reformation and the Protestant cause.

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