1.  Who was John Foxe, and when did he live?  John Foxe (1516-1587) was a Protestant who wrote stories of the lives of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for Jesus' name, book Foxe's Book of Martyrs. He lived during the reign of Queen Mary, who persecuted many Christians.

2.  How did Foxe define the word martyr?  Those who sacrified their lives rather denouncing Christ and also those who were not persecuted. Martyr: one who "bears witness".

3.  Did Foxe believe that the Roman church had history on its side?  No, he believed they did not have history on their side.

4.  Why might Foxe be called a partisan historian?  Foxe is referred to a partisan historian for he writes as a Protestant Christian who embraces the views on Protestantism. Also as an Englishman who supports Queen Elizabeth's program on uprooting Romanism and replacing it with Protestanism

5.  What form did the battle between the Kingdom of Lightness and the Kingdom of Darkness take in Foxe's England?  The battle between the Protesting Catholics and Roman Catholics.

6.  Explain why Foxe should be identified as a Protesting Catholic?  One, the Roman Catholic system was a distortion of the Christian faith. Two, Protestantism was the historic faith of

7.  What is the doctrine of transubstantiation and why did Protesting Catholics have such a problem with it?  The elements of the Lord's Supper {bread and wine} mystically tranform themselves into the actual blood and body of Christ. The Pretesting Catholics did not like this for they 'worshipped' the elements along with Christ Himself, breaking the first of the ten lovenotes {commandments}