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A. Martyrs suspended by one foot. B. Suspended by both feet. C. Raised on the cross, head uppermost. D. nailed to the cross, head downwards. E. Hung up by both arms, heavy weights being attached to the feet. F. Christian woman suspended by the hair. G. Martyrs hung up by one arm only, ponderous stones being fastened to their feet.
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A. Martyr tortured by means of the iron claw or pincers. B. Torn with the hooks. C. Mangled with the iron currycombs.
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A. Martyr hung from the wooden horse and scorched with the flame of torches. B. Martyr suspended by his feet from a pulley and tortured in a like fashion.
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A. Martyr thrown head-first into a caldron full of molten lead or boiling oil. B. Martyr in a hot frying-pan. C. martyr plunged into a boiling pot.
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A. Martyr's dismembered limbs put in a frying-pan. B. Martyr in the brazen bull. C. Laid on the iron bed and broiled.
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A. Martyr whose hand is filled with incense mingled with live coals, and who being constrained by the pain to scatter the incense, is said to have made sacrifice to the idol. B. Martyr clad in the iron tunic and shod with the red-hot shoes, which consume the flesh off his bones. C. Martyr seated in the iron chair, while a red-hot helmet, or morion, is set on his head.
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A. Martyr compelled to walk over burning coals, while molten lead, boiling pitch, or like substances, are poured over his head.
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A. Martyr cast into a burning fiery furnace. B. Martyrs set in a tun, or cask, and burned therein. C. Martyr burned in a room, or chamber, that hath been set on fire. D. Bound hand and foot and set on a blazing pile. E. Bound to four pegs fixed in the ground, with a fire burning underneath. F. Bound with ropes drenched in oil and consumed by a fire lighted under him. G. Thrown into a pit full of live coals. H. Iron shovel for stirring and rousing the fire.
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A. Martyr stabbed to death by boys with their writing styles. B. Martyr whose limbs are amputated one by one.
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A. Martyr stabbed in the throat with a dagger. B. Short to death with arrows. C. Beaten over the head with an axe. D. Beheaded with a sword. E. Transfixed with a spear.
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A. Martyr struck with a club or cudgel. B. Sawn in two with an iron saw. C. Hands and feet cut off.
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey were bound to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring, the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron.
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A. Martyr pierced through with a sharp-pointed stake. B. Martyr whose belly has been cut open and the liver torn out, which the heathen used sometimes to eat.
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A. Martyrs being flayed alive.
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A. Martyr bound by either leg to the tops of two neighboring trees, which have been bent down and forcibly drawn together, and will presently be suddenly let go again. B. Martyr tortured by having sharp reeds stuck under his finger and toe nails.
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A. Martyr imprisoned in a net, and so exposed to be tossed by a wild bull. B. Thrown down naked to be devoured by wild beasts. C. Wrapped in a wild beast's hie, and so left to be torn by animals. D. His feet fixed in a great stone, and with red-hot brad-awls stuck under his fingernails, the martyr is gibven over to be worried by starving dogs.
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A. Martyrs cast down headlong from a height. B. Thrown into a lime kiln.
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A. Martyr shut up in a leaden box and drowned in a river. B. Sewn up in a bag, together with a cock, a viper, an ape, and a dog, and thrown into the nearest sea or stream.
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A. Martyr suspended by the feet, and his head at the same tim pounded with hammers. B. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are tied behind his back, heavy weights being fastened to his feet and around his neck.
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A. Sometimes martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.
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A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly mangled on iron spikes fixed underneath.
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A. A pulley. B. martyrs racked at the pulleys. C. Crushed in the press, just as grapes and olives are pressed in making wine and oil. D. Capstan or windlass.
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A. Martyr, with his hands tied behind his back, hoisted in the air by a rope. B. Pulley. C. Spikes, or sometimes, sharp flints, on to which the Martyr was let fall.
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A. Martyr bound to four stakes and beaten with cudgels. B. Martyr laid naked on iron spikes and violently beaten with a cudgel. C. Martyr bound hand and foot and similarly beaten with a cudgel.
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A. Martyr buffeted, kicked, and pounded with the fists. B. Martyr being stoned. C. Martyr whose face and jaws are bruised and broken with a stone. D. Martyr crushed under a huge stone.
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This is a serious reference work for pious purposes, not to be used for frivilous or cheap, tawdry thrills.
These images, plus the original juicy texts translated into modern English, a forensic monograph on the likely physical death of Jesus (including technical anatomical drawings and descriptive text), modern-day torture illustrations created by contemporary artists such as Joe Coleman, drawings by world-famous artists Richard Ramirez and John Wayne Gacy and illuminating commentary from the publisher, are available in the trade-paper book entitled, not surprisingly:
``Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs'', published by FERAL HOUSE, Box 861893, Los Angeles CA 90086-1893. I highly recommend this book!
Tortures and Torments of the Christian
Martyrs
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A. Martyr tortured by means of the iron claw or pincers. B. Torn with the hooks. C. Mangled with the iron currycombs.
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A. Martyr hung from the wooden horse and scorched with the flame of torches. B. Martyr suspended by his feet from a pulley and tortured in a like fashion.
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A. Martyr thrown head-first into a caldron full of molten lead or boiling oil. B. Martyr in a hot frying-pan. C. martyr plunged into a boiling pot.
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A. Martyr's dismembered limbs put in a frying-pan. B. Martyr in the brazen bull. C. Laid on the iron bed and broiled.
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A. Martyr whose hand is filled with incense mingled with live coals, and who being constrained by the pain to scatter the incense, is said to have made sacrifice to the idol. B. Martyr clad in the iron tunic and shod with the red-hot shoes, which consume the flesh off his bones. C. Martyr seated in the iron chair, while a red-hot helmet, or morion, is set on his head.
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A. Martyr compelled to walk over burning coals, while molten lead, boiling pitch, or like substances, are poured over his head.
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A. Martyr cast into a burning fiery furnace. B. Martyrs set in a tun, or cask, and burned therein. C. Martyr burned in a room, or chamber, that hath been set on fire. D. Bound hand and foot and set on a blazing pile. E. Bound to four pegs fixed in the ground, with a fire burning underneath. F. Bound with ropes drenched in oil and consumed by a fire lighted under him. G. Thrown into a pit full of live coals. H. Iron shovel for stirring and rousing the fire.
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A. Martyr stabbed to death by boys with their writing styles. B. Martyr whose limbs are amputated one by one.
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A. Martyr stabbed in the throat with a dagger. B. Short to death with arrows. C. Beaten over the head with an axe. D. Beheaded with a sword. E. Transfixed with a spear.
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A. Martyr struck with a club or cudgel. B. Sawn in two with an iron saw. C. Hands and feet cut off.
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey were bound to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring, the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron.
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A. Martyr pierced through with a sharp-pointed stake. B. Martyr whose belly has been cut open and the liver torn out, which the heathen used sometimes to eat.
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A. Martyrs being flayed alive.
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A. Martyr bound by either leg to the tops of two neighboring trees, which have been bent down and forcibly drawn together, and will presently be suddenly let go again. B. Martyr tortured by having sharp reeds stuck under his finger and toe nails.
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A. Martyr imprisoned in a net, and so exposed to be tossed by a wild bull. B. Thrown down naked to be devoured by wild beasts. C. Wrapped in a wild beast's hie, and so left to be torn by animals. D. His feet fixed in a great stone, and with red-hot brad-awls stuck under his fingernails, the martyr is gibven over to be worried by starving dogs.
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A. Martyrs cast down headlong from a height. B. Thrown into a lime kiln.
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A. Martyr shut up in a leaden box and drowned in a river. B. Sewn up in a bag, together with a cock, a viper, an ape, and a dog, and thrown into the nearest sea or stream.
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A. Martyr suspended by the feet, and his head at the same tim pounded with hammers. B. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are tied behind his back, heavy weights being fastened to his feet and around his neck.
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A. Sometimes martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.
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A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly mangled on iron spikes fixed underneath.
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A. A pulley. B. martyrs racked at the pulleys. C. Crushed in the press, just as grapes and olives are pressed in making wine and oil. D. Capstan or windlass.
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A. Martyr, with his hands tied behind his back, hoisted in the air by a rope. B. Pulley. C. Spikes, or sometimes, sharp flints, on to which the Martyr was let fall.
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A. Martyr bound to four stakes and beaten with cudgels. B. Martyr laid naked on iron spikes and violently beaten with a cudgel. C. Martyr bound hand and foot and similarly beaten with a cudgel.
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A. Martyr buffeted, kicked, and pounded with the fists. B. Martyr being stoned. C. Martyr whose face and jaws are bruised and broken with a stone. D. Martyr crushed under a huge stone.
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This is a serious reference work for pious purposes, not to be used for frivilous or cheap, tawdry thrills.
These images, plus the original juicy texts translated into modern English, a forensic monograph on the likely physical death of Jesus (including technical anatomical drawings and descriptive text), modern-day torture illustrations created by contemporary artists such as Joe Coleman, drawings by world-famous artists Richard Ramirez and John Wayne Gacy and illuminating commentary from the publisher, are available in the trade-paper book entitled, not surprisingly:
``Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs'', published by FERAL HOUSE, Box 861893, Los Angeles CA 90086-1893. I highly recommend this book!
Tortures and Torments of the Christian
Martyrs
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey were bound to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring, the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron.
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey were bound to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring, the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron.
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A. Martyr tortured by means of the iron claw or pincers. B. Torn with the hooks. C. Mangled with the iron currycombs.
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A. Martyr hung from the wooden horse and scorched with the flame of torches. B. Martyr suspended by his feet from a pulley and tortured in a like fashion.
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A. Martyr thrown head-first into a caldron full of molten lead or boiling oil. B. Martyr in a hot frying-pan. C. martyr plunged into a boiling pot.
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A. Martyr's dismembered limbs put in a frying-pan. B. Martyr in the brazen bull. C. Laid on the iron bed and broiled.
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A. Martyr whose hand is filled with incense mingled with live coals, and who being constrained by the pain to scatter the incense, is said to have made sacrifice to the idol. B. Martyr clad in the iron tunic and shod with the red-hot shoes, which consume the flesh off his bones. C. Martyr seated in the iron chair, while a red-hot helmet, or morion, is set on his head.
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A. Martyr compelled to walk over burning coals, while molten lead, boiling pitch, or like substances, are poured over his head.
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A. Martyr cast into a burning fiery furnace. B. Martyrs set in a tun, or cask, and burned therein. C. Martyr burned in a room, or chamber, that hath been set on fire. D. Bound hand and foot and set on a blazing pile. E. Bound to four pegs fixed in the ground, with a fire burning underneath. F. Bound with ropes drenched in oil and consumed by a fire lighted under him. G. Thrown into a pit full of live coals. H. Iron shovel for stirring and rousing the fire.
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A. Martyr stabbed to death by boys with their writing styles. B. Martyr whose limbs are amputated one by one.
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A. Martyr stabbed in the throat with a dagger. B. Short to death with arrows. C. Beaten over the head with an axe. D. Beheaded with a sword. E. Transfixed with a spear.
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A. Martyr struck with a club or cudgel. B. Sawn in two with an iron saw. C. Hands and feet cut off.
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A. Martyr suspended by both feet, and a great stone fastened to his neck. B. Sometimes the Blessed Martyrs, after being smeared with honey were bound to stakes fixed in the ground, and so exposed to the rays of the sun to be tortured by the stings of flies and bees. C. Martyr suspended by one foot; one leg is bent at the knee, which is constricted by means of an iron ring, the other being weighted with a heavy mass of iron.
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A. Martyr pierced through with a sharp-pointed stake. B. Martyr whose belly has been cut open and the liver torn out, which the heathen used sometimes to eat.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyrs being flayed alive.
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A. Martyr bound by either leg to the tops of two neighboring trees, which have been bent down and forcibly drawn together, and will presently be suddenly let go again. B. Martyr tortured by having sharp reeds stuck under his finger and toe nails.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyr imprisoned in a net, and so exposed to be tossed by a wild bull. B. Thrown down naked to be devoured by wild beasts. C. Wrapped in a wild beast's hie, and so left to be torn by animals. D. His feet fixed in a great stone, and with red-hot brad-awls stuck under his fingernails, the martyr is gibven over to be worried by starving dogs.
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A. Martyrs cast down headlong from a height. B. Thrown into a lime kiln.
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A. Martyr shut up in a leaden box and drowned in a river. B. Sewn up in a bag, together with a cock, a viper, an ape, and a dog, and thrown into the nearest sea or stream.
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A. Martyr suspended by the feet, and his head at the same tim pounded with hammers. B. Martyr suspended by the hands, which are tied behind his back, heavy weights being fastened to his feet and around his neck.
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A. Sometimes martyrs were bound to the circumference of great wheels, and so hurled from a height over stony places.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyr whose limbs are interwoven in the spokes of a wheel, on which he is left exposed for days, till he dies. B. Martyr bound to a narrow wheel, which is revolved, so that his body is horribly mangled on iron spikes fixed underneath.
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A. A pulley. B. martyrs racked at the pulleys. C. Crushed in the press, just as grapes and olives are pressed in making wine and oil. D. Capstan or windlass.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyr, with his hands tied behind his back, hoisted in the air by a rope. B. Pulley. C. Spikes, or sometimes, sharp flints, on to which the Martyr was let fall.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyr bound to four stakes and beaten with cudgels. B. Martyr laid naked on iron spikes and violently beaten with a cudgel. C. Martyr bound hand and foot and similarly beaten with a cudgel.
Back to TORTURES
A. Martyr buffeted, kicked, and pounded with the fists. B. Martyr being stoned. C. Martyr whose face and jaws are bruised and broken with a stone. D. Martyr crushed under a huge stone.
Back to TORTURES
This is a serious reference work for pious purposes, not to be used for frivilous or cheap, tawdry thrills.
These images, plus the original juicy texts translated into modern English, a forensic monograph on the likely physical death of Jesus (including technical anatomical drawings and descriptive text), modern-day torture illustrations created by contemporary artists such as Joe Coleman, drawings by world-famous artists Richard Ramirez and John Wayne Gacy and illuminating commentary from the publisher, are available in the trade-paper book entitled, not surprisingly:
``Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs'', published by FERAL HOUSE, Box 861893, Los Angeles CA 90086-1893. I highly recommend this book!
Tortures and Torments of the Christian
Martyrs
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