The Bloody Theatre, or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians / who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who suffered and died for the testimony of Jesus, their savior, from the time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660

The work assembles chronicles, eyewitness testimonies, letters, and trial accounts documenting the persecution, suffering, and executions of Christians who practiced believer's baptism and upheld nonresistance from the early church into the seventeenth century. It combines biographical sketches, theological reflections, and occasional editorial commentary with engravings and sourced citations, arranged largely by period to show recurring patterns of conviction, trial, and martyrdom. Emphasis is placed on conscience, steadfast faith, and the communal memory of witness under coercion, with attention to preserving original language variants and source material.