James Retby was a Scottish Protestant who in 1422 was burned at the stake at Glasgow “for denying that the Pope was the Vicar of Christ.”
“And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held” (Revelation 6:9)
James Retby was a Scottish Protestant who in 1422 was burned at the stake at Glasgow “for denying that the Pope was Christ’s Vicar.” A disciple of John Wycliffe, Retby promulgated his opinions in Scotland, where they spread in the diocese of Glasgow, and “laid the foundation of an extensive and permanent spread of Lollardism [Protestantism] throughout the western parts of that kingdom.”
“Precious in the sight of God is the death of His saints” (Psalm 115:16).
Be encouraged and look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.
The Still Man
Sources:
The Protestant, Vol. I, by William McGavin, p. 107
The Rise and Progress of Religious Life in England, by Samuel Rowles Pattison, p. 81.
