# Special Account Of William White, Touching His Doctrine, Suffering And Death.

15th century (source section) · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: SPECIAL ACCOUNT OF WILLIAM WHITE, TOUCHING HIS DOCTRINE, SUFFERING AND DEATH.

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WILLIAM WHITE BURNED AT NORWICH, ENGLAND.

In the fifteenth book of the Chronijck van den
Ondergang, page 788, are found the following
words: “William Wicht, or William White, a
learned, upright, honest, and eloquent man, a priest
in England, forsook his ministry, and published the
Gospel, by writing, preaching, and teaching, saying:
‘that forgiveness of sins must be obtained from
God Almighty alone; that the unmarried life of the
Pope and his clergy was the very satanic state, and
a severe captivity of antichrist; and that the hooded,
striped and shaven clergy were the mercenaries and
servants of Lucifer.’ ”

But upon being apprehended, he renounced his
doctrine, A. D. ——. Subsequently, however, he became
re-established, and pious, and stronger, in the
doctrine, and very boldly suffered burning for his
confession, at Norwich, in England, A. D. 1428
334Compare this with Hist. Andr. Hondorf, fol. 35.
Vincent. Cal., fol. 134. Georg. Pac. cap. 11.

Note.—Three years previous to the death of this
martyr, A. D. 1425, a miserable persecution was
raised by the Romanists against some orthodox
Christians; concerning which the following account
is found, for the year 1425: “About this time, Peter
Torea was executed at Speyer, in Germany, and
many others in the Roman countries; because they
confessed the truth or opposed the Roman superstitions.”
Georg. Pac., cap. 11, compared with
P. J. Twisck, Chron., page 788.

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