John Hooper

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John Hooper (c. 1495–1555) was an English Protestant reformer and Bishop of Gloucester and Worcester who was burned at the stake during the Marian persecutions, becoming one of the most prominent Protestant martyrs of the Reformation era. A strongly Reformed theologian, he resisted clerical vestments on conscientious grounds and his martyrdom made him a hero of subsequent Puritan and nonconformist tradition.

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Bishop John Hooper’s Letter of January 21, 1555 (Before Being Burned at the Stake)
John Hooper was burned at the stake on February 9, 1555, in Gloucester, England. This was at the time of the reign of the Roman Catholic, Queen Mary, who ascended the throne of England in 1553, after the death of the Protestant King Edward VI. His words are a challenge to the Church of Jesus Christ…