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 master’s 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:

1. The Protestant, Vol. I, by William McGavin, p. 107
2. The Rise and Progress of Religious Life in England, by Samuel Rowles Pattison, p. 81.