ABSTRACT
The statistics assembled in the World Christian Encyclopaedia estimate that nearly 70 million Christians of different persuasions have died for their faith. This total is broken down as follows: Eastern Orthodox 37,444,000 East Syrians (Nestorians) 12,400,000 Roman Catholics (after ad 1000) 11,000,000 Protestants 3,170,000 Gregorians (Armenian Apostolic) 1,220,000 Coptic Orthodox 1,070,000 Anglicans 983,000 Catholics (before ad 1000) 838,000 Ethiopian Orthodox 651,000 West Syrians (Jacobites) 351,700 Maronites 153,000 Non-White indigenous Christians 140,000 Total all martyrs 69,420,000
