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Das Buch ""Das Grundbekenntniss Der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche, Part 1-2 (1880)"" von Anton Pieper besch�����ftigt sich mit den Grunds�����tzen und �����berzeugungen der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche. In zwei Teilen werden die wichtigsten...

Das Buch ""Das Gultenbuch des Cistercienser-Stiftes Heiligenkreuz aus dem Ende des dreizehnten Jahrhunderts"" wurde im Jahr 1866 von Benedict Gsell ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Beschreibung des G�����terbuches des Cistercienser-Stiftes...

Das Buch ""Das Evangelische Kirchengeb�����ude"" von Victor Schultze aus dem Jahr 1886 ist eine detaillierte Beschreibung der Architektur und des Designs evangelischer Kirchengeb�����ude. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Elemente, die in der...

Das Evangelische Concordienbuch, geschrieben von Johann Tobias M�����ller im Jahr 1871, ist eine Zusammenstellung der symbolischen B�����cher der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche. Es enth�����lt unter anderem die Augsburger Konfession, die...

Das Buch ""Das Eisleber Luther-Jubil�����um Am 10. November 1883"" von Karl Storch beschreibt das Gedenken an den 400. Geburtstag von Martin Luther in Eisleben im Jahr 1883. Der Autor berichtet �����ber die Festlichkeiten und Veranstaltungen, die zu...

Das Buch ""Das Eisenacher Attentat: Auf Die Theologische Facultat Der Universitat Jena Im Jahre Des Heils 1881"" von August Heinrich Braasch beschreibt das Attentat auf die Theologische Fakult�����t der Universit�����t Jena im Jahr 1881. Der Autor gibt...

Humanity's long history of intermittent conflicts and contemporary violence undermines Christian's (and their Jewish and Muslim fellow believers) religious confidence in and moral commitment to world peace. The principal issue is the ambiguity of God's...

Licinianus, one of the last bishops of Byzantine Africa offers his pastoral advise to his peer, and African deacon, as well as to Pope Gregory I in Rome. Much of his interest appears to be in discussing the nature of the soul, philosophical concerning...

Very few of the works of St. Patrick have come down to use over the centuries. This is a rare insight into his mind which has never before been translated into English. Here Patrick lays out three separate places: Earth, Heaven, and Hell, and give his...

As a supplement to his 'Illustrious Men', St. Jerome composed this work about the minor apostles of Christ who went to the east as part of their ministry. This work includes both the Latin and Greek version of Jerome's work.

In this short treatise, Novatus offers to his acolytes the importance of the virtue of humility in the life of the Christian. He is able to offer some directives so that Christians might be able to utilize humility and a personal exercise of faith and as...

An abridged collection of the laws passed during the reign of the Emperor Justinian I. Most of them deal directly with the administration of the church within the empire, its relationship to the authority of the state and the person of the emperor, and...

St. Jerome attempts to explain the origin and geographical location of various places mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Some of these sites are well known to us today, but several of them remain a mysterious and are still actively debated...

St. Jerome attempts to explain the origin and geographical location of various places mentioned in the book of Acts of the Apostles. Some of these sites are well known to us today, but several of them remain a mysterious and are still actively debated...

Pope Adrian I sought to establish the church under the protection of the Frankish king, Charlemagne. In his effort to draw himself closer to the Frankish court he needed to institute a sense of 'reformatio' which would correct the episcopal abuses of the...

A song of Aethelwolf is a 9th century poem composed by one of the friars of the abbey on the island of Lindisfarne. It recounts the sentinel figures of the era as well as some of the personalities present on that island monastery itself.

The is the first English translation of the Spanish historian, John of Biclaro, who wrote about the various sovereign powers who ruled in Spain during the 6th century. Among those mentioned as the kings at the Visigothic court, which was in upheaval...

St. Germain lays out in this work, the now lost Gallican rite of the Catholic church, which was utilized specifically by the church in France during the 2nd to 11th century before being replaced with the Roman rite. St. Germain's account is one of the...

Luther first focuses on the freedom of the inner man, "that we may see by what means a man becomes justified, free, and a true Christian; that is, a spiritual, new, and inward man." The soul's freedom is not tied to external factors that affect the body,...

Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" (Malleus Arianorum) and the "Athanasius of the West", His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. In addition...

On Nature and Grace is an anti-Pelagian book by Augustine of Hippo written in AD 415. It is a response to Pelagius's 414 book On Nature. Before this work, Augustine did not seem to see Pelagius as a heretic, but On Nature and Grace seems to be a turning...

The English Calendar (Kalendarium Anglicanum) is a Menlogium, or liturgical calendar of saints used by the Anglo-Saxon church in the 8th century. St. Bede composed this using the ancient Roman calendar as his basis, which involves both the nones and ides...

Barlaam and Josaphat, also known as Bilawhar and Budhasaf, are legendaryChristian saints. Their life story was based on the life of the Gautama Buddha, and tells of the conversion of Josaphat to Christianity. According to the legend, an Indian king...

Ephrem the Syrian was a Syriac Christian deacon and a prolific Syriac-language hymnographer and theologian of the fourth century. Ephrem is especially beloved in the Syriac Orthodox Church, and counted as a Venerable Father in the Eastern Orthodox Church...

The Donation of Constantine is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope.

On First Principles is the most important surviving text written by third-century Church father, Origen. Origen wrote in a time when fundamental doctrines had not yet been fully articulated by the Church, and contributed to the very formation of...

Dynamius the Patrician lived at a turning point in western civilization where the fragments of the old Roman Order were beginning to fade without the edifice of empire to support them. In his time as a legate, Dynamius, appears to have interacted with...

The council of Markabta was the third ecumenical council for the Church of the East, and one that would be held in response to the lack of central authority within the eastern church. Mar Dadisho is responding to various episcopal authorities within the...

1888 Materials are a beautiful compilation of Ellen white's statements of the 1888 conference. These treasure reveals the real message of the Adventism and who rejected the light of God in that congress. Now in a big print edition for those people that...

1888 Materials are a beautiful compilation of Ellen white's statements of the 1888 conference. These treasure reveals the real message of the Adventism and who rejected the light of God in that congress. Now in a big print edition for those people that...

1888 Materials are a beautiful compilation of Ellen white's statements of the 1888 conference. These treasure reveals the real message of the Adventism and who rejected the light of God in that congress. Now in a big print edition for those people that...

This biography of the Frankish king Sigebert II is usually regarded as a work of Imperial propaganda by the later French friar, Sigebert of Gembloux. It does grant some of the remaining folk memory of the interactions of the old Merovingian, but is...

Powerful counsels to the remnant church of these days. These Ellen White letters let us know the atmosphere during the days of Dr. Kellogg and more. This is a new big print edition (A4) and a (13pt) letters for those people who have problems with vision.

Ce livre est une préface au conclave de 1829, lors duquel Pie VIII fut élu nouveau pape. Il offre un regard sur les procédures et les traditions entourant le conclave, ainsi que sur les enjeux politiques et religieux de cette époque. This work has been...

A History of the Church is a comprehensive overview of the Church's evolution over the centuries. Charles Constantine Pise provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the religious and political factors that have influenced the Church's development,...

This book offers a detailed analysis of the variations that have occurred in the Communion and Baptismal Offices of the Church of England from 1549 to 1662. Author Frederic Bulley provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the religious and...

This book provides a fascinating look at a historic prayer meeting. Prevailing Prayer offers a detailed account of the prayer meetings that took place at the Old South Chapel in Boston in the mid-19th century. With an introduction by N. Macleod, this...

Dieses Buch untersucht die Position des berühmten Humanisten und Gelehrten Erasmus von Rotterdam in Bezug auf Martin Luther und die Reformationsbewegung. Es werden die politischen und religiösen Kontexte dieser Zeit genauer beleuchtet und präzise...

Theodor Kliefoth wurde im 19. Jahrhundert als einer der bekanntesten Lutheraner in Europa gefeiert. Dieses Buch ist eine detaillierte Untersuchung der Kirche und ihrer Gemeinden und bietet einen Einblick in die lutherische Theologie aus seiner Sicht.This...

Un manual espiritual y devocional que guiará al lector en su camino hacia la fe. Con un lenguaje claro y accesible, las Instrucciones Generales ofrecen una visión completa de la doctrina católica y de los preceptos para una vida cristiana plena. Una obra...

Un breve saggio sulla vita e i miracoli di San Ciro, medico, romito e martire, scritto da Francesco Paterno.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work...

This fascinating book provides a chronology of the origins of the Seraphic-Franciscan Order, from its founding in the 13th century to the present day. Written by Pietro Ridolfi, it provides a detailed and highly informative look into the history of this...

Un'enciclica papale rivolta ai vescovi cattolici del rito greco-melchita, scritta da Benedetto XIV.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the...

Der dritte Band der gesammelten Werke von Juan de Ávila bietet eine einzigartige Sammlung von Briefen, Predigten und anderen Schriften. Ávila war ein bedeutender spanischer Theologe und Mystiker, dessen Schriften auch heute noch Einfluss auf die...

The Discipline of Friends is a collection of rules and regulations for members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). This revised edition, approved by the Yearly Meeting in North Carolina in 1838, provides guidance for living a moral and spiritual life...

In questo libro, il teologo e storico italiano Luigi Gallo si concentra sulla storia del cristianesimo durante l'Impero Bizantino, con particolare attenzione ai rapporti tra Chiesa e Stato. Il volume 2 copre un periodo che va dal VII al XII secolo e...

This is the third volume of a religious treatise by St. Thomas Aquinas, commonly known as the Summa Contra Gentiles. The book offers a comprehensive and rigorous argument for the Christian faith, addressing a wide range of philosophical and theological...

Una recopilación de las cartas y documentos papales emitidos por los seis Papas que gobernaron la Iglesia Católica durante el trascurso de tres siglos. Un recurso útil para entender el pensamiento de la iglesia durante ese periodo histórico.This work has...