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The doctrine of Hermogenes has this taint of novelty. He is, in short, a man living in the world at the present time; by his very nature a heretic, and turbulent withal, who mistakes loquacity for eloquence, and supposes impudence to be firmness, and...

“At that time one Vincentius discovered in the possession of a certain presbyter called Peter, in Mauritania Cæsariensis, a little work of mine, in a particular passage of which, touching the origin of souls in individual men, I had confessed...

This is the short story of Al-Husain Ibn Ali (RA). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw Hasan and Husain, he said: "O Allah, I love them, so love them." Husain (RA) and his brother spent the early years of their lives under the shadow...

Este es el primer escrito de las tantas historias quepodremos contar en las siguientes ediciones. Enamorémonos de laBiblia, ese libro maravilloso que nos muestra al pie de la letra cómo manejarcon sabiduría las realidades cotidianas. Estoy segura de que...

The truth of history, when finally recovered, is more fascinating than any tale of fiction could ever be! This treatise of history will enrich and enliven your understanding of your origin and the events that shaped and formed the world in which you live...

For more than sixty years, Tyndale House and the associated Tyndale Fellowship have made a unique and vital contribution to the healthy condition of contemporary biblical studies, and of historic Christianity in the United Kingdom and worldwide. The...

The book presents Muslim beliefs about God’s relationship to humans by drawing on relevant Islamic sources from Muhammad to modern times. In connection with the social and political history of Islam, the reader is introduced to the central ideas and...

Before Spanish rule, the land now known as New Mexico was inhabited by many indigenous tribes and pueblos with their own religious beliefs. When conquistadors arrived to search for the Seven Cities of Gold, they created settlements in the pueblos they...

In the early 1830s, Fr. Benedict Roux reported only nine Catholic families living in western Missouri. The arrival of Catholic missionaries, most notably Fr. Bernard Donnelly in 1845, signaled the permanency and success of the Catholic Church in the area...

This volume is a collection of essays on church history by John Williamson Nevin (1803-86), the theological creator of Mercersburg Theology. Nevin and his colleague Philip Schaff were attempting to reorient American ecclesial thought to be more...

Maximus the Confessor (580-662) was a monk and theologian whose combustive historical era, committed doctrinal reflection, and loud and influential voice took him on a turbulent career of traveling and writing around the Mediterranean. Maximus was a...

Two Jews, Three Opinions examines a unique educational movement that began in 1980 when eight school leaders met to create RAVSAK: the Jewish Community Day School Network, an association of schools distinguished by being inclusive of all Jews in their...

In seventeenth-century France, Jeanne Guyon (1648-1717) writes about the suffering of the apocalypse followed by the consummation of the second coming. Guyon believed that in our earthly pilgrimage, we may find the way to union with our Savior Jesus...

""This book, which now appears in a revised form, does not lay claim to be either a Critical or a Historical Commentary, but is intended to follow the Scriptural account of the Life and Work of the Prophet Elisha with the view of pointing out their...

""In the world but not of it""--an expression that has been interpreted in a multitude of ways. With the publication of Rod Dreher's much-debated book The Benedict Option in 2017, the question of just how the church is to exist ""in but not of the...

Natural law, according to Thomas Aquinas, has its foundation in the evidence and operation of natural, human reason. Its primary precepts are self-evident. Awareness of these precepts does not presuppose knowledge of, or even belief in, the existence of...

""The object of the present work is to determine what is central in the Christian proclamation. We are tempted to represent as the 'kernel' or 'essence' of this proclamation that which appeals to us personally, and to consider as external and dispensable...

Early-sixteenth-century radical Anabaptism emanated in Swiss protest during Huldrych Zwingli's protest against the Roman Catholic Church. Much like Luther, Zwingli founded his reform effort on the premise that the Bible was the sole arbiter of the...

While the Peoples Republic of China is officially an atheist country, Christianity continues to experience rapid growth on the Chinese mainland. Many observers see the country as on the way to becoming "the world's most Christian nation." Yet there is...

The revelation written is hard to understand. It is 4 symbols. I explain what all of these symbols stand for and mean and the events that took place happened 2-3 thousand years ago. All past history... my book tells the truth about the book of revelation...

Dante, Eschatology, and the Christian Tradition honors Ronald B. Herzman, SUNY Geneseo Distinguished Teaching Professor of English. Over more than fifty years Professor Herzman has been a major force in the promotion of medieval studies within academe...

The work of the great Rhineland mystics of the fourteenth century speaks to the modern reader with astonishing directness and clarity. In their emphasis on the personal, inward experience of God and their questioning of the formal, ritualistic side of...

How do we undergird Christian enthusiasm with Christian substance? Brief Christian Histories combines biblical and ecclesial history in a single volume, taking readers through 4000 years of our religion's history using four themes of interest: WHO has...

No one is so intimately acquainted with Schleiermacher's Christian Ethics material or with the 1821-1822 first edition of his companion volume, Christian Faith, than Hermann Peiter. The present volume is a collection of Peiter's nineteen essays and...

Visitors have often remarked on the light of Egypt. There is something about the soft diffusion of sunlight in the country that makes it visually special. Beginning in the early nineteenth century a combination of that light and the new, more sensitive...

Then: Witness to an execution as the disparity, injustice, and cruelty of the death penalty is carried out. Now: The death penalty is abolished in twenty states.Then: Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to run as the vice presidential...

This book explores the relationship between Christian faith and Jewish identity from the perspective of three Jewish believers in Jesus living in eastern and central Europe before World War 1: Rudolf Hermann (Chaim) Gurland, Christian Theophilus Lucky...

Jerome rocked the boat in which the early church had been comfortably settled for two hundred years. He upset Christian tradition by arguing for the priority of the Hebrew Old Testament over the supposedly inspired Greek Septuagint. He learned Hebrew...

A thorough reckoning of the evolving ideas and legacy of a founding force in American evangelismEvangelicals and scholars of religious history have long recognized George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a founding father of American evangelicalism. But Jessica...

<p>He is the Messiah the prophets spoke about in the Old Testament. The religious leaders could not comprehend that the Messiah they were teaching about had finally come to them in a human form. They refused to believe He was a...

For fifteen hundred years, popular audiences have loved tales of the Brendan voyage and have turned to them for inspiration. Never have their gentleness, intimacy with nature, amusement, and redemptive themes been more relevant than today. This fresh...

Pilgrimage is the most essential of medieval studies - that's a conclusion which Tim Porter has drawn from years of reading, research and exploration. Religion, politics, economics, travel, industry, art, architecture - pilgrimage opens into all these...

""Which Is The Church?"" is a book written by John William Cudworth in 1874. The book explores the question of what constitutes a true church, and aims to provide a clear answer to this question. Cudworth examines various aspects of the church, including...

""What's In A Name? A Popular Explanation Of Ordinary Christian Names Of Men And Women"" is a book written by Thomas Nickle Nichols and published in 1859. The book provides an explanation of the origins and meanings of common Christian names for both men...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The book ""Warsop Parish Registers: With Notes And Illustrations"" was written by Richard J. King and published in 1884. It is a comprehensive record of the parish registers of Warsop, a village in Nottinghamshire, England. The book contains detailed...

Vindiciae Priestleianae: An Address To The Students Of Oxford And Cambridge is a book written by Theophilus Lindsey in 1788. The book is a response to the controversy surrounding the publication of The Confessional, a work by the Reverend Samuel Parr,...

Vindiciae Ignatianae is a book written by William Cureton in 1846. The book focuses on the genuine writings of St. Ignatius, a prominent early Christian bishop and martyr. Cureton argues that the ancient Syriac version of Ignatius' writings provides the...

Vindiciae Hibernicae, also known as Ireland Vindicated, is a book written by Mathew Carey in 1819. The book is an attempt to expose the errors and falsehoods that have been spread about Ireland. Carey argues that these misconceptions have led to...

Venerabilis Baedae: Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (1881) a Georgio H. Moberly edita est, et continet historiam Ecclesiae in Anglia a tempore Romae imperii usque ad tempora Baedae, monachi et historici saeculi VII. Opus praestantissimum est, et...

""Unser Glaube"" is a German language book written by Rudolph Schramm and published in 1884. The title translates to ""Our Faith"" in English. The book is a collection of essays and reflections on the Christian faith, written from a Lutheran perspective...

""Universalism In Life And Doctrine, And Its Superiority As A Practical Power: Exhibited In A Series Of Discourses"" is a book written by Elbridge Gerry Brooks and originally published in 1883. The book explores the concept of Universalism, which is the...

Unfoldings Of Christian Hope is an essay written by Presbyter in 1875. The book aims to show that the doctrine contained in the damnatory clauses of the Creed commonly called Athanasian is unscriptural. The author argues that the Creed, which is a...

""Two of the Saxon Chronicles, Parallel A.D. 787-1001: With Supplementary Extracts from the Others"" is a historical book written by Charles Plummer in 1889. The book contains two versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which chronicles the history of...

Trubarjev Zbornik is a book written by Fran Ilesic in 1908. The book is a collection of works by the Slovenian Protestant reformer, Primo����� Trubar. Trubar was a key figure in the development of Slovenian literature and language, and his works played a...

""Two Letters On Apostolical Episcopal Succession, And Tradition"" is a book written by Charles Bowdler, originally published in 1841. The book consists of two letters that Bowdler wrote, in which he argues in favor of the apostolic succession of bishops...