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On Union with God - Blessed Albert the Great
On Union with God - Blessed Albert the Great
- Author: Blessed Albert the Great
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Christianity - Other
Surely the most deeply-rooted need of the human soul, its purest aspiration, is for the closest possible union with God. As one turns over the pages of this little work, written by Blessed Albert the Great towards the end of his life, when that...
Knots Untied - J. C. Ryle
Knots Untied - J. C. Ryle
- Author: J. C. Ryle
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Being Plain Statements on Disputed Points in Religion, from the Standpoint of an Evangelical Churchman. The volume now in the reader's hands requires a few words of explanation. It contains nineteen papers on subjects which are matters of dispute...
Abide in Christ - Andrew Murray
Abide in Christ - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Self-Help / Christianity - Other
Towards the close of his ministry on earth, Jesus taught his disciples of the need for them to abide in Him. This word "abide" speaks of the intimacy of fellowship with the Master to which his followers are still invited. Andrew Murray wrote this...
Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul - William Bernard Ullathorne
Christian Patience: The Strength and Discipline of the Soul - William Bernard Ullathorne
- Author: William Bernard Ullathorne
- Genre: Christianity - Other
William Bernard Ullathorne was a Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Australia from 1833 until 1840 and then returned to his native England, where he was ordained a bishop in 1847 and served as Bishop of Birmingham from 1850...
The Spiritual Life - Andrew Murray
The Spiritual Life - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In this book, Andrew Murray explores the dynamics of the Christian life as Jesus means it to be lived. He explains how the Holy Spirit is essential to living effectively as a believer. Christians are often all too well aware of the feebleness of...
The Small Catechism - Martin Luther
The Small Catechism - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Luther's Small Catechism (Der Kleine Katechismus) was written by Martin Luther and published in 1529 for the training of children. Luther's Small Catechism reviews The Ten Commandments, The Apostles' Creed, The Lord's Prayer, The Sacrament of Holy...
Diary of an Old Soul - George MacDonald
Diary of an Old Soul - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Poetry / Christianity - Other
George MacDonald, a Scottish pastor, wrote these short poems, one for each day of the year, to help him with the severer misfortune he was experiencing. The poems are filled with hope and promises of Christ, yet, he also writes about his doubts....
Bible (KJV) 29: Joel - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 29: Joel - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Prophet Joel, the Second Minor Prophet of the Old Testament, entire book is read. (Summary by Susan S.)...
Mystical City of God, Volume 1 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
Mystical City of God, Volume 1 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Author: Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda. According to María de Ágreda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary and regarded the...
Bunyan Characters Volume II - Alexander WHYTE
Bunyan Characters Volume II - Alexander WHYTE
- Author: Alexander WHYTE
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This is the second volume of four which goes into the details of Characters from John Bunyan's books. This one continues with the characters of Pilgrims Progress. Summary by fiddlesticks...
The City of God - Saint Augustine of Hippo
The City of God - Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Genre: Religion / Ancient / Christianity - Other
Rome having been stormed and sacked by the Goths under Alaric their king, the worshippers of false gods, or pagans, as we commonly call them, made an attempt to attribute this calamity to the Christian religion, and began to blaspheme the true God...
Summa Theologica - 13 Tertia Pars, The Saviour: His Incarnation and His Salvific Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 13 Tertia Pars, The Saviour: His Incarnation and His Salvific Acts - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
Divine Healing - Andrew Murray
Divine Healing - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Andrew Murray’s practical and devotional writings on the Bible have been a help and blessing to Christian believers for more than a century. In this powerfully written book, Murray takes up the subject of healing as revealed in Scripture, showing...
A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope - Philipp MELANCHTHON
A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope - Philipp MELANCHTHON
- Author: Philipp MELANCHTHON
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1537) (Latin, Tractatus de Potestate et Primatu Papae), The Tractate for short, is the seventh Lutheran credal document of the Book of Concord. Philip Melanchthon, its author, completed it on...
Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Saint Jane Frances de CHANTAL
Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal - Saint Jane Frances de CHANTAL
- Author: Saint Jane Frances de CHANTAL
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572 – 1641) is a Roman Catholic Saint, who founded The Congregation of the Visitation after the death of her husband. St. Francis de Sales was her Spiritual Director and a close friend. After St. Francis de Sales...
The Essentials of Prayer - Edward M. BOUNDS
The Essentials of Prayer - Edward M. BOUNDS
- Author: Edward M. BOUNDS
- Genre: Religion / Christianity - Other
The Sunday School Times says of the author, "he was a specialist in prayer and his books are for the quiet hour, for careful meditation and for all who wish to seek and find the treasures of God." This book is a ready helper for those who want to...
The Love of Jesus to Penitents - Henry Edward Manning
The Love of Jesus to Penitents - Henry Edward Manning
- Author: Henry Edward Manning
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Henry Edward Manning (1808-1892) was an Oxford-educated Anglican clergyman who converted to Roman Catholicism after the Privy Council ordered the Church of England in 1850 to reinstate an heretical vicar. Manning was ordained a priest in the Roman...
Spiritual Maxims - Brother Lawrence
Spiritual Maxims - Brother Lawrence
- Author: Brother Lawrence
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
Those who have an experiential predisposition in their faith would do well to read The Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence… if they have not done so already. This is a lesser-known work, often overlooked. These Spiritual Maxims were...
Kindness - Frederick William FABER
Kindness - Frederick William FABER
- Author: Frederick William FABER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Christianity - Other
Father Frederick William Faber was a beloved spiritual writer, preacher, and superior of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in London. An Oxford scholar and Anglican priest since 1839, Faber converted to Roman Catholicism in 1845 following his mentor...
The Orthodox Faith - Saint John of DAMASCUS
The Orthodox Faith - Saint John of DAMASCUS
- Author: Saint John of DAMASCUS
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Orthodox Faith is the classic epitome of the Early Greek Fathers. Writing just before the last of the truly Ecumenical Councils (787), he remains to this day, the last of the Eastern theologians whole-heartedly received by the West. This work,...
Mystical City of God, Volume 2 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
Mystical City of God, Volume 2 - Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Author: Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th-century by the Franciscan nun, Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda. According to María de Ágreda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin Mary and regarded the...
Hymns of the Christian Church - Various
Hymns of the Christian Church - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Music / Christianity - Other
A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon Mire)...
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians - Pope CLEMENT I
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians - Pope CLEMENT I
- Author: Pope CLEMENT I
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"First Clement is one of the oldest Christian documents outside the New Testament canon. The epistle was written by Clement, one of the elders of the church of Rome, to the church in Corinth, where it was read for centuries. Indeed, historians...
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / Christianity - Other
Volume 5 continues the commentary on world history begun in the first four volumes. This volume looks at some of the main religious figures of the Middle Ages, as well as social issues like the Crusades and the feudal system. - Summary by KHand...
When the Holy Ghost Is Come - Samuel Logan Brengle
When the Holy Ghost Is Come - Samuel Logan Brengle
- Author: Samuel Logan Brengle
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"The writer, Colonel Brengle, gives us not only of the fruit of an orderly and well-stored mind on the great subject before us, but— and this is the more important—he tells us of the actual work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of ordinary men and...
Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series - John WESLEY
Sermons on Several Occasions, Third-Fifth Series - John WESLEY
- Author: John WESLEY
- Genre: Literary Collections / Christianity - Commentary / Christianity - Other
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the substance of what I have been preaching for between eight and nine years last past. Every serious man who peruses...
A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity - John Bunyan
A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Christianity - Other
Written in the late 1600s by John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, this treatise exhorts Christians to holy living. Bunyan takes as his text Psalm 93:5, 'Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever,' and from it he presents true holiness...
Hymn Collection 001 - Various
Hymn Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Music / Christianity - Other
Librivox volunteers sing twenty of their favourite hymns. All Glory Laud and Honor - Words translated from the Latin of Theodolph of Orleans; Tune: St. Theodulph by Melchior Teschner; harmony by William H. Monk. Amazing Grace - Tune: New Britain by...
The Spirit of Christmas - Henry van Dyke
The Spirit of Christmas - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works / Christianity - Other
A short Christmas book by American author, educator, and clergyman Henry Van Dyke, including a short story, two essays, and two prayers for the season. (summary by Jan MacGillivray)...
Around the Wicket Gate - Charles H. Spurgeon
Around the Wicket Gate - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Millions of men are in the outlying regions, far off from God and peace; for these we pray, and to these we give warning. But just now we have to do with a smaller company, who are not far from the kingdom, but have come right up to the wicket gate...
Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times - J. C. Ryle
Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times - J. C. Ryle
- Author: J. C. Ryle
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Ryle became the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool during a volatile time for the Church of England. Ryle was a strong supporter of the evangelical school and a critic of Ritualism. He was a writer, pastor and an evangelical preacher. Among his...
Holy in Christ - Andrew Murray
Holy in Christ - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In introducing this book, which Andrew Murray sub-titled “Thoughts on the Calling of God’s Children to Be Holy as He is Holy”, I can do no better than to quote from the author’s own Preface: “It has been my earnest desire that I might be a helper of...
Public Domain Hymns 01 - Various
Public Domain Hymns 01 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Music / Christianity - Other
"Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as "canticles") in the Scriptures, Christian hymns are generally directed as praise and worship to the monotheistic God. Many refer to Jesus Christ either directly or...
The Valley of Vision - Henry van Dyke
The Valley of Vision - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Christianity - Other
”Why do you choose such a title as The Valley of Vision for your book” said my friend; “do you mean that one can see farther from the valley than from the mountain-top?” This question set me thinking, as every honest question ought to do. Here is...
A Year With the Saints - Anonymous
A Year With the Saints - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Go through the year in the footsteps of the saints. This book emphasizes one virtue for each month with quotes and stories from the lives of the saints to help teach and inspire that particular virtue in us. For January, Perfection; February,...
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
- Author: John WESLEY
- Genre: Single author / Christianity - Other
A collection of poems reflecting on Christmas and the New Year, written by the founder of the Methodist denomination....
History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 1 - Henry Charles Lea
History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 1 - Henry Charles Lea
- Author: Henry Charles Lea
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / Christianity - Other
The first volume of Lea’s monumental work on the Inquisition of Spain, covering its origin and establishment and its relations with the state. Also included are appendices listing Tribunals, Inquisitors-General, and Spanish coinage. (Summary by Ruth...
Seeing Darkly - John Sparhawk JONES
Seeing Darkly - John Sparhawk JONES
- Author: John Sparhawk JONES
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A short series of Christian sermons covering a range of topics, with the common thread throughout being the relationship between what we do know, what we may know, and what we cannot yet know about our lives, our world, and our faith. - Summary by...
Sermons on Several Occasions, Second Series - John WESLEY
Sermons on Several Occasions, Second Series - John WESLEY
- Author: John WESLEY
- Genre: Literary Collections / Christianity - Commentary / Christianity - Other
John Wesley, along with his brother Charles, are credited with founding the Methodist denomination. "The following Sermons contain the substance of what I have been preaching for between eight and nine years last past. Every serious man who peruses...
The Soul of Prayer - P. T. FORSYTH
The Soul of Prayer - P. T. FORSYTH
- Author: P. T. FORSYTH
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"The worst sin is prayerlessness," states P.T. Forsyth at the start of this work on prayer but follows this up with the suggestion that the study of prayer is itself a prayer to pray better. He then brings together his dual roles as theologian and...
