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A Plea for Ragged Schools; or, Prevention Better than Cure - Thomas Guthrie
A Plea for Ragged Schools; or, Prevention Better than Cure - Thomas Guthrie
- Author: Thomas Guthrie
- Genre: Education / Christianity - Other
The Reverend Thomas Guthrie was first introduced to the idea of ragged schools in 1841, while acting as the Parish Minister of St. John's Church in Edinburgh. On a visit to Portsmouth, he saw a picture of John Pounds and felt inspired and humbled by...
Dogmatic Theology - Soteriology - William G. T. Shedd
Dogmatic Theology - Soteriology - William G. T. Shedd
- Author: William G. T. Shedd
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A systematic exposition of the doctrine of salvation from one of America's most notable theologians of the 19th century. - Summary by InTheDesert...
Three Homilies on the Devil - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
Three Homilies on the Devil - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Author: St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Genre: Christianity - Other
John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, delivered these three homilies, most likely at Antioch, about the role of demons in our life. The summary for each one follows: 1) Against those who say that demons govern human affairs, and who are...
Apology - Tertullian
Apology - Tertullian
- Author: Tertullian
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In this work Tertullian defends Christianity, demanding legal toleration and that Christians be treated as all other sects of the Roman Empire. His most famous apologetic work, written in Carthage in the summer or autumn of AD 197. (Summary from...
The Age of the Puritans Volume 1 - Various
The Age of the Puritans Volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This volume of The Age of the Puritans begins with William Perkin's concise summary of Christian doctrine written in response to popular misconceptions of the time and Robert Rollock's scheme for logically dividing doctrine into key topics. Rollock...
Against Celsus Book 2 - Origen of Alexandria
Against Celsus Book 2 - Origen of Alexandria
- Author: Origen of Alexandria
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing...
An Exposition upon the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary called Magnificat - Martin Luther
An Exposition upon the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary called Magnificat - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Luther's 1521 exposition of the Magnificat was written for John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), at that time a teenager. It was written in two parts, being interrupted by Luther's appearance at the Diet of Worms. It is sermonic in form...
De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842 - Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet
De Smet's Letters and Sketches, 1841-1842 - Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet
- Author: Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet
- Genre: Literary Collections / Christianity - Other
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multiple delegations from Montana to St. Louis, repeatedly requesting a Blackgown priest to instruct them in...
A Casket of Cameos - Frank W. Boreham
A Casket of Cameos - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness - Jeremiah Burroughs
A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness - Jeremiah Burroughs
- Author: Jeremiah Burroughs
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Of Earthly-mindedness, Wherein is shewed, 1. What Earthly-mindedness is. 2. The Evils of Earthly-mindedness. 3. Several Convincements of Earthly-mindedness. 4. Several Reasons of Earthly-mindedness. 5. Considerations to take off the heart from...
The Creeds of Christendom - Various
The Creeds of Christendom - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This is based on Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom taking only the creeds that he selected, using the translations he supplied where possible but rearranged chronologically (using the dates he supplied) but excluding his commentary and notes....
To My Younger Brethren - Handley Carr Glyn Moule
To My Younger Brethren - Handley Carr Glyn Moule
- Author: Handley Carr Glyn Moule
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Let me explain in this first sentence that when in these pages I address "my Younger Brethren," I mean brethren in the Christian Ministry in the Church of England. Let me limit my reference still further, by premising that very much of what I say...
The Christian Commonwealth - John Eliot
The Christian Commonwealth - John Eliot
- Author: John Eliot
- Genre: Political Science / Christianity - Other
John Eliot, a North American missionary, advocates for post-civil-war England to adopt a representative democracy, using the Mosaic Law as a model. (Summary by Aaron Decker)...
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
The Critique of Dogmatic Theology - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
More systematic, but no less sincere than A Confession (which originally served as the introduction to this work), The Critique of Dogmatic Theology is an early attempt on the part of Tolstoy to impart the results of his meticulous study and...
The Conferences of John Cassian (Part I) - John Cassian
The Conferences of John Cassian (Part I) - John Cassian
- Author: John Cassian
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Conferences were written by John Cassian at the request of Pope Leo. They document the conversations that Cassian had with the elders living in Scetis (the desert of Egypt), and about principles of the spiritual and ascetic life. The work would...
The Greater Life and Work of Christ - Alexander Patterson
The Greater Life and Work of Christ - Alexander Patterson
- Author: Alexander Patterson
- Genre: Christianity - Other
It will be seen at a glance that this is not a life of Christ in the usual sense. It is not a review of the events of the earthly existence of our Lord. There is a greater life and a larger work of Christ of which his life on earth is but a single...
Against Jovinianus - Saint Jerome
Against Jovinianus - Saint Jerome
- Author: Saint Jerome
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Jovinianus, had published at Rome a treatise containing the following opinions: (1) "That a virgin is no better as such than a wife in the sight of God. (2) Abstinence is no better than a thankful partaking of food. (3) A person baptized with the...
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary - Saint Jerome
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary - Saint Jerome
- Author: Saint Jerome
- Genre: Christianity - Other
St. Jerome composed this essay against Helvidius, who stated that because the gospels mentioned Christ as having βsistersβ and βbrethrenβ the Virgin Mary must have had more children from Joseph her husband. In response Jerome asserts three...
Life and Death - Catherine BOOTH
Life and Death - Catherine BOOTH
- Author: Catherine BOOTH
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Catherine Booth worked hand-in-hand with her husband William Booth to establish a fledgling mission in London, that eventually grew into a global ministry, The Salvation Army. Here she delves into the Biblical and theological foundation of their...
The Reformation Collection Volume 2 - Various
The Reformation Collection Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This volume of the Reformation collection, which has a particular focus on the English Reformation, begins with William Tyndale's lively tract on the key Reformation doctrine of Justification by faith alone. Then follow two historical accounts of...
Seven Roads to Hell - Various
Seven Roads to Hell - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
No one goes to hell by committing sin in the abstract, sin in general. Our character traits, talents and dispositions, our experiences β everything about us points out to us a particular road to hell β one of the seven that are called the capital...
The Plan of Salvation - Benjamin B. Warfield
The Plan of Salvation - Benjamin B. Warfield
- Author: Benjamin B. Warfield
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Five Lectures Delivered at The Princeton Summer School of Theology, June, 1914. In these lectures, Warfield distinguishes between different conceptions of salvation: naturalistic vs. supernaturalistic, sacerdotal vs. evangelical, universalistic vs....
The Sermons upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians - John Calvin
The Sermons upon the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Ephesians - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: Christianity - Other
While many of Calvin's sermons are now lost after they were sold by weight by the library of Geneva, his sermons on Ephesians have been preserved, having been translated into Early Modern English by Arthur Golding (who also translated Calvin's...
A Doubter's Doubts About Science and Religion - Sir Robert Anderson
A Doubter's Doubts About Science and Religion - Sir Robert Anderson
- Author: Sir Robert Anderson
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A DOUBTER'S Doubts about Science and Religion was first published anonymously, at a time when the author was Assistant Commissioner of Police and Head of the Criminal Investigation Department, at Scotland Yard (London). As the book is addressed to...
The Fundamentals Volume 2 - Sir Robert Anderson
The Fundamentals Volume 2 - Sir Robert Anderson
- Author: Sir Robert Anderson
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth (generally referred to simply as The Fundamentals) is a set of ninety essays published between 1910 and 1915 by the Testimony Publishing Company of Chicago. According to its foreword, the publication was...
Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences - John Mason Neale
Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences - John Mason Neale
- Author: John Mason Neale
- Genre: Lyric / Christianity - Other
This book is a collection of English translations of medieval Latin hymns. It contains interesting historical and/or liguistic facts about each hymn, some of which are still used in one form or other in the modern Christian church. Note: An asterisk...
Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X - Pope St Pius X
Encyclical Letters of Pope St. Pius X - Pope St Pius X
- Author: Pope St Pius X
- Genre: Christianity - Other
During his eleven year pontificate (1903-1914) Pope St. Pius X wrote 16 encyclicals. The subjects ranged from saints, The Immaculate Conception, The Restoration of All Things in Christ, Catholic Social Action, and more. This is collection of 14 out...
The Morning of Joy - Horatius BONAR
The Morning of Joy - Horatius BONAR
- Author: Horatius BONAR
- Genre: Christianity - Other
I have been asked, once and again, to follow up "The Night of Weeping " with "The Morning of Joy," the words of David, in the 30th Psalm, having suggested the addition. After much thought and some hesitation I have done so. The former work was meant...
The Obedience of a Christian Man - William Tyndale
The Obedience of a Christian Man - William Tyndale
- Author: William Tyndale
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"The obedience of a Christian man" begins by contrasting the life of a true Christian to those holding high positions within the Romish Church. A scathing attack against the Popes, Cardinals and Bishops living in luxury, who also refrain from...
The Excellence of the Rosary - Rev. Math Josef Frings
The Excellence of the Rosary - Rev. Math Josef Frings
- Author: Rev. Math Josef Frings
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A series of conferences given in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to explain the history, meaning and purpose of the Holy Rosary. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
The Other Side of the Hill, and Home Again - Frank W. Boreham
The Other Side of the Hill, and Home Again - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
Heraclitus, or Man's Looking-glass and Survey of Life - Pierre Du Moulin
Heraclitus, or Man's Looking-glass and Survey of Life - Pierre Du Moulin
- Author: Pierre Du Moulin
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This book is no other than a perfect map of man and anatomy of all ages; A "nosce te ipsum", which is the highest pitch and hardest lesson of all human learning; An universal dial which (though made in France) yet serves (without any astronomical...
Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Errors of the Modernists) - Pope St Pius X
Pascendi Dominici Gregis (On the Errors of the Modernists) - Pope St Pius X
- Author: Pope St Pius X
- Genre: Christianity - Other
During a relatively short pontificate (1903 - 1914) Pope Pius X devoted much of his time to dealing with issues related to the rapid spread of secularism in the early Twentieth century. Pius eschewed the liberal approach of his immediate...
The Three Hours' Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Rev. Peter Guilday
The Three Hours' Agony of Our Lord Jesus Christ - Rev. Peter Guilday
- Author: Rev. Peter Guilday
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A book of sermons on the Seven Last Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Given at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York City, on Good Friday, 1916. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons I - XXV) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Sermons for all the Sundays in the year (Sermons I - XXV) - Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Author: Saint Alphonsus Liguori
- Genre: Christianity - Other
This work is entitled, ABRIDGED SERMONS FOR ALL THE SUNDAYS IN THE YEAR. They are called Abridged Sermons, because, although each contains abundant matter for a sermon, the sentiments are briefly expressedβnot, however, so briefly as to render the...
The Uttermost Star, and Other Gleams of Fancy - Frank W. Boreham
The Uttermost Star, and Other Gleams of Fancy - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
Prayers of the Early Church - J. Manning Potts
Prayers of the Early Church - J. Manning Potts
- Author: J. Manning Potts
- Genre: Christianity - Other
There are prayers of our Lord, the apostles, the martyrs, and the saints covering the period of the Early Church from its beginning through the fifth century. There are some prayers from each of the first five centuries. The treasure house from...
The Early Church Collection Volume 1 - Various
The Early Church Collection Volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The collection begins with two short works on the Trinity by Gregory of Nyssa, followed by two works on Christology by Theodoret and Pope Leo I. Victorinus interprets Genesis 1 allegorically to justify certain early church practices and traces the...
The Sick Man's Comfort Book - Phillip Bennett Power
The Sick Man's Comfort Book - Phillip Bennett Power
- Author: Phillip Bennett Power
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Amongst the many wonderful truths which are spoken of God in the Bible, one of the most wonderful and beautiful is that He is a "God of comfort." "Comfort" is such a soothing word in itself, that, the moment we hear of it in connection with God we...
Scholasticism: A Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford - Walter Waddington Shirley
Scholasticism: A Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford - Walter Waddington Shirley
- Author: Walter Waddington Shirley
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / Medieval / Christianity - Other
Walter Waddington Shirley was made Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford in 1863. This short work comprises the text of a lecture he gave at Oxford University in January, 1866. In it, he describes the...
