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Jesus Wars

How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years

by John Philip Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010

The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, PhilipJenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful charactersshaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today’s...
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by Butler, Alban
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Butler's great work, The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints ("Butler's Lives"), the result of thirty years study (first published in four volumes, London, 1756-1759), has passed through many editions and translations (best edition, including valuable notes, Dublin, 12 vols. 1779-1780)....
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by Garry Wills
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015

The New York Times bestselling historian takes on a pressing question in modern religion—will Pope Francis embrace change? Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and the first from the Americas, offers a challenge to his church. Can he bring about significant change? Should he?         Garry...
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by Justin S. Holcomb
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014

In every generation, the Christian church must interpret and restate its bedrock beliefs, answering the challenges and concerns of the day. This accessible overview walks readers through centuries of creeds, councils, catechisms, and confessions—not with a dry focus on dates and places, but with...
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The Age of the Spirit

How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy Is Shaping the Church

by Phyllis Tickle, Jon M Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

A thousand years ago, the church experienced a time of tremendous upheaval called the Great Schism. The one faith became two churches, East and West, and the course of world history was forever changed. And it all swirled around one Latin word in the Nicene Creed, filioque, that indicated the Holy...
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What Would Jesus Deconstruct? (The Church and Postmodern Culture)

The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church

by John D. Caputo
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007

This provocative addition to The Church and Postmodern Culture series offers a lively rereading of Charles Sheldon's In His Steps as a constructive way forward. John D. Caputo introduces the notion of why the church needs deconstruction, positively defines deconstruction's role in renewal, deconstructs...
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by Thomas Watson
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013

The Godly Man's Picture, Drawn with a Scripture Pencil, or, Some Characteristic Marks of a Man who is Going to Heaven. The soul being so precious, and salvation so glorious—it is the highest point of prudence to make preparations for the eternal world. It is beyond all dispute, that there is an...
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by Jonathan Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 March 22, 1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian, and hes considered one of America's greatest intellectuals. Edwards's theological work...
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by Charles Spurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". Spurgeon was to 19th century England what D. L Moody...
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The Babylon Code

Is America in Prophecy?

by Richard N. Rhoades
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014

At a reception in the Kremlin on November 17, 1956, Nikita Khrushchev made a startling comment aimed at America: Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you! The break-up of the USSR in 1991 was hailed by the Westespecially Americaas a victory over communism and its global...
Cover of The Works of John Bunyan, complete, including 57 books by him and 3 books about him, in a single file
by John Bunyan
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

This file includes a memoir of Bunyan by George Offor and 57 works by Bunyan. According to Wikipedia, "John Bunyan (1628 ? 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden ... in the Parish of Elstow, England. He wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published Christian allegory."
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by Ray Chidell
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010

This book (2nd edition July 2011) explains the unique nature of the Church of Rome. The text explores the source of the Church’s authority and provides informed commentary on some of the principal areas that divide Catholic and other Christian teaching. The book explains the Church’s stance on such topics as scripture and tradition, Mary and the Eucharist.
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Beyond Belief

Two Thousand Years of Bad Faith in the Christian Church

by James McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009

Starting from a neutral position, this book looks at claims made by Christian leaders over the centuries and analyses them in the light of modern scholarship. Erudite yet mischievous, the book's scope is wide, from early history to the present day, from America to China, and spanning many different...
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Exodus from Rome Volume 1

A Biblical and Historical Critique of Roman Catholicism

by Dr. Todd D. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Written by a former Roman Catholic of eighteen years and former candidate for the Roman Catholic priesthood, Dr. Todd Baker objectively and honestly examines the grandiose claims of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church in the critical light of Scripture and the evidence of history to show where...
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