Church History category: 3031 books
Encamped Toward Heaven
A History of The Nolanville Eencampment
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
The Nolanville church of Christ Encampment was born during a time of spiritual revival in America, and eventually grew to be one of the most well-known and enduring annual camp meetings in Central Texas. Encamped Toward Heaven tells the story of the pioneer families who established the Lord’s church...
by D'Aubigne, J. H. Merle
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
A new translation (containing the author's last improvements) by Henry Beveridge, esq. advocate, and H. White. With linked table of contents.
Merle D’Aubigne published two series of historical works for which he is most famous. The first was The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth...
Masters of Preaching
More Poignant and Powerful Homilists in Church History
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Who were Catholicism’s greatest orators? What was the key to their effectiveness? Was it mere scholastic ability or spiritual inspiration? The answer is “both.” In this follow-up work, Father Ray E. Atwood examines the lives, theologies, and preaching examples of the Church’s greatest preachers....
Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses
Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, and stained glass are common church features found in nearly all mainline denominations of American Christianity today. Most Protestant churchgoers would be surprised to learn, however, that at one time these elements were viewed with suspicion...
by Massimo Introvigne
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This is the first history of the Plymouth Brethren, a conservative, nonconformist evangelical Christian movement whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland in the late 1820s. The teachings of John Nelson Darby, an influential figure among the early Plymouth Brethren, have had a huge impact on...
From Fanatics to Folk
Brazilian Millenarianism and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2004
From Fanatics to Folk rejects conventional understandings of Brazilian millenarianism as exceptional and self-defeating. Considering millenarianism over the long sweep of Brazilian history, Patricia R. Pessar shows it to have been both dominant discourse and popular culture—at different times the...
The Synod of the West
A History of the Presbyterian German Synod of the West and Its Churches
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
In the mid 19th century many Germans migrated to the Midwestern United States. Many of them were influenced by the Reformation as well as the theology of John Calvin. When many of them settled in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, Adrian Van Vliet, a minister...
by John Henry Blunt
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
This Volume offers to the reader a short and condensed account of the origin, growth, and condition of the Church in all parts of the world, from the time of our Lord down to the end of the fifteenth century, the narrative being compressed into as small a compass as is consistent with a readable form.
by Sean Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
In early Christianity the sun-like figure of Christ gripped the imagination of men and women through a potent mixture of mystery and magic. Christ was seen then as the very embodiment or incarnation of the gnostic spirit of divine wisdom: Sophia. In order to connect faithfully with Jesus in our time...
by Dr. George P. Kimber
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
One of the most amazing revelations that is discovered about the Bible is that it isn’t just an ancient history book. God is actually present in this world from the beginning to the present time—and to the end of time. In other words, God always has been—and still is—for us!
Eternal...
by Jerome
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Jerome (c. 347–419/20), one of the West's four doctors of the church, was recognized early on as one of the church's foremost translators, commentators, and advocates of Christian asceticism. Skilled in Hebrew and Greek in addition to his native Latin, he was thoroughly familiar with Jewish traditions...
The Subhedar's Son
A Narrative of Brahmin-Christian Conversion from Nineteenth-century Maharashtra
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
The 19th century was a pioneering age for vernacular texts in India. Vernacular writings became popular for making the 'first' interventions of their kind, written by Indians for Indians, and establishing new genres such as the biographical novel. The Subhedar's Son, an award-winning Marathi novel,...
Saints and Sinners
A History of the Popes; Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2006
This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the present day. In this new edition, the final chapter has been expanded to cover the last years of John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI.Praise for the earlier editions:[A]...
Christianity
The First Three Thousand Years
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
The New York Times bestseller and definitive history of Christianity for our time—from the award-winning author of The Reformation and Silence
A product of electrifying scholarship conveyed with commanding skill, Diarmaid MacCulloch's Christianity goes back to the origins of the Hebrew Bible...