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Christianity
Fathers, apocrypha & devotionals
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Bible Commentary
Gnosticism, etc.
There is now a separate Gnosticism Index.
Early Christian
Eastern Churches
Mediaeval, Renaissance and Reformation
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of EnglandBede, 731Works of St. AnselmSt. Anselm, 1903 — A medieval Italian scholar who originated the ontological argument for the existence of God.The Love Letters of Abelard and HeloiseIsrael Gollancz, 1128 — The tragic romance of two top Christian intellectuals in 12th century France.The Story of My Misfortunes: The Autobiography of Peter Abelard1922The Writings of St. Francis of AssisiPaschal Robinson, 1905 — Includes the Canticle of the Sun, a moving prayer of praise to "Brother Sun, Sister Moon."The Little Flowers of St. FrancisW. Heywood, 1906 — The legends of St. Francis and the early Franciscans.Summa TheologicaThomas AquinasThe Adornment of the Spiritual MarriageJan van Ruysbroeck, 1916 — Writings of an influential Flemish Christian mystic.The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri, 1306-21The Cloud of UnknowingAnonymous, 1400 — Meditations of an anonymous 14th century Christian mystic.Imitation of ChristThomas a Kempis, 1418 — A contemplative classic of Christian mysticism.The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of LoyolaSt. Ignatius of Loyola, 1522-1524 — A plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month, by the founder of the Jesuits.Foxe's Book of MartyrsJohn Foxe, 1560Synod of Dordrecht1618-9Heidelberg CatechismThe Second Helvetic ConfessionChurch Order1618-9Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of the NetherlandsWestminster Shorter Catechism1674The Westminster Confession of FaithWestminster Larger CatechismThe Works of Stephen CharnockStephen Charnock, 1629-1690 — Theological works of an important Puritan Divine.Paradise Lost, Paradise RegainedJohn Milton, 1667Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan, 1678 — The classic Christian allegory of spiritual redemption.BunyanJames Anthony Froude, 1901 — A biography of the author of Pilgrim's Progress.Selections from The Cherubinic WandererJ. E. Crawford Flitch, 1932Alexandrines: translated from the "Cherubinischer Wandersmann"Julia Bilger, 1944The Interior CastleSt. Teresa of Avila, 1921 — A roadmap to mystical union with God.Ordinary of the Mass1921 — The core text of the Catholic liturgy, in parallel Latin and English.
Modern
New England Primer1843Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of ChristWilliam Miller, 1842 — Miller predicted that Jesus would return in 1844.The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus ChristAnne Catherine Emmerich, 1843 — The primary source for the movie 'The Passion of the Christ.'The Great ControversyEllen G. White, 1858 — One of the earliest documents of the movement which became the Seventh-day Adventists.Notes on the Book of the RevelationJohn Nelson Darby, 1876The Man of SorrowsJohn Nelson Darby, no date (pre-1882)Hymns of the Eastern ChurchJ. Neale, 1884 — A rich selection of Byzantine hymns.The Unknown Life of Jesus ChristNicolas Notovitch, 1890 — Did Jesus spend his lost years in India?The Baltimore (Catholic) Catechism1891Lives of the SaintsAlban Butler, 1894 — 400 Catholic Saints' days from around the yearThe DidacheCharles H. Hoole, 1894 — A very early Christian apocryphal text.Jesus An EsseneEdward Planta Nesbit, 1895 — Was Jesus a member of the group which cached the Dead Sea Scrolls?The Doctrine of the Last ThingsW.O.E. Oesterley, 1908 — Eschatology for everyone.The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual LifeHenry Churchill King, 1908Jesus, the Last Great InitiateEdouard Schuré, 1908 — The historical context of Jesus, and the esoteric significance of his teachings.Folk-lore of the Holy LandJ. E. Hanauer, 1909 — Moslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.Science and Health with Key to the ScripturesMary Baker Eddy, 1910John Wesley's Place in HistoryWoodrow Wilson, 1915The Book of RevelationClarence Larkin, 1919The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the ChristLevi H. Dowling, 1920The Gist of SwedenborgJulian K. Smyth, 1920The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's 'City of God'John Neville Figgis, 1921Human Nature in the BibleWilliam Lyon Phelps, 1922Pageant of the PopesJohn Farrow, 1942 — Two thousand years of papal history in one continuous narrative.The Trial of ChristDavid K. Breed, 1948 — Could Jesus have been acquitted on a technicality?The Theological Declaration of Barmen1934
External Sites
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