Church History category: 3031 books
Martin Luther
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
Called ?The most influential interpreter of American religion? by Bill Moyers, renowned historian and Lutheran pastor Martin Marty portrays the religious reformer Martin Luther as a man of conscience and courage who risked death to ignite the historic reformation of the Church. Luther?s arguments,...
James the Brother of Jesus
The Key to Unlocking the Secrets of Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998
James was a vegetarian, wore only linen clothing, bathed daily at dawn in cold water, and was a life-long Nazirite. In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenman introduces a startling theory about the identity of James-the brother of Jesus,...
Borrowed Trousers
Diary of a Mormon Missionary, Volume II of In Polygamy's Shadow
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
A JOURNAL, KEPT SECRET Borrowed Trousers, Diary of a Mormon Missionary draws the reader into the thoughts and feelings of a cowboy from Alberta serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Texas and Louisiana, from 1937 to 1939. He suffers hardship and sickness, and falls...
by Thomas Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2010
The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe.
Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how...
Apostle
Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
**A profound and moving journey into the heart of Christianity that explores the mysterious and often paradoxical lives and legacies of the Twelve Apostles—a book both for those of the faith and for others who seek to understand Christianity from the outside in.
“Expertly researched and...
The Triumph of the Cross
The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Renaissance to the Counter-Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2008
This is a sequel to Richard Viladesau's well-received study, The Beauty of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in Theology and the Arts from the Catacombs to the Eve of the Renaissance. It continues his project of presenting theological history by using art as both an independent religious or theological...
by Charles Spurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 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...
by Charles Spurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
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...
by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation represented the greatest upheaval in Western society since the collapse of the Roman Empire a millennium before. The consequences of those shattering events are still felt today—from the stark divisions between (and within) Catholic and Protestant countries...
by James O. Hannay
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The Wisdom of the Desert - by James O. Hannay.
Includes: -- NCX Navigation with links to all chapters and sections. -- Interactive Table of Contents. -- Interactive Index of Passages.
During the 4th and 5th centuries, thousands of Christian men and women withdrew to the deserts of...
Mysteries of the Bridechamber
The Initiation of Jesus and the Temple of Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Jesus was an initiate and adept of the ancient Judaic mysteries who strove to reinstate the tradition of the bridechamber sacrament in his time
• Shows that Jesus sought to establish equity of masculine and feminine in both spiritual practice and social traditions, particularly in the sacrament...
by David Potter
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
This year Christians worldwide will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of Constantine's conversion and victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity but that he did...
The Last Pope
Francis and the Fall of the Vatican
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Nearly a thousand years ago the Archbishop of Armagh, later canonised as St Malachy, made a series of prophecies that were hidden in the Vatican for 400 years. His predictions gave clues to the identities of the 109 Popes from medieval times to present day, including the final Pope who would oversee...
Band of Angels
The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
According to most recorded history, women in the ancient world lived invisibly. Piecing together their story from the few contemproary accounts that have survived required painstaking detective work by Cooper, but it renders the past and the present in a new light. Band of Angels tells the remarkable...