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Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 2

Early Modern

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John Tulloch - Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 2

In this second volume of his work on English rational theology in the seventeenth century, Tulloch describes the lives and works of the group of theologians known as the Cambridge Platonists. — Summary by Barry Ganong

Barry Ganong 12 hours 53 minutes

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Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks

Biography & Autobiography

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Ellen Walworth - Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she summoned the strength to assert her desire to become a Christian and to...

Carol Pelster 9 hours 26 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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G. K. Chesterton - St. Francis of Assisi

For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to...

Phil Chenevert 4 hours 50 minutes

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Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

Christianity - Biographies

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William S. Nelson - Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. In this short works, as the title suggests, he gives glimpses into his life as...

Larry Wilson and 9 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Louise Imogen Guiney - Blessed Edmund Campion

Saint Edmund Campion, S.J., (1540 – 1581) was an English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry to the persecuted Catholics of Elizabethan England, Campion was arrested by priest...

KevinS and 6 more 3 hours 48 minutes

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St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Christianity - Commentary

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Saint Bonaventure - St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Seeing himself as «unequal to so great a task», St. Bonaventure nevertheless endeavored to introduce his readers to the practice of «the most beneficial of all devout exercises, and that which is most capable of...

Eduardo 13 hours 1 minute

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Biography & Autobiography

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Frances Alice Forbes - Life of Saint Paul

A short biography of Saint Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, from the time of his persecution of the Christians to his martyrdom. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Larry Wilson and 4 more 2 hours 30 minutes

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War & Military

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William Richard Ward Stephens - Hildebrand and his Times

W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-1085), afterwards Pope Gregory VII, setting his life within the larger...

Pamela Nagami 5 hours 54 minutes

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Richard Raby - Pope Adrian IV; An Historical Sketch

Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159, pope 1154-1159) was the only English pope. Written by a Catholic in 1849, this biography of the pope appeared twenty years after the English Parliament passed “The Roman Catholic Relief...

David Wales 2 hours 38 minutes

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Antiquity

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Terrot R. Glover - Jesus of History

A collection of a series of lectures delivered while Glover was in India setting the life of Jesus into its historical context and seeing what lessons might be drawn from it. — Summary by SkyRider

Paul Mazumdar 7 hours 47 minutes

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Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth

Biography & Autobiography

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M. S. Pine - Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth

This brief sketch of the holy life and marvelous achievements of a great inheritor of the spirit of Saint Francis of Sales, Saint Don Bosco is intended only to stimulate souls to a wider study of this loving Apostle...

KevinS and 8 more 5 hours 7 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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J. Hudson Taylor - Retrospect

Join James Hudson Taylor on the God-led journey through his calling, time of preparation, and life work in China. This British Christian missionary founded China Inland Mission (CIM), now known as OMF International. —...

Larry Wilson and 3 more 3 hours 55 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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