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Journal Articles: Christianity OCRT: Christianity
The ScripturesHypertext Bible IndexThe King James Bible The Vulgate (Latin Bible) The Apocrypha Bible CommentaryThe Complete Sayings of Jesusby Arthur Hinds, int. by Norman Vincent Peale [1927] Read everything Jesus says in the New Testament in one sitting. Gnosticism, etc.There is now a separate Gnosticism Index. Pistis SophiaTranslated by G.R.S. Mead [1921]. Corpus Hermeticum Translated by G.R.S. Mead The Hymn of Jesus, Echoes from the Gnosis tr. by G.R.S. Mead [1907]. Gnostic John the Baptizer Selections from the Mandæan John-Book, tr. by G.R.S. Mead [1924]. Note: While the Mandaeans are not Christians, this text is important for the study of Gnostic beliefs -- editor. The Book of Giants A fragmentary Manichaean text. Apocrypha Arabica by Margaret Dunlop Gibson [1901] Early ChristianThe Gospel of Thomas [ca. 200 C.E.]The Lord's Prayer Hail Mary (Ave Maria) The Apostles' Creed Nicene Creed The Athanasian Creed Works of St. Augustine The Confessions of Saint Augustine (401 C.E.) by St. Augustine, tr. by Edward Bouverie Pusey [1909-14] Writings of the Early Church Fathers Thanks to the Christian Classics Ethereal Library The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite (ca. 400 C.E.) by Dionysius the Areopagite, tr. by John Parker [1897] A very early Christian mystic writer with Neoplatonist influences. Eastern ChurchesThe Book of the BeeEdited and translated by E. A. Wallis Budge [1886] A Nestorian Christian sacred history. The Book of the Cave of Treasures translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge [1927] The Kebra Nagast tr. by E. A. Wallis Budge [1932] The legendary history of Ethiopia. Mediaeval, Renaissance and ReformationBede's Ecclesiastical History of England (731)by Bede, ed. by A.M. Sellar [1907] Works of St. Anselm (b. 1033 d. 1109) by St. Anselm of Canterbury, tr. by Sidney Norton Deane [1903] A medieval Italian scholar who originated the ontological argument for the existence of God. The Love Letters of Abelard and Heloise (1128) Tr. by Anonymous, edited by Israel Gollancz and Honnor Morten [1901] The tragic romance of two top Christian intellectuals in 12th century France. The Story of My Misfortunes: The Autobiography of Peter Abelard Tr. by Henry Adams Bellows [1922] The Writings of St. Francis of Assisi (b. 1181 d. 1226) by Paschal Robinson [1905] Includes the Canticle of the Sun, a moving prayer of praise to "Brother Sun, Sister Moon." The Little Flowers of St. Francis Trans. by W. Heywood [1906] The legends of St. Francis and the early Franciscans. Summa Theologica (1265-1274) by St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. by The Fathers of the English Dominican Province [1948] An encylopedia-length work which deals with every concievable aspect of Catholic theology. The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage by Jan van Ruysbroeck, (b. 1293 d. 1381) tr. by C. A. Wynschenk Dom, ed. by Evelyn Underhill [1916] Writings of an influential Flemish Christian mystic. The Divine Comedy (1306-21) by Dante Alighieri, tr. by Henry F. Cary, [1888] The Cloud of Unknowing (ca. 1400) by Anonymous, ed. by Evelyn Underhill [1922] Meditations of an anonymous 14th century Christian mystic. Imitation of Christ (ca. 1418) by Thomas a Kempis, tr. by William Benham [1886] A contemplative classic of Christian mysticism. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola (composed 1522-1524, published 1548) by St. Ignatius of Loyola, tr. by Elder Mullan [1909] A plan of contemplation to be carried out over about a month, by the founder of the Jesuits. Texts of Martin Luther (b. 1483 d. 1546) Texts of John Calvin (b. 1509 d. 1564) Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe [ca. 1560] Synod of Dordrecht [1618-9] Heidelberg Catechism The Second Helvetic Confession Church Order (Reformed Churches of the Netherlands) [1618-9] Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands Westminster Shorter Catechism [1674] The Westminster Confession of Faith Westminster Larger Catechism The Works of Stephen Charnock by Stephen Charnock [1629-1690] Theological works of an important Puritan Divine. Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained by John Milton [1667 and 1671] Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan [1678] The classic Christian allegory of spiritual redemption. Bunyan by James Anthony Froude [1901] A biography of the author of Pilgrim's Progress. Angelus Silesius Selections from The Cherubinic Wanderer trans. with intro. by J. E. Crawford Flitch [1932] Alexandrines: translated from the "Cherubinischer Wandersmann", Julia Bilger [1944] The Interior Castle or, The Mansions, by St. Teresa of Avila [1921] A roadmap to mystical union with God. Ordinary of the Mass [1921] [Latin and English] The core text of the Catholic liturgy, in parallel Latin and English. ModernUnitarian ChristianityBy William Ellery Channing [1819] New England Primer [1843] Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ by William Miller [1842] Miller predicted that Jesus would return in 1844. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich [1843] The primary source for the movie 'The Passion of the Christ.' The Great Controversy by Ellen G. White [1858] One of the earliest documents of the movement which became the Seventh-day Adventists. Notes on the Book of the Revelation by John Nelson Darby [1876] (2nd ed.) The Man of Sorrows by John Nelson Darby [no date (pre-1882)] Hymns of the Eastern Church by J. Neale [1884] (5th ed.) A rich selection of Byzantine hymns. Shaker documents The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicolas Notovitch, trans. by J. H. Connelly and L. Landsberg [1890] Did Jesus spend his lost years in India? The Baltimore (Catholic) Catechism [1891] Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler, John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Bros. ed.) [1894] 400 Catholic Saints' days from around the year Jesus An Essene by Edward Planta Nesbit [1895] Was Jesus a member of the group which cached the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Doctrine of the Last Things by W.O.E. Oesterley [1908] Eschatology for everyone. The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life by Henry Churchill King [1908] Jesus, the Last Great Initiate by Edouard Schuré, tr. by F. Rothwell [1908] The historical context of Jesus, and the esoteric significance of his teachings. Folk-lore of the Holy Land by J. E. Hanauer [1909] Moslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy [1910] John Wesley's Place in History by Woodrow Wilson [1915] The Book of Revelation by Clarence Larkin [1919] The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ by Levi H. Dowling [1920] The Gist of Swedenborg by Julian K. Smyth and William F. Wunsch [1920] The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's 'City of God' by John Neville Figgis [1921] Human Nature in the Bible by William Lyon Phelps [1922] Pageant of the Popes by John Farrow [1942] Two thousand years of papal history in one continuous narrative. The Trial of Christ by David K. Breed [1948] Could Jesus have been acquitted on a technicality? The Theological Declaration of Barmen [1934] The (Episcopal) Book of Common Prayer [1979] External Sites
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