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St. Thomas of Canterbury is a historical book written by Aubrey de Vere in 1876. The book revolves around the life and times of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who became a martyr for the Catholic Church in the 12th century. The book delves into the political and religious turmoil of the time and how Becket's unwavering faith and courage led to his eventual death. De Vere's writing style is vivid and descriptive, painting a picture of the medieval world and the characters who inhabited it. The book is a fascinating look into the life of one of the most revered figures in Catholic history and the impact he had on the Church and the world around him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Papers on Anthropometry: The Growth of St. Louis Children and the Growth of Children (1894) is a book written by William Townsend Porter. The book is a collection of papers on the study of anthropometry, which is the scientific measurement of the human body. The papers focus on the growth of children, specifically the growth of St. Louis children, and provide detailed data on their physical development. The book is divided into several sections, each of which focuses on a different aspect of anthropometry. The first section provides an overview of the study of anthropometry and its importance in understanding human growth and development. The subsequent sections delve into more specific topics, such as the measurement of height and weight, the growth of the head and face, and the development of the teeth. The book also includes detailed charts and tables that provide a visual representation of the data collected. Overall, Papers on Anthropometry: The Growth of St. Louis Children and the Growth of Children (1894) is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the study of human growth and development.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

St. George's Key: A Tale For Boys is a novel written by William Edwin Coghlan. The story revolves around a young boy named Frank, who is sent to stay with his grandfather in a small village. Frank is a curious and adventurous boy who quickly becomes fascinated with the history of the village, particularly the legend of St. George and the dragon. As Frank explores the village and learns more about its history, he discovers a mysterious key that he believes is connected to the legend of St. George. With the help of his new friend, Tom, Frank sets out on a quest to uncover the secrets of the key and the legend of St. George. Along the way, Frank and Tom encounter various challenges and obstacles, including a group of bullies who are determined to stop them. However, with determination and bravery, the two boys overcome these challenges and ultimately unlock the secrets of the key and the legend of St. George. St. George's Key: A Tale For Boys is a thrilling adventure story that teaches important values such as bravery, determination, and perseverance. It is a perfect read for young boys who love adventure and mystery.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

""Vicissitudes Of Fort St. George"" is a historical book written by David Leighton. The book is a detailed account of the history of Fort St. George, which was established by the British East India Company in the 17th century in Chennai, India. The book covers the various vicissitudes that the fort underwent in its long history, including the wars and battles that were fought in and around the fort, the political and economic changes that affected the fort, and the cultural and social changes that the fort witnessed over the centuries. The book also provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the people who lived and worked in the fort, including the British officers, soldiers, and merchants, as well as the Indian servants and laborers. The author has used a variety of sources, including official records, diaries, letters, and memoirs, to reconstruct the history of the fort and to bring to life the people who lived there. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the British Empire in India, as well as for those interested in the history of Chennai and the Tamil Nadu region.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

If you've ever wished you could sit down and ask Saint Padre Pio, the famous stigmatist of the 20th century, some of the deepest questions of the human heart, now you can.With beautiful illustrations and topics ranging from simple queries about the role of angels to the cry of a soul seeking to understand the meaning of suffering, these meditations use the actual words of this sainted priest to answer your most intimate questions and reveal God's own messages of encouragement, exhortation, inspiration, and blessing.Padre Pio (1887-1968) was an internationally beloved Franciscan priest. From his home in Italy, he drew thousands of pilgrims who wished to obtain a blessing, experience healing, go to Confession, or be present at Mass celebrated by the sainted friar. He was canonized a saint on June 16, 2002.

This new story from the popular Vision Books series of saints lives for youth 9-15 years old is about the inspiring life of the great missionary to the Far East, St. Francis Xavier. After his wartorn boyhood in Navarre, Francis Xavier went to the University of Paris, determined to have a good time. He was interested in sports and became broadjumping champion of his college, and did not pay much attention to his studies. At first he scoffed at this fellow student, Ignatius Loyola, a former soldier who wanted to win the world for God. But Ignatius showed him that true champions are a far more heroic breed - those who risk their all to win the world for God. Francis joined Ignatius' followers, and became one of the first members of the Society of Jesus.Francis Xavier was selected by Ignatius to do missionary work in India. To all sixteenth-century travelers, a voyage from Portugal to India meant months of deadly peril from storms, pirates, and diseases. But to Father Francis Xavier, it also meant a chance to win the Orient for Jesus Christ. This great saint's eagerness to spread the Word of God involved him with the pearl divers of the Indian coast, the natives of Malaya and the Spice Islands, the cannibals of Morotni and the hostile feudal lords of ancient Japan. This book captures the true spirit of a daring man who braved the many dangers of India and Japan in amazing adventures of courage and faith.

This book tells the story of one of the Catholic Church's most lovable and loving saints, St. Philip Neri. Despite his wisdom and learning, he was a simple, childlike soul who never ceased, even in his old age, to make jokes and play with his many pets.

A cornerstone book on mystical theology, Interior Castle describes the seven stages of union with God. Using everyday language to explain difficult theological concepts, Teresa of Avila compares the contemplative life to a castle with seven chambers. Tracing the passage of the soul through each successive chamber, she draws a powerful picture of the path toward spiritual perfection. It is the most sublime and mature of Teresa's works, offering profound and inspiring reflections on such subjects as self-knowledge, humility, detachment, and suffering.One of the most celebrated works on mystical theology in existence, as timely today as when St. Teresa of Avila wrote it centuries ago, this is a treasury of unforgettable maxims on self-knowledge and fulfillment.

The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, one of the great masterpieces of the Christian canon, today continues to offer some of the most accessible and insightful guidance for going on retreat -- whether as a part of a group or by oneself. Based on the rich fruit of St. Ignatius' own meditations and practice, this guide for spiritual perfection has been treasured and faithfully used for centuries by members of the saint's Jesuit order and by millions more.Divided into four weeks of reflections and four key meditations -- on the Kingdom of God, the Two Standards (of Christ and Satan), the Three Classes of Men, and the Three Modes of Humility -- the whole retreat has at its center the emulation of Christ. Retreat masters, retreatants, and readers will benefit particualrly from Anthony Mottola's new translation, which renders the timeless masterpiece into language both accessible and faithful to St. Ignatius' original expression and spirit.The Exercises have been universally recognized as a brilliant and inspired guide to the development of a deeper Christian spirituality ever since St. Ignatius completed them in 1533. Great saints -- as well as countless religious and lay people -- have been spiritually shaped through their dedicated use. This four-week system of meditation and prayer continues to be the very backbone of Ignatian retreats, where earnest seekers come to examine their lives, contemplate the future, face decisions, and revitalize their souls. Both religious and lay people make Ignatian retreats to renew their Christian dedication and enthusiasm, but even those who cannot make such retreats have profited greatly from a careful reading of the Exercises.

Lloyd C. Douglas’ historiske roman "Mens jeg så ham dø" fortæller om Jesu korsfæstelse fra en usædvanlig synsvinkel. Den følger Marcellus, som er med til at arrangere selve korsfæstelsen, selvom han selv ser Jesus som uskyldig. Vi følger hans indre kamp, mens han modvilligt arbejder for at udføre den korsfæstelse, som han inderst inde ønsker at forhindre."Mens jeg så ham dø" er oprindeligt udgivet i 1942 og lå nummer ét på bestsellerlisten i USA i næsten et år. Oversættelse er fra 1944.Lloyd Cassel Douglas (1877-1951) var en amerikansk præst og forfatter, der opnåede stor popularitet i sin samtid. Han debuterede som forfatter i den modne alder af 50 år, men nåede at udgive et væld af romaner, som blev oversat til flere sprog, inden han døde som 73-årig.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Theologie - Historische Theologie, Kirchengeschichte, Note: 1,3, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Insitut für katholische Religion und ihre Didaktik), Veranstaltung: Bekehrungserfahrungen in der katholischen Kirche, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit möchte die Vielschichtigkeit und den Facettenreichtum von Mutter Teresa darstellen. Ihr Leben soll dazu unter biografischen Aspekten beleuchtet werden, um dann den Weg ihrer Bekehrung nachzeichnen zu können. Hierbei möchte ich besonders auf Lebensstationen und Aspekte eingehen, die in bisherigen Veröffentlichungen über das Leben der Mutter Teresa kaum beziehungsweise gar keine Relevanz hatten.Mutter Teresa ist eine der bekanntesten Heiligen des letzten Jahrhunderts und ein jeder erinnert sich an die kleine zierliche Frau aus Kalkutta, die ihr Leben den Armen opferte und es stets mit Freuden tat. Geboren als Tochter eines Handelsmannes widmete sie ihr Leben dem Glauben und folgte dem Ruf Gottes durch die Welt bis hin nach Kalkutta, wo sie sich dort mit ihrem eigenen Konvent ¿Missionaries of Charity¿, dem Orden der Schwestern der Nächstenliebe, ein Lebenswerk schaffte. Wer war Mutter Teresa eigentlich, deren Tod im Jahr 1997 weltweit Entsetzen auslöste und die seitdem verehrt wird wie kaum eine Heilige zuvor? Bekannt als Mutter der Armen, kennt man oft von ihr nur ihr starkes Engagement in der dritten Welt. Doch wer war sie wirklich und woher stammt ihr tiefer Glaube, der sie zu diesem Einsatz befähigte? Mutter Teresa war eine Frau, die ihre Kraft aus den beiden höchsten Gütern schöpfte, die ein Mensch besitzen kann: der Liebe und der Glaube zu Gott. Johannes Paul II, damaliger Papst, sagte bei ihrer Seligsprechung über ihre Person: ¿Von der Logik des Liebens und des Dienens getrieben hat sich Mutter Teresa von Kalkutta, die Gründerin der Missionare und Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe, leiten lassen, so dass nicht einmal Konflikte und Kriege sie aufhalten konnten. Sie war eine herausragende Dienerin der Armen, der Kirche und der ganzen Welt. Ihr Leben ist ein Zeugnis für die Würde und den Vorrang des demütigen Dienstes. Sie wollte nicht nur die Geringste, sondern die Dienerin der Geringsten sein¿.

In this book, Sunny Kuan-Hui Wang explores the relationship between sense perception and testimony in the Gospel of John. While Johannine scholars tend to focus on one or the other, she shows that sense perception and testimony are both significant and are used together with the intention of drawing readers into the narrative so that they become witnesses in an emotionally engaged way. It is argued that John's use of sense perception together with testimony is rooted in Jewish literature. Yet John also employs a Graeco-Roman rhetorical technique, enargeia , which appeals to the persuasive power of sense perception to make his narrative vivid. John does not downplay sense perception. Rather, he uses it in the context of testimony as a means of persuasion to draw the readers, in their imagination, into the experience of the first disciples and thus deeper into faith and witness.

From the inception of critical Jesus research, the questions of Jesus' understanding of his authority and his aims have been central to this field of inquiry. Up to this day, scholars are making efforts toward resolving those questions. This volume is a collection of contributions that were originally presented at the second Nordic Symposium on the Historical Jesus in Lund 2012. Researchers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden continue and broaden a conversation that was initiated in Turku 2010. The topics of Jesus' identity and aims are coupled under the concept of "mission," which includes his notion of being sent, the purposes that he aimed to fulfill, and the means of carrying out these purposes. Contributions to the volume discuss methodological problems, analyze proposals made in previous research, and suggest new understandings of various aspects of the mission of Jesus. Contributors: Jostein Ådna, Ville Auvinen, Renate Banschbach Eggen, Eve-Marie Becker, Per Bilde, Samuel Byrskog, Tobias Hägerland, Matti Kankaanniemi, Halvor Moxnes, Mogens Müller, Kari Syreeni

The hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was heavily influenced by Pauline theology and/or epistles was widespread in the nineteenth century, but fell out of favour for much of the twentieth century. In the last twenty years or so, however, this view has begun to attract renewed support, especially in English language scholarship. This major and important collection of essays by an international team of scholars seeks to move the discussion forward in a number of significant ways- tracing the history of the hypothesis from the nineteenth century to the modern day, searching for historical connections between these two early Christians, analysing and comparing the theology and christology of the Pauline epistles and the Gospel of Mark, and assessing their reception in later Christian texts. This major volume will be welcomed by those who are interested in the possible influence of the apostle to the Gentiles on the earliest Gospel.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "A lucid, intelligent page-turner" (Los Angeles Times) that challenges long-held assumptions about Jesus, from the host of Believer Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee, gathering followers to establish what he called the "Kingdom of God." The revolutionary movement he launched was so threatening to the established order that he was executed as a state criminal. Within decades after his death, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most enigmatic figures by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, Aslan describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction. He explores the reasons the early Christian church preferred to promulgate an image of Jesus as a peaceful spiritual teacher rather than a politically conscious revolutionary. And he grapples with the riddle of how Jesus understood himself, the mystery that is at the heart of all subsequent claims about his divinity. Zealot yields a fresh perspective on one of the greatest stories ever told even as it affirms the radical and transformative nature of Jesus' life and mission. Praise for Zealot "Riveting . . . Aslan synthesizes Scripture and scholarship to create an original account."-The New Yorker "Fascinatingly and convincingly drawn . . . Aslan may come as close as one can to respecting those who revere Jesus as the peace-loving, turn-the-other-cheek, true son of God depicted in modern Christianity, even as he knocks down that image."-The Seattle Times "[Aslan's] literary talent is as essential to the effect of Zealot as are his scholarly and journalistic chops. . . . A vivid, persuasive portrait."-Salon "This tough-minded, deeply political book does full justice to the real Jesus, and honors him in the process."-San Francisco Chronicle "A special and revealing work, one that believer and skeptic alike will find surprising, engaging, and original."-Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power "Compulsively readable . . . This superb work is highly recommended."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Willis Salier investigates the use of the term semeia and the narratives this term refers to in the rhetorical strategy of John's Gospel. The three poles of author, text and reader are considered. The study is more literary and socio-historical in flavour and bypasses previous discussions regarding sources, which have tended to dominate research on the semeia in the Fourth Gospel.First, he investigates the resonances that the term might have with an audience in the late first century. This part of the investigation concludes that the term helps to build a bridge between the conceptual background of the Gospel and the broader cultural foreground of its audience. It is also suggested that the term both draws on, and contributes to the prominent trial motif in the Gospel itself.Second, the semeia narratives are investigated for their place in the rhetorical strategy of the Gospel. It is concluded that they point to the identity of Jesus as the divine Messiah of God, illustrate the life that his ministry brings, and provide a subtle critique of other 'would be' lifegivers in the surrounding cultural milieu.

Vi kender ham med spids hale og horn i panden. Men hvem er Djævelen ifølge Bibelen?I Djævelen går Henrik Winther Nielsen i hælene på den gådefulde skikkelse. Fra slangen i Paradis, over Jobs ødelægger til fristeren, der møder Jesus med slagtilbud på magt.Bogen undersøger Djævelens forskellige roller og slår fast, at forståelsen af hans domæne – hvad Djævelen kan og vil – har betydning for opfattelsen af Gud. ”Kristologien må stemme overens med dæmonologien,” skriver forfatteren, når han argumenterer for at se Djævelen som mere end en kuriøs nichefigur i det bibelske univers.Læs bogen og få en genvej til Bibelens portræt af Djævelen.Henrik Winther Nielsen, f. 1972, er uddannet lærer og teolog fra henholdsvis Haslev Seminarium og Københavns Universitet. Siden 2008 sognepræst ved Frederiksborg Slotskirke i Hillerød. Han har bidraget til flere bøger og holder desuden foredrag med afsæt i den nudanske bibeloversættelse Bibelen 2020, til hvilken han bidrog til læsevejledningen ”Bibelen for begyndere”.

En af de mest kendte og udbredte levnedsskildringer af Frans af Assisis liv skrevet af Bonaventura i 1263.Frans af Assisi er blevet en af middelalderens mest fascinerende skikkelser. Gennem sin livsførelse og spiritualitet blev han den store inspirator, der allerede mens han levede fik tusindvis af efterfølgere. To klosterordner, en for mænd og en for kvinder, opstod efter ham. I en tid, hvor kristne og muslimer bekrigede hinanden på det grusomste, rejste han gennem krigsområdet til sultanen med et budskab om fred. Hans levned udgør også i dag en inspiration til fordybelse. Hans grav besøges hvert år af tusindvis af turister og pilgrimme fra hele verden, og i Assisi mødes repræsentanter fra forskellige religioner til bøn for fred.Den mest kendte og udbredte levnedsskildring af Frans’ liv er skrevet af Bonaventura. Bonaventura levede samtidig med Frans, og hans levnedsskildring blev den af kirken autoriserede skildring af Frans’ liv. Bonaventuras skildring er oversat af pastor Johannes Jong og tilføjet en introduktion, skrevet af pastor Lisbeth Mannerup Nielsen.

Thérèse af Lisieux (1873-97) var fransk karmelitnonne og døde af tuberkulose. I lydighed mod sin skriftefader nedskrev hun sin åndelige biografi, der er blevet en teologisk og spirituel klassiker, der udkom første gang i 1898 under titlen En sjæls historie. Her skildrer hun sin “lille vej” og sin forståelse af kærligheden som kristenlivets udgangspunkt, vej og mål.