Monatsarchive: Mai 2018

The Sacred Writings of Athenagoras

Publiziert am 30. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

The Sacred Writings of Athenagoras – Athenagoras

A Christian apologist of the second half of the second century of whom no more is known than that he was an Athenian philosopher and a convert to Christianity. Of his writings there have been preserved but two genuine pieces—his “Apology” or “Embassy for the Christians” and a “Treatise on the Resurrection”. Both treatises are included here.

The Sacred Writings of Athenagoras

The Sacred Writings of AthenagorasFormat: Paperback.

The Sacred Writings of Athenagoras.

ISBN: 9783849672058.

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Work and writings of St. Athenagoras (from wikipedia)

Although his work appears to have been well-known and influential, mention of him by other early Christian apologists, notably in the extensive writings of Eusebius, is strangely absent. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Moral Treatises

Publiziert am 30. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

The Moral Treatises – St. Augustine of Hippo

The moral treatises contain much that will instruct and interest the reader; while some views will appear strange to those who fail to distinguish between different ages and different types of virtue and piety. Augustine shared with the Greek and Latin fathers the ascetic preference for voluntary celibacy and poverty. He accepted the distinction which dates from the second century, between two kinds of morality: a lower morality of the common people, which consists in keeping the ten commandments; and a higher sanctity of the elect few, which observes, in addition, the evangelical counsels, so called, or the monastic virtues. He practiced this doctrine after his conversion. He ought to have married … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Homilies On The Epistle To The Hebrews

Publiziert am 27. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

The Homilies On The Epistle To The Hebrews – St. John Chrysostrom

John — whose surname “Chrysostom” occurs for the first time in the “Constitution” of Pope Vigilius (cf. P.L., LX, 217) in the year 553 — is generally considered the most prominent doctor of the Greek Church and the greatest preacher ever heard in a Christian pulpit. His natural gifts, as well as exterior circumstances, helped him to become what he was. This edition contains the 34 homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews.

The Homilies On The Epistle To The Hebrews

The Homilies On The Epistle To The Hebrews

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The Homilies On The Epistle To The Hebrews.

ISBN: 9783849672034.

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Biography of St. John Chrysostom (from wikipedia.com)

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2

Publiziert am 27. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2 – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. This edition is volume two out of four of Calvin’s commentaries on the four last books of Moses, arranged in the form of a harmony.

John Calvin's Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 2.

ISBN: 9783849672027.

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 1

Publiziert am 22. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 1 – John Calvin

Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. This edition is volume one out of four of Calvin’s commentaries on the four last books of Moses, arranged in the form of a harmony.

John Calvin's Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 1

John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 1

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John Calvin’s Bible Commentaries On The Harmony Of The Law Vol. 1.

ISBN: 9783849672010.

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Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 2 – Fort Henry To Corinth

Publiziert am 22. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 2 – Fort Henry To Corinth  – Manning Ferguson Force.

It is not too much to say that General Force has compressed into his volume more of the details of the campaigns of which he treats than are contained in any other volume of war history yet issued. His style is plain and condensed. He deals neither in criticisms nor praises, but so far as he covers the ground contents himself with stating the facts as presented in the wide range of reports, both Union and Confederate, which he has evidently studied with care.

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 2 - Fort Henry To Corinth

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 2 – Fort Henry To Corinth

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Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 1 – The Outbreak Of Rebellion

Publiziert am 18. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

Campaigns Of The Civil War Vol. 1 – The Outbreak Of Rebellion – John G. Nicolay.

John G. Nicolay (1832-1901) was an undeniably apt and brilliant choice to inaugurate the landmark Campaigns of the Civil War series. Private secretary to President Lincoln and coauthor (with John Hay) of the monumental, ten-volume Lincoln biography, Nicolay experienced the Civil War from a unique vantage point: living in the White House, witnessing the many momentous events and minor wranglings, sharing the nation’s trauma with Lincoln, and winning his open confidence. It is Nicolay’s firsthand knowledge and personal observations of the key figures that imbue The Outbreak of Rebellion (1881) with immediacy and thrust. Here is the secession fever that swept the South; Lincoln’s … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Pickle The Spy – The Incognito Of Prince Charles

Publiziert am 18. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

Pickle The Spy – The Incognito Of Prince Charles – Andrew Lang

This is the peculiar title of a book that is making something of a literary sensation. This brilliant study of the betrayal and extinction of Jacobitism has triumphantly solved a mystery which once baffled all Europe. History has so far sought in vain to follow the wanderings and intrigues of Prince Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, after his expulsion from France in the last days of 1748. “From this time forward,” says Lord Stanhope, writing of the time when the Prince quitted Avignon early in 1749, “his proceedings during many years are wrapped in mystery; all his correspondence passed through the hands of Mr. Walters”–according to Mr. Lang … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Mardi: And A Voyage Thither

Publiziert am 17. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

Mardi: And A Voyage Thither – Herman Melville

Mardi is, unlike Melville’s typically autobiographical novels, a work of pure fiction. Like in Typee and Omoo the work narrates the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. What is new, however, is Mardi’s highly philosophical touch.

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Mardi: And A Voyage Thither

Mardi: And A Voyage Thither

Mardi: And A Voyage Thither.

ISBN: 9783849671976.

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A short overview of Mardi (from Wikipedia):

Mardi is Melville’s first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators; his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like Typee and Omoo) the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Publiziert am 17. Mai 2018 von Jazzybee

Journey To The Center Of The Earth – Jules Verne

In the spring of 1863 Professor Lidenbrock finds a secret, runic manuscript, that was written by an Icelandic alchemist hundreds of years before. It tells about a journey to the center of the earth which this alchemist claims to have made. Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel and their guide Hans decide to follow this route into a secret subterranean world … An adventure classic for the past hundred and several hundred more years to come!

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Journey To The Center Of The Earth

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Journey To The Center Of The Earth.

ISBN: 9783849671969.

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