Archiv der Kategorie: The Sacred Books (English)

The Heidelberg Catechism

Publiziert am 19. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Heidelberg Catechism – Zacharius Ursinus

The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers. It is commonly used in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine and is widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Reformed catechisms. The Catechism is divided into fifty-two sections, called “Lord’s Days,” which were designed to be taught on each of the 52 Sundays of the year. The Synod of Heidelberg approved the catechism in 1563.

The Heidelberg Catechism

The Heidelberg Catechism

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The Heidelberg Catechism.

ISBN: 9783849678142

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History of the Heidelberg Catechism (from wikipedia)

Elector Frederick III, sovereign of the Electoral Palatinate from 1559 to 1576, commissioned the composition … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Gospel of Buddha

Publiziert am 19. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Gospel of Buddha – Paul Carus

The best evidence that this book characterizes the spirit of Buddhism correctly can be found in the welcome it has received throughout the entire Buddhist world. It has even been officially introduced in Buddhist schools and temples of Japan and Ceylon. The eminent feature of the work is its grasp of the difficult subject and the clear enunciation of the doctrine of the most puzzling problem of tman, as taught in Buddhism. So far as we have examined the question of tman ourselves from the works of the Southern canon, the view taken by Dr. Paul Carus is accurate, and we venture to think that it is not opposed to the doctrine of … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Ritual of Transcendental Magic

Publiziert am 18. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Ritual of Transcendental Magic – Eliphas Levi

This work is in two parts: in the first one, called “The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic”, we establish the kabalistic and magical doctrine in its entirety; this here, the second part, is consecrated to the cultus, that is, to Ceremonial Magic. The one is that which the ancient sages termed the Clavicle, the other that which people on the country-side still call the Grimoire. The numbers and subjects of the chapters which correspond in both parts, are in no sense arbitrary, and are all indicated in the great universal key, of which we give for the first time a complete and adequate explanation. Let this work now go its way where it … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies

Publiziert am 17. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies – Andrew Lang

Mr. Lang’s book is the most curious imaginable. Written in 1691 by a Scotch divine, it is nothing less than a calm assumption of the existence at that time of a commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies, whose government, habits, etc., are minutely described upon the authority of “Men of Second Sight” (it is not clear whether the author himself was one of these by virtue of bis being a seventh son), the method of obtaining which gift is also carefully explained. These fairies are of a middle nature between man and angel; they inhabit subterranean abodes, which they change at each quarter of the year. “They are distributed … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Star of Bethlehem. Old Testament shadows of New Testament truths

Publiziert am 17. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Star of Bethlehem. Old Testament shadows of New Testament truths – Lyman Abbott

The Old Testament is more full of parables than the New. Its history is prophetic. Its stories are parables in real life. The chronicles of Israel are full of God’s foreshadowings of the redemption of the world. From the Fall in Eden to the restoration of the Jews under Ezra, there are, all along the way, fingerposts that point to the Cross of Christ. Their inscriptions are sometimes so plain that the wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein. They are sometimes so obscured that the heedless traveler notes them not. These finger-posts Iare what the author seeks to decipher, these parables to interpret. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Ten Theophanies

Publiziert am 17. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Ten Theophanies – William M. Baker

The author of this book is better known by his novels than by his religious writings. If he carries his vivid and illuminating imagination into a work so different in its nature from these, as the one before us, the result is certainly to aid in the production of a more attractive and more striking presentment of his subject. The object of The Ten Theophanies is fully set forth in the remainder of the title. As according with the nine Avatars in the Brahmin theology, of which Vischnu was the ninth and most eloquent, we have here a similar presentation of Christ as he appears in the predictions and resemblances of the Old Testament. … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Ancient Egypt – Light Of The World, Volume 1

Publiziert am 12. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

Ancient Egypt – Light Of The World, Volume 1 – Gerald Massey

No one ever understood the mythology and Ritual of Ancient Egypt so well as Gerald Massey since the time of the Ancient Philosophers of Egypt. This book is one of the best when it comes down to Egyptian mythology, occultism and interpretation. It’s a standard work no one wants to miss. This is volume one out of two.

Ancient Egypt - Light Of The World, Volume 1

Ancient Egypt – Light Of The World, Volume 1

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Ancient Egypt – Light Of The World, Volume 1.

ISBN: 9783849678906

 

Basics on the ancient Egyptian deities (from wikipedia.com)

Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding these gods … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr

Publiziert am 11. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr

Justin Martyr was a Christian apologist, born at Flavia Neapolis, about A.D. 100, who converted to Christianity about A.D. 130, taught and defended the Christian religion in Asia Minor and at Rome and he suffered martyrdom about the year 165. Among other writings this volume contains: The First Apology of Justin, The Second Apology of Justin, Dialogue of Justin, Justin’s Hortatory Address to the Greeks, The Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs …

The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr

The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr

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The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr.

ISBN: 9783849679002

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Short biography of Justin Martyr (from wikipedia)

Saint Justin, also known as Justin Martyr (Greek: Ιουστίνος ο Μάρτυρας, Latin: … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Acts of the Apostles

Publiziert am 9. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Acts of the Apostles – Ellen Gould White

The fifth book of the New Testament has been known from ancient times as The Acts of the Apostles; but this title cannot be found in the book itself. One of the earliest manuscripts, the Codex Sinaiticus, gives as the title the simple word Acts, with no mention of the apostles. There is a reason for this. Acts was intended to be more than a brief history of the service rendered by the twelve disciples, much more than the principal events in the lifework of its four leading characters, Peter, James, John, and Paul. The Acts of the Apostles was one of the last books written by Ellen G. White. It … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Sutta-Nipata

Publiziert am 7. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Sutta-Nipata – Michael Viggo Fausboell

The Sutta Nipata is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas consist largely of verse, though some also contain some prose. It is divided into five sections: Uraga Vagga, Cula Vagga, Maha Vagga, Atthaka Vagga and Parayana Vagga. Some scholars consider this the oldest of all Buddhist scriptures.

The Sutta-Nipata

The Sutta-Nipata

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The Sutta-Nipata.

ISBN: 9783849679279

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Basics on the Sutta Nipata (from wikipedia.com)

The Sutta Nipata (literally, “Suttas falling down”) is a Buddhist scripture, a sutta collection in the Khuddaka Nikaya, part of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. All its suttas, thought … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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