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Age of Martyrs, The In The Age of Martyrs, Abbot Ricciotti records the epochal events of Roman history from the rise of Diocletian to the death of Constantine the Great, a period which witnessed the last and greatest of the 10 persecutions of the Christians by the Roman government. |
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Apostolic Origins of Priestly Celibacy This is the definitive scholarly statement on the discipline of priestly celibacy in the Church East and West. What Cochini shows through patristic sources and conciliar documentation is that from the beginning of the Church, although married men could be priests, they were required to vow to celibacy before ordination, meaning they intended to live a life of continence. He provides extensive documentation, a bibliography and an index. |
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Church and State in Early Christianity Fr. Hugo Rahner, a renowned church historian, presents for the first time in English a very clear and readable study of the relationship of the Church and State during the first eight centuries. From being persecuted, to tolerated, to being mandated as the Empire's official religion, the Church encountered, during those early centuries, in principle all the forms of the Church-State relationship she could face in the future. |
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Church History A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day. From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. A story of the Church unparalleled in its scope, depth, variety and impact, and a book all Catholics should read. |
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First Christmas, The Every Christmas Day throughout the world, we rise reverently to hear with wondering awe the beautiful Gospel of the Nativity. This is the rest of the story. Here a research expert in the field of sacred history recreates the story of the Nativity, highlighting it with interesting facts about life in Palestine at the time of Our Lord’s birth. |
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Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words Four ancient Christian writers—four witnesses to early Christianity —left us an extensive body of documentation on this vital subject, and this book brings their fascinating testimony to life for modern believers. With all the power and drama of a gripping novel, this book is a journey of discovery of ancient and beautiful truths through the lives of four great saints of the early Church—Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyons |
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Julian the Apostate Flavius Claudius Julianus (331-363), known to history as "Julian the Apostate," is one of the most interesting Roman Emperors (361- 363), and his life is one of the most fascinating in all of ancient history. (There is more accurate historical information about him than about any other Emperor.) |
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Primitive Church, The The Church in the Days of the Apostles. How the Catholic Church got started. Covers Sts. Peter and Paul, first Popes, the written and unwritten word, Council of Jerusalem, persecutions, religious life of early Christians, early popes and martyrs, birth of the New Testament. |
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St. Laurence & The Holy Grail Janice Bennett acquaints the reader with the enthralling story of the Holy Chalice, the renowned relic that embarked from the Last Supper on an amazing pilgrimage that providentially ended in the Cathedral of Valencia, a miraculous odyssey that has been characterized by danger, greed, martyrdom and fire. It is a fascinating and captivating account that will dispel forever the erroneous notion that the famous relic was ever lost. The mythical Quest for the Holy Grail is now over. |
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St. Peter and the First Years of Christianity The early Church: we know more than most people think. And one reason is we had scholars who could write as compellingly as Fr. Fouard. Next to the period of Our Lord's earthly life, the apostolic age that followed was -- and is -- the richest and most revealing for Christians. It was then that the blueprint for living the Gospels was drawn. |
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Story of the Three Kings, The Written in Chaucerian English, this book was published by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1950s, but written down six hundred years ago. It tells the ancient story of the Magi, and is beautifully illustrated with 58 medieval wood-cuts. |
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Upon This Rock St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church. This book contains the most complete compilation of Scriptural and Patristic quotations on the primacy of Peter and the Papal office of any book available. It has over 500 footnotes with supporting evidence from Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and non-Christian authorities. |
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2010 Traditional Catholic CalendarWall calendar for 2009 based on the traditional Catholic liturgical feasts. Beautifully printed with a unique picture each month, easy to read, and with none of the changes to the calendar forced in by the modernist in the 1950s and 60s. The perfect calendar for every Catholic home.
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 Blood-Red Crescent, TheWhen Pope Pius V calls for the creation of a Holy League of men and ships to face down the Moslem armada, Guido vows to join the fight: for his family, for his city, for his Faith. And although his father tells him he’s too young for war, soon he’s caught up in a whirlwind of knights and nobles, bloody battles and arduous journeys.
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 How to Tell Stories to ChildrenLet Sara Cone Bryant, beloved chidren's author from the early 20th century, teach you how to recapture the pleasures of that simpler age by introducing your family to the joys of stories told, which, she demonstrates, are more delightful to children --- and better for them --- even than stories read aloud.
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 Islam at the GatesHistorian Diane Moczar pulls back the curtain on one of the most important acts in the drama of Muslim aggression against the West: the 500-year-long siege of Europe by the Ottoman Turks, with their eventual repulsion and final defeat.
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 Meet MaryMeet Mary, from Marian expert Mark Miravall, tells you everything the Bible says about the Blessed Mother, what the early Christians believed, and all of the Church’s key Marian teachings these past 2,000 years. Soon, you’ll turn to Mary with your cares and joys; in sorrows you’ll experience her gentle embrace. You’ll also become a better disciple of Jesus, for the Son commands us to imitate him in all things — including perfect love of his mother.
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 One Man, One WomanFrom global conferences to tiny parish gatherings, pro-family advocate Dale O’Leary has traveled the world defending marriage against radical activists intent on rewriting its age-old definition. Now, in One Man, One Woman, the first book of its kind written for Catholics, O’Leary shares her knowledge and experience of every facet of the gay-marriage debate.
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 One-Minute Apologist, TheRenowned Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong (author of A Biblical Defense of Catholicism and The Catholic Verses) has assembled over sixty of the claims and arguments that Protestants (of all stripes) most frequently level against the Church. As a convert, Armstrong responds in terms Protestants can understand and appreciate.
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 Saints for SinnersChrist came not to call saints but to make them — often out of weak, stupid, and sinful men. That’s why the saints are not only models of holiness for us to imitate; they’re reminders that God’s grace can outshine every human flaw. As Alban Goodier’s classic Saints for Sinners shows us, even the greatest saints had to battle the same stubborn vices, temptations of the flesh, and bouts of spiritual dryness that afflict you and me today.
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 The Tripods AttackNovel about a young G.K. Chesterton, with his friends H.G. Wells, Fr. Brown, and the mysterious Doctor, as they struggle to save the world. This is the first volume of a delightfully inventive fiction series for teens to adults that re-imagines the famous Catholic author Chesterton as a young man living in an alternate Edwardian age of steam-driven wonders.
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 What Is The Bible?Some people look at the Bible and see a collection of stories that teach us how to live good and happy lives. Others regard it more as a historical record of the Jewish and Christian peoples. Still others prefer to stress that Scripture is nothing less than the voice of God revealed to mankind. In this classic work you will discover that the Bible is all of these things, and more.
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