Religion
- Explorations in Spiritual Mysticism
- Radical Voices on Faith and Power
- Philosophical Explorations of Faith
- Foundations of Christian Thought
- Puritan Reflections on Faith
- Foundational Texts of the Bible
The Smalcald Articles
The Smalcald Articles is a foundational text of Lutheran doctrine, penned by Martin Luther in 1537. Created for the Schmalkaldic League's me…
Institutes of the Christian Religion
At the head of the list of Calvin’s writings stands his great dogmatic treatise — the Institutes of the Christian Religion. In a very litera…
St. John Chrysostom on 1 Timothy
Timothy was one of the disciples of the Apostle Paul, who had a deep affection for him, writing, "You know the proof of him, that as a …
Hurlbut's Story of the Bible
Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …
To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the German Nobility, the C…
2 Timothy
2 Timothy is a poignant letter from the Apostle Paul to his young protégé, Timothy, offering guidance, encouragement, and a he…
The Defense of the Augsburg Confession
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was written by Philip Melanchthon during and after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg as a response to the Pon…
Explanation of Catholic Morals
A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals. The ten commandments, vice and virtue from the Catholic perspective.The cont…
Minor Prophets
A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of…
Paradise Regain'd
Having been publicly acknowledged as God's "beloved Son," Jesus retires to the desert to meditate upon what it means to be the Mes…
On the Duties of the Clergy
Composed about A.D. 391., this treatise of St. Ambrose may as well be called "Concerning Christian Virtues" as it practically offe…
The Song Celestial
This work is a unique rendering of the Bagavad Gita by a well known poet. It is faithful to the text and yet does not read like a translatio…
1, 2, & 3 John
The Authorized King James Version is an English translation by the Church of England of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1…
Treatise on Christ and Antichrist
In this late second century treatise, Hippolytus gives an excellent summary of Early Christian thinking on the subject of the antichrist. Fa…
Job
God permits "Satan," or in some translations "the adversary" or "the accuser," to put the virtue of Job to the…
First Communion Days
A collection of 12 true stories of young children during the time leading up to their First Holy Communion. Written by a Sister of Notre Dam…
Taittriyaka Upanishad
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1681). It is the third of the original …
A Romance of Two Worlds
The book starts with a young heroine telling her story of coping with a debilitating illness that includes depression and thoughts of suicid…
The Psalms and Odes of Solomon
One of the Pseudepigrapha, the Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen psalms (religious songs or poems) that are not part of any scriptura…