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Self-serving lacky, self-deceiving puppet, Swiss Protestant partisan, or sensible Erasmian humanist: which, if any, was Thomas Cranmer? For centuries historians have offered often bitterly contradictory answers. Although Cranmer was a key participant in the changes to...
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OUP Oxford
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2001-04-06
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A monumental new history of Christianity from its beginnings as a persecuted cult, up to its present day international diversity. 'A model of condensation without simplification' - J.M Coetzee 'Clear and balanced.A triumph of compression... invaluable as a work of...
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Penguin
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2001-04-05
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This book considers the ideological development of English Catholicism in the sixteenth century, from the complementary perspectives of history, theology, and literature. Lucy Wooding argues that Erasmian humanism had laid the foundations for Catholic reformation in...
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Clarendon Press
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2000-10-19
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In this first historical study of High-Medieval Iceland to be published in English, Dr Vesteinsson investigates the influence of the Christian Church on the formation of the earliest state structures in Iceland, from the conversion in 1000 to the union with Norway in...
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OUP Oxford
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2000-05-18
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This book contains eleven essays, prefaced by a general introduction, on a set of related themes: the characteristic traits and diverse functions of holy men; the fashioning of saints out of a small minority of holy men and a number of other individuals of high social...
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OUP Oxford
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2000-01-07
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This book addresses several dimensions of the transformation of English Nonconformity over the course of an important century in its history. It begins with the question of education for ministry, considering the activities undertaken by four major evangelical...
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Oxford University Press
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1998-12-31
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Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Owen Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian...
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Clarendon Press
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1998-04-17
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This book addresses the role of religion in the massive political changes that took place in Eastern Europe in 1989. In particular, it examines the role played by the East German church in that country's bloodless revolution. Although some scholars and political...
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Oxford University Press
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1997-09-25
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This book contributes to the small but growing literature on the interaction between religion and power in antiquity. Edwards focusses on the eastern "Greek" provinces in the first and second centuries A.D.--the period during which Christianity, Judaism, and numerous...
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Oxford University Press
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1996-09-12
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Arianism has always been regarded as the archetypal heresy. It did affirm the divinity of Christ as the Son of God, but, unlike orthodoxy, it regarded the divinity as secondary and inferior to that of the Father, the one supreme God. Recently many scholars have...
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OUP Oxford
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1996-08-08
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The French Revolution dealt a fatal blow to the alliance of Church and State.The Christian church had to adapt to great changes - from the social upheavals of the Industrial Revolution to the philosophical speculations of Kant's 'Copernican revolution', to Darwin's...
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Penguin
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1990-11-29
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This book describes the role of the medieval Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (c.600-c.1453). As an integral part of its policy it was (as in western Christianity) closely linked with many aspects of everyday life both official and otherwise. It was a formative...
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OUP Oxford
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1986-04-25
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Owen Chadwick describes the effects of the European Revolution of 1789 to 1815 on the Papacy, and compares Catholic Church of the ancient régime to that of the early nineteenth century. The book shows how strongly the Counter-Reformation still worked in Italy during the...
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Clarendon Press
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1980-03-05
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The Wingfold Trilogy by George MacDonald is a profound and inspiring exploration of faith, doubt, redemption, and spiritual transformation. As one of the most influential Christian novelists of the 19th century, MacDonald masterfully blends deep theological reflection...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2025-04-05
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In "Gospel Hope for Anxious Hearts: Trading Fear and Worry for the Peace of God," Charles Spurgeon addresses the pervasive struggles of anxiety and fear through a gospel-centered lens. This insightful work offers practical and spiritual remedies for common issues like...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-13
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In "The Holy Spirit's Threefold Conviction of Men," Charles Spurgeon elaborates on the multifaceted role of the Holy Spirit in convicting individuals of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Spurgeon explains that the Holy Spirit first convicts people of their sinfulness...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-13
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"The Necessity of the Spirit's Work" by Charles Spurgeon underscores the essential role of the Holy Spirit in the process of spiritual transformation. Spurgeon highlights that human efforts alone cannot achieve true conversion or sanctification; it is the Holy Spirit...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-13
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In "The Holy Spirit's Chief Office," Charles Spurgeon elucidates the primary role of the Holy Spirit in glorifying Jesus Christ. Spurgeon emphasizes that the Holy Spirit’s foremost function is to reveal Christ to believers, making His presence and work more evident in...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-13
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"Knowing the Holy Spirit: Ten Classic Sermons" by Charles Spurgeon offers profound insights into the work and person of the Holy Spirit. This collection features ten powerful sermons, including “The Pentecostal Wind and Fire” and “The Spirit of Bondage and Adoption,”...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
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2024-08-12
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“The object of these few pages is not to recount once more the history of the Revolution: that can be followed in any one of a hundred text-books. Their object is rather to lay, if that be possible, an explanation of it before the English reader; so that he may...
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Rare Treasure Editions
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2024-04-05
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