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For Love of Piano and Friends intertwines stories of personal growth, triumph over tragic family histories, and the exploration of the burial linen & sudarium of Christ throughout history, as well as the Sacred Line of the Archangel - all in the context of the healing power of love, friendship and... classical piano.
Chiappelli's novel explores personalities, friendships, triumphs and tragedies within the context of Christian narrative and lore. Readers...
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Written as a historical narrative, Pope Alexander's Last Travel relates the story of an individual, who happens to be Pope Alexander V, as he is forced into a perilous crossing of snow-capped mountains with his papal Court in early Spring 1410. It focuses on the human story of the man, as it might have been, constructed about the historical facts that are known to all and well established in scholarly documents and original records.
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Martin Luther's Small and Large Catechisms are important tools in teaching the Christian faith to both young and old. In commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, St. Polycarp Publishing House is pleased to release this unique public domain edition of the Catechisms. This combined edition of Luther's Catechisms uses a modernized version of the public domain English translation from the 1921 edition of Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical...
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Under what authority does the Pope reign over the Roman Catholic Church? What are the ecclesiastical and theological underpinnings of the papacy? How did early Christians view the authority of the Roman bishop?
Dr. Brattston answers these questions by examining Biblical and early Christian sources from the first three centuries of the Church. Wherever you stand on the issue, you will be informed, enlightened, and challenged by the evidence presented.
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What did people living around the time of Jesus of Nazareth really believe and say about him? Is he the Christ, the promised Savior? Did he really die and then rise from the dead?
This book answers these questions by examining the New Testament's record of Jesus, looking at Old Testament prophecies concerning the Christ, and exploring the writings of early Christian and non-Christian authorities.
The Christian faith stands or falls depending on...
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St. Polycarp was the Christian bishop of Smyrna in the second century AD. He was taught by the Apostle John himself, therefore representing the next generation of Christians after the Apostles. He in turn taught St. Irenaeus who would become bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyon in France).
In 155 AD, Polycarp was martyred in the arena at Smyrna by the Roman authorities.
This edition in the St. Polycarp Church Fathers Series contains St....
8) Tertullian's Defense of the Christian Faith: Edited with Notes and Commentary by Rev. Aaron Simms
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Tertullian was a Christian writer who lived in the Roman province of Africa at the end of the second century and beginning of the third century AD. He wrote his Apology or "Defense of the Christian Faith", during the joint rule of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus with his imperial peer Caracalla (around 200 AD). Tertullian's work presents a classic defense of Christians and their faith in the face of Roman persecution.
This edition in the St. Polycarp...
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Athenagoras of Athens was a Christian writer, who lived in the Roman empire from approximately 133 to 190 AD. He was well-versed in Greek philosophy and may have been a Platonist philosopher prior to his conversion to the Christian faith.
This edition in the St. Polycarp Church Fathers Series presents Athenagoras' two extant works: Embassy for the Christians and On the Resurrection of the Dead. Within these two treatises, Athenagoras provides a well-reasoned...
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Justin Martyr was a mid-second century Christian writer. A Greek-speaking Gentile, he was born in Flavia Neapolis (present day Nablus) in Samaria and was martyred around 165 AD in Rome. In approximately 150 AD, he wrote his First and Second Apologies as defenses of the Christian faith. Justin addressed the First Apology to the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and his sons Lucius and Verissimus (better known as Marcus Aurelius); the Second Apology was...
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The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Medical Doctor Examines the Death and Resurrection of Christ
This ground-breaking work offers a unique apologetical argument for the validity of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' death and resurrection. Dr. Bergeron's medical expertise allows him to examine the medical aspects of Jesus' death and as well as the "hallucination hypothesis" which attempts to discount Jesus' resurrection.
This book explores the following areas:
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A simple, straightforward overview of the Christian faith perfect for those curious about Christianity, those new to the faith, or simply those, who wish to reacquaint themselves with the essentials.
I have often wished that there was, a little book I could give to people, which would explain the Christian faith to them in a simple, straightforward way. The fact is that there are a great many books about Christianity. Some dive deep into the history...
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Having taught elementary–aged Sunday School students for many years, Sandee Freese realized that most curricula usually just teach individual stories of the Bible, without connecting them to God's overall plan of redemption through Jesus, the Messiah, our Savior. This disconnect has caused generations to be denied the depth and breadth of the Scriptures which would anchor their faith in times of testing. Could this be one reason why so many of our...
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This work provides an account of American Conservatism's Journey from church to state through nearly six decades. The author's personal experience and study have combined to create this analysis of modern American denominations. The book observes the growth of ecclesiastical and political conservatism, as a plant with roots in the Reformation that sprouted and has spread its seeds into the twenty-first century. The imagery of travel and nature is,...
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G. K. Chesterton's Heretics was first, published in 1905, with Orthodoxy following in 1908. Chesterton viewed them as companions to one another, as Orthodoxy was, written as a response to criticism he had received for Heretics. For while Heretics presents the negative view of Chesterton's beliefs, Orthodoxy presents the positive; in a sense, Heretics contains the anathemas while Orthodoxy contains the canons. Orthodoxy is therefore an apology, or...
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Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history to examine this "Spalding Enigma."
The authors have spent decades collecting and analyzing evidence to conclude that The Book of Mormon is, an "adaptation of an obscure, historical...
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In this extensively researched work, Dr. Derengowski examines the parallels between Muhammad and Joseph Smith, Jr. as well as the religions they started, Islam and Mormonism. Follow along as he looks at the fascinating similarities between these two men and the communities and beliefs they founded. The three main sections of the book examine their spiritual parallels, revelational parallels, and relational parallels. An extensive appendix follows...
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