The Death Penalty for Heresy from 1184 to 1921 AD by George Coulton
“Between schism and heresy, as Aquinas himself argues, the difference is often merely a difference of words; and he maintains that the schismatic, like the heretic, may be punished not only with excommunication but also the secular arm (death).” -from the Introduction
28 May 2024
A Man Spoke, The World Listened: The Story of Walter A. Maier
“The voice had an extraordinary range, for each week it was heard around the world. In Shanghai it introduced a Chinese highway engineer to Christianity. In Illinois it caused a woman who as driving to an illicit tryst to make a U-turn on the highway. In Poland it preached anything but party line to a Communist functionary. And to millions of others across the earth, the voice had become a Sunday institution.” From the Prologue.
29 Apr 2024
Road to Reformation: Martin Luther to the Year 1521 by Heinrich Boehmer
A psychologically oriented history of Martin Luther.
1 Apr 2024
Martyrs of the Reformation by Merle D'Aubigne
“The personal sketches contained in this volume… constitute a notable gallery of religious portraits. They cannot but be read with the deepest interest. - From the Introduction Of note are Wolsey’s Victim’s, William Tyndale, and Luther: His Triumph in Death
5 Feb 2024
History of Protestantism Vol. 3 by James Aitken Wylie
“Protestantism… penetrates into the heart and renews the individual. It is… the founder of free kingdoms, and the mother of pure churches.” — James Aitken Wylie This is the third of three volumes. The first volume is History of Protestantism Volume 1. The second volume is History of Protestantism Volume 2.
16 Jan 2024
History of Protestantism Vol. 2 by James Aitken Wylie
“Protestantism… penetrates into the heart and renews the individual. It is… the founder of free kingdoms, and the mother of pure churches.” — James Aitken Wylie This is the second of three volumes. The first volume is History of Protestantism Volume 1.
2 Jan 2024
The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects by James Aitken Wylie.
The Papacy: Its History, Dogmas, Genius, and Prospects “…combines at once the rare qualites of clear statement, vigorous logic, and eloquent style. Its tone and spirit are worthy of an Evangelical Alliance.” - Baptist Magazine
13 Dec 2023
Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ by Alfred Edersheim
“Most earnestly then do I hope, that these pages may be found to cast some additional light on the New Testament, and that they will convey fresh evidence… of the truth of those things which are most surely believed among us.” - Alfred Edersheim, from the Introduction
16 Nov 2023
The Pope, The Kings and The People by William Arthur
“A History of the Movement to make the Pope governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council.”
7 Nov 2023
The Conservative Reformation by Charles Porterfield Krauth
“The history of Christianity… moves under the influence of two generic ideas: the conservative, which desires to secure the present by fidelity to the results of the past; the progressive, which looks out, in hope, to a better future. Reformation is the great harmonizer of the two principles.
23 Oct 2023