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London, U.K.: Research Into Lost Knowledge Organisation, 1975. Highly acclaimed text presents the author's insight into the history and mystery of lost knowledge of the cathedral of Chartes. This book refers back to deep sources of divine knowledge, unveiling answers regarding the manifestation of a secret communicated to mankind by occult or mystical means, which required the services of a… Read more about this item

Littleton, Colorado: Publications About Spain, 2002. Many scholars are convinced that The Holy Chalice of Valencia is the Holy Grail, celebrated in medieval legneds as it was venerated by monks in the secluded Monastery of San Juan de la Peña, built into a rocky outcropping of the Spanish Pyrenees. The tradition of Aragón has always insisted that the flaming agate… Read more about this item

Downers Grove, Illinois: Intervarsity Press, 1997. Comprehensive momumental book presents a complete guide to following Christ in every aspect of life with hundreds of articles by numerous contributors on such subjects as family, money, relationships, jobs, aging, parenting, church, entertainment, tourism, adoption, shopping, food, taxes, resolving conflicts biblically, finding God in the ordinary aspects of life, etc. Highly acclaimed text… Read more about this item

New York: Arno Press, 1977. Comprehensive classic treatise originally published in 1858, discusses the author's discovery of Barclay’s Gate, one of the ancient gates to the Temple Mount, and his discovery of Zedekiah’s Cave, the vast cavern near the Damascus Gate. Includes a detailed historical outline of ancient, medieval, and modern Jerusalem; and some of Barclay's controversial theories on Jerusalem.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. At the foot of the Cross, as Jesus hung in agony, the crowd laughed. Christians, ever since, have been ambivalent about laughter. St. Paul banned ’jesting,’ but did that include mockery and high spirits? And what were the lessons of Biblical figures like (delighted) Abraham and (disbelieving) Sarah, both in their nineties, who laughed at… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. In this original interpretation and critique of Paul Ramsey’s ethical thought, D. Stephen Long traces the development of one of the mid-twentieth century’s most important and controversial religious social thinkers. Long examines Ramsey’s early liberal idealism as well as later influences on his work, including the just war doctrine, Reinhold Niebuhr’s realism, H. Richard Niebuhr’s… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Classic highly acclaimed text covers the period of Jesus' life recorded by the Gospels, written from the standpoint of the orthodox believer. The author incorporates historic fact and poetic mystical intuition to capture the sense of tragic conflict, and the character and personality of Christ. Includes author's notes at the end of the text.… Read more about this item

London, England: Continuum Publishing, 2003. Scholarly Journal focuses on the studies of all Bible translations into Aramaic, including linguistics, translation strategies, and exegetical traditions. Topics contained in this volume are Hexaplaric Materials in Ecclesiastes and the Role of the Syro-Hexapla; Targumic Influence on Jewish Bible Translations in Neo-Aramaic, A New Dictionary of Samaritan Aramaic, Euphemisms in the Samaritan Targum of… Read more about this item

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1988. This scholarly study of left-wing puritan and separatist ecclesiology in Elizabethan and Jacobean England explores several major ecclesial motifs, including the relationship of soteriology, eschatology, and puritan covenant thought to ecclesiology; radical puritan and separatist ideals about the government of gathered churches; the role of synodical authority; and the relationship between church and state.… Read more about this item

Pittsburgh, PA.: Univerity of Pittsburgh Press, 1967. Classic text presents a series of philosophical essays (seven of which were given as public lectures) which reflects the author's pessimism about religion. Stace"s reasoning is that an infinite God can have no connection with the natural order of things, since everything in the universe or connected with it must have some limitations… Read more about this item

Ross-shire, U.K.: Christian Focus Publications, 2002. Comprehensive scholarly text written in honor of Dr. D.Clair Davis' thirty years at Westminster Theological Seminary, presents a collection of outstanding essays which reflect the historical, theological, homiletical and pastoral traditions of conservative Reformed Christianity. Includes five articles written by D. Clair Davis himself looking anew at the five points of Calvinism;… Read more about this item

New York: Peter Lang, 1999. Scholarly text examines the precise meaning of peace in Matthew 10:1-15, and the relationship between the commissions to heal the sick and to confer on worthy houses. Father Ridgway discusses the implications of his findings for peoples of antiquity and the modern world, both Christian and non-Christian. 423 pgs. Light tiny scuffs on top outer… Read more about this item

Boston, MA.: Small, Maynard & Co., 1900. Classic text pesents a compilation of original essays by eminent theologians in England and the U.S., including: Christianity at the end of the nineteenth century; Christianity and its competitors; the doctrine of the immanence of God; scripture inspiration and authority; the Old Testament in the light of higher criticism; universalism; the atonement; Christian… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1965. Classic scholarly two-volume complete text presents a compilation and translation of the collection of almost complete material written by Lasuen, Serra's successor as president of the colonial Upper California missions. Approximately four hundred and eighty papers are classified as letters, many of which Lasuen addressed to higher officials in Church and State,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA.: "America" Publishing House of "Providence" Association of Ukrainian Catholics in America, 1975. Comprehensive and objective scholarly text presents a detailed history of the Ukraine, including the birth of Ukraine-Rus'; independent religious, cultural and political development throughout the centuries until the present time of publication; Ukrainian strive for freedom and national independance from Russian-communist oppression; origin of the Slavs;… Read more about this item

Wichita, Kansas: Catholic Bible Publishers, 1994. Comprehensive Catholic Parish edition of the NAB contains a special picture and brief biography of Pope John Paul II; the succession of Popes; a letter from Pope Paul VI; imprimatur; the Vatican in pictures and text; the Old Testament section; the New Testament section; reference aids including a 64-pg. encyclopedic dictionary and biblical reference… Read more about this item

Moundsville, W. Virginia: The Gospel Trumpet, 1903. Classic scarce text contains a revision by H.M. Riggle of the original manuscripts written by D.S. Warner, one of the original founding members of the Church of God movement in the 1860's. Topics include: the first covenant sanctuary; the new covenant sanctuary; the Adventist theory; the true temple of God; the primitive church;… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. Classic scarce text contains seven lectures given by the author in several New York area churches, and in several educational institutions during the mid-late 1880's. The lectures include: the bible and the church; the reason as a great fountain of divine authority; the three fountains of divine authority; the holy scripture inerrant; the higher… Read more about this item

Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic, 2002. Scholarly text explores the variety of interpretations preserved in different Targums (Aramaic translations) from the Second Temple and post-Temple periods during which they were composed. Includes sections on the method and theory in the history of the Targumim; the Pentateuchal Targamim; the Prophetic Targamim; the Writings Targamim; etc. 327 pgs. . First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

Manchester, U.K.: Brooke and Chrystal, 1884. Classic rare metaphysical text contains the following spiritual sermons: divine gentleness; individuality and self-negation; Nehushtan; strength by patience; the covetousness of Gehazi; the faithful creator; the tragedy of life; natural and supernatural selection; the use and abuse of the world; the father greater than the Christ; furnished, but vacant; the Lord our shepherd; chambers… Read more about this item