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Milestone Documents of Christianity
Milestone Documents of Christianity
Exploring the Essential Primary Sources
Author(s): Joseph T. Stuart
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Publisher: Schlager Group Inc
ISBN: 9781961844117
Pages: 900
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844117

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From iconic Biblical texts to influential essays and papal opinions, Milestone Documents of Christianity explores nearly 80 primary sources about the world’s largest religion. This 3-volume installment in the acclaimed “Milestone Documents” series of reference sets pairs the text of each document (in English or English translation) with in-depth scholarly commentary and analysis, guiding students and researchers to a better understanding of the document’s historical context. 
Isaiah 2 and 11
Isaiah ben Amoz
10 pages
Gospel of Matthew
8 pages
Didache
10 pages
Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 16
Saint Luke
8 pages
Gospel of John
8 pages
Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan: Letters on Treatment of the Christians
Emperor Trajan
10 pages
Letter of the Smyrnaeans on the Martyrdom of Polycarp
12 pages
Irenaeus of Lyons: Against Heresies
12 pages
The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity
14 pages
Laws Ending Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
16 pages
Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History
8 pages
Nicene Creed
10 pages
John Chrysostom: From the Eucharistic Prayer in the Byzantine Liturgy
John Chrysostom
24 pages
Te Deum laudamus
6 pages
Augustine of Hippo: The City of God
10 pages
Agathangelos: History of Saint Gregory and the Conversion of Armenia
18 pages
The Confession of Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
6 pages
Holy Rule of Saint Benedict
12 pages
Code of Justinian
12 pages
Umar I: Covenant
6 pages
Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu
12 pages
Saint John Damascene: On Divine Images
Saint John Damascene
20 pages
Bishop Daniel of Winchester: Letter to Boniface on Conversion
8 pages
Bede: The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Bede
10 pages
Saint Boniface: Letter to Pope Zacharias
Saint Boniface
8 pages
Jingjing: Memorial of the Propagation in China of the Luminous Religion from Daqin
8 pages
Alcuin of York: Letter to Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne, about the Viking Raid
8 pages
Charlemagne: Letter to Abbot Baugualf of Fulda
8 pages
Henry IV of Germany and Pope Gregory VII: Letter and Ban
Henry, Pope Gregory
10 pages
Pope Urban II: Call to Crusade
Pope Urban
16 pages
Bernard Atton, Viscount of Carcassonne: Charter of Homage and Fealty
Bernard Atton
8 pages
Anna Comnena: Alexiad
Anna Comnena
16 pages
The Journey of William of Rubruck
10 pages
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae
Thomas Aquinas
20 pages
Dante: Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
14 pages
Raymond of Capua: The Life of St. Catherine of Siena
10 pages
Joan of Arc: Letter to Henry VI
8 pages
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
16 pages
Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America
Christopher Columbus
14 pages
Hernán Cortés: Second Letter to Charles V
Hernán Cortés
14 pages
Martin Luther: Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
Martin Luther
10 pages
Nzinga Mbemba: Appeal to the King of Portugal
Nzinga Mbemba
10 pages
King Henry VIII: Act of Supremacy
King Henry
6 pages
John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin
14 pages
Pope Paul III: Sublimus Dei
Pope Paul
8 pages
Ignatius of Loyola: The Spiritual Exercises
10 pages
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
20 pages
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
16 pages
Robert Bellarmine: Letter Concerning Galileo’s Theories
Robert Bellarmine
8 pages
Matteo Ricci: “Religious Sects among the Chinese”
Matteo Ricci
14 pages
Paul Le Jeune: “Brief Relation of the Journey to New France”
SJ Father Paul Le Jeune
14 pages
Antonio Valeriano: Nican Mopohua
Antonio Valeriano
16 pages
John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyan
18 pages
Report of Elena Piscopia’s Doctoral Presentation
8 pages
Susanna Wesley: Letter to John Wesley
Susanna Wesley
12 pages
George Whitefield: “The Great Duty of Family- Religion”
George Whitefield
14 pages
Joseph Berington: The State and Behaviour of English Catholics, from the Reformation to the Year 1780
Joseph Berington
10 pages
Thomas Jefferson: Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
Thomas Jefferson
8 pages
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, the African
Olaudah Equiano
12 pages
Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies
William Wilberforce
16 pages
Jarena Lee: The Life and Religious Experience of Jarena Lee
Jarena Lee
10 pages
John Henry Newman: An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
John Henry Newman
10 pages
Thomas Wentworth Higginson: “Negro Spirituals”
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
18 pages
Pope Leo XIII: Rerum Novarum
Pope Leo
10 pages
Black Elk: Pastoral Letter
Black Elk
6 pages
Joseph Hartz: “Harris, Prophet, West Africa, 1914”
Joseph Hartz
8 pages
Christopher Dawson: “The Kingdom of God and History”
Christopher Dawson
14 pages
Bishop Clemens von Galen: “Against Nazi Euthanasia”
Bishop Clemens von Galen
10 pages
C. S. Lewis: Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
10 pages
Vatican II
22 pages
Pope Paul VI: Humanae Vitae
Pope Paul
16 pages
John Paul II: Homily
Pope John Paul
10 pages
Billy Graham: “The Coming Storm”
Billy Graham
10 pages
Rigoberta Menchú: “The Bible and Self- Defence”
Rigoberta Menchú
10 pages
Desmond Tutu: “The Question of South Africa”
Desmond Tutu
10 pages
Testament of Dom Christian de Chergé
Dom Christian de Chergé
8 pages
Vishal Mangalwadi: “Matrix of Missions: The Wesleyan Revival”
Vishal Mangalwadi
12 pages
Brother Yun and Paul Hattaway: “Back to Jerusalem”
Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway
10 pages
Report on the Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States
10 pages
Lamin Sanneh: Summoned from the Margin: Homecoming of an African
Lamin Sanneh
12 pages
José María Di Paola: Interview
José María Di Paola, Jorge Fontevecchia
12 pages
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From iconic Biblical texts to influential essays and papal opinions, Milestone Documents of Christianity explores nearly 80 primary sources about the world’s largest religion. This 3-volume installment in the acclaimed “Milestone Documents” series of reference sets pairs the text of each document (in English or English translation) with in-depth scholarly commentary and analysis, guiding students and researchers to a better understanding of the document’s historical context. 
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