Some Old Testament Books in Brief
Van Dyke insists the Bible is hollow without Christ. Essays also sketch Genesis as the book of beginnings and Nehemiah as a prayerful, practical worker’s handbook.
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Archives
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Some Old Testament Books in Brief
God’s Plans and Man’s Plans
Three essays: Van Dyke shows the Bible loses meaning without Christ; Schauffler contrasts God's sovereign plans with human schemes; Mabie reflects on Luke 17's 'days of the Son of Man'.
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Ways of Working, or, Helpful Hints for Sunday School Officers and Teachers
Practical, experience-tested guidance for Sunday-school officers and teachers, emphasizing the superintendent's role, teacher training, methods, organization, and church-school relations.
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Faith-Cures
A critique of modern 'faith cures': argues Christ's atonement doesn't guarantee bodily healing now, contrasting biblical instantaneous miracles with slow, poorly documented modern claims.
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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 14: The Seven Ecumenical Councils [Second Series]
Edition of the Nicene and Post‑Nicene Fathers: English translations, introductions and notes on the seven ecumenical councils, their canons and dogmatic decrees.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 9: A History of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
Detailed history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States (mission period to late 19th century), tracing Spanish, French and English missions, growth of hierarchy, councils and institutions.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 5: A History of the Methodists in the United States
Comprehensive history of American Methodism covering founders, conferences, schisms, slavery controversies, missions, education, and denominational development.
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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 9: Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus [Second Series]
Preface to a Nicene Fathers volume on St. Hilary of Poitiers, outlining his life, De Trinitate, and his defense of Christ's deity against Arianism, with translation and textual notes.
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The Life of Dr. Philip Schaff
Two essays: Truxal argues the Church began at Pentecost when the Spirit empowered the apostles (Acts 2). Appel profiles Philip Schaff’s life and ministry from Switzerland to America.
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 13: Gregory the Great II, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat [Second Series]
Selections from Nicene and Post‑Nicene Fathers presenting English translations, notes, manuscript evidence and editions of Gregory the Great’s Regula Pastoralis and epistles.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 13: A History of American Christianity
Survey of American Christianity from discovery through the 19th century, covering colonial missions, Puritanism, Great Awakenings, schisms, immigration, and institutional growth.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 4: A History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the United States
Comprehensive history and bibliography of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1624–1893), detailing origins, synods, liturgy, missions, confessional disputes, and institutional development.
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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 10: Ambrose: Select Works and Letters [Second Series]
English translation with prolegomena and notes of selected works and letters of St. Ambrose (Nicene & Post‑Nicene Fathers, Vol. X), including editions, biography and 4th‑century chronology.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 8: A History of the Reformed Church, Dutch; the Reformed Church, German; and the Moravian Church in the United States
Contents and bibliography for E.T. Corwin's History of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America. Covers origins, colonial settlement, synods, liturgy, institutions, missions and bibliography.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 7: A History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Preface and table of contents of an 1895 history of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S., tracing its colonial origins, development, and key figures and institutions.
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The American Church History Series, Vol. 6: A History of the Presbyterian Churches in the United States
Table of contents and bibliography for Robert E. Thompson's 1895 A History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. Covers colonial origins, revivals, schisms, reunions and 19th‑century life.
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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 12: Leo the Great, Gregory the Great [Second Series]
Edition of Leo the Great's letters and sermons with an intro on his life, papal authority, and decisive role against Eutyches, defending Christ's two natures in the Incarnation.
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A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Vol. 8: Basil: Letters and Select Works [Second Series]
English translation of St. Basil's De Spiritu Sancto, the Hexaemeron, and his Letters, with prolegomena, chronology, genealogies, and a biographical sketch.
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Passion Week in Rome Fifty Years Ago
Philip Schaff's 1842 account of Holy Week in Rome, detailing papal ceremonies, Tenebrae, foot‑washing, processions and Passion liturgies with sensory and critical observation.
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The Gettysburg Week
Two pieces from Scribner's (1894): a travel sketch of Massachusetts' North Shore and Philip Schaff's 1863 Gettysburg Week diary recounting Confederate invasion and occupation of Mercersburg.
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