Christianity - Biographies

The Life of St. Benedict

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Pope Gregory I


St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities. His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict,&…

A Child's Life of St. Joan of Arc

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Mary E. Mannix


A biography of Saint Joan of Arc, geared towards children, but also can easily be enjoyed by adults.

Selections from Josephus

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Flavius Josephus


Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Emp…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 3) (The Rule of Pachomius at …

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Palladius


The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

Life of Saint Gerard Majella

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Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips


Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 1 (January-March)

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John Gilmary Shea


Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 4) (The Histories of the Monk…

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Palladius


The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

Phillips Brooks

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Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe


Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was one of the finest and most famous clergyman in the nineteenth century; he was acknowledged as a masterful …

An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Li…

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John Newton


John Newton, best known for his hymn "Amazing Grace", for his former life as a slave trader and as eventual opponent of the slave …

Pope Adrian IV; An Historical Sketch

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Richard Raby


Pope Adrian IV (c. 1100-1159, pope 1154-1159) was the only English pope. Written by a Catholic in 1849, this biography of the pope appeare…

Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences

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William S. Nelson


William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. I…

Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins

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W. L. Hunter


This short work attempts to establish that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah, who had been made black-skinned as …

Brother Francis

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Eileen Douglas


Or, Less than the LeastThe following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat…

A Book of English Martyrs

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E. M. Wilmot-Buxton


This volume is a simple narrative suited to children's understanding of the thrilling times when English Catholics suffered for the Faith in…

St. Joseph of Copertino

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Rev. Angelo Pastrovicchitranslated Byrev. Francis S. Laing


Joseph of Copertino (1603 – 1663) was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar who is honored as a Christian mystic and saint. He was said to …

Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy volume 2

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John Tulloch


In this second volume of his work on English rational theology in the seventeenth century, Tulloch describes the lives and works of the grou…

Hildebrand and his Times

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William Richard Ward Stephens


W.R.W. Stephens, the Anglican Dean of Winchester, writes a short, lively biography of the great church reformer, Hildebrand of Sovana (1015-…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June)

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John Gilmary Shea


Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

St. Francis of Assisi (Version 3)

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G. K. Chesterton


In this brief but lively biography, G.K. Chesterton brings all his typical wit and insight into discussing Francis of Assisi. Francis is arg…

Saint Augustin (Saint Augustine)

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Louis Bertrand


What, indeed, is more romantic than this wandering life of rhetorician and student that the youthful Augustin led, from Thagaste to Carthage…

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