First Martyr
Title | First Martyr PDF eBook |
Author | Nathan Urban |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2019-03-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781798671672 |
A short biography of the world's first Christian martyr, Saint Stephen. A deacon in the early Catholic church, Stephen was martyred for publicly teaching the Truth revealed by Jesus Christ. His words angered members of the Sanhedrin and he was dragged out beyond the gates of Jerusalem and stoned to death. He was buried by his fellow Christians. Since his death, his name has remained with Christian martyrdom.
The Acts of the Apostles
Title | The Acts of the Apostles PDF eBook |
Author | P.D. James |
Publisher | Canongate Books |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 0857861077 |
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death. It describes how the 12 apostles, formerly Jesus's disciples, spread the message of Christianity throughout the Mediterranean against a background of persecution. With an introduction by P.D. James
The Realm of St Stephen
Title | The Realm of St Stephen PDF eBook |
Author | Pal Engal |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 626 |
Release | 2001-02-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0857731734 |
Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pál Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared. Engel's book is an accessible and highly readable history. 'This is now the standard English language treatment of medieval Hungary - its internal history as well as its regional and European significance.' --- P W Knoll, University of Southern Carolina (From 'Choice') 'A lively and highly readable narrative ' --- Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona (From 'Mediaevistik')
Lent and Easter 2020
Title | Lent and Easter 2020 PDF eBook |
Author | George Boronat |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2020-02-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Gospel can be considered a Manual of Prayer, a letter written by the Holy Spirit to you. But God's Word doesn't live in a book. It comes alive when you pray about It. It is not about getting to know what the 'Historical Jesus' did two thousand years ago, what He said "back then"; Jesus Christ is not 'back then' anymore, He is alive, and is longing to talk to you.Taking the Gospel of the day, the iPray provides a commentary that can be a trigger for an authentic and personal conversation with Jesus. That time of prayer spent with Jesus is like a 'cooking pot' in which you blend the Words and scenes of Jesus' life, found in the Gospel, together with your daily life, your worries, your family and friends, all heated up by the fire of the Holy Spirit.'iPray with the Gospel' is not a ready-made meal you can just throw in the microwave, as if they were some prayers that you read and that's it. It is more like a personal recipe that only you can cook with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Perfect Martyr
Title | Perfect Martyr PDF eBook |
Author | Shelly Matthews |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2012-07-12 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0199924651 |
This book analyzes the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, both in terms of rhetorical fittingness, and Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the historicity of the account of his death, underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as a means to a richer history of early Jewish-Christian relations.
Trial of Stephen
Title | Trial of Stephen PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Watson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-11 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780820341545 |
In The Trial of Stephen Alan Watson studies the first Christian martyr, who was stoned to death by a mob outside of Jerusalem around A.D. 36 during his trial by the supreme rabbinic court for blasphemy against the Jewish faith. Watson focuses on Stephen's enthralling defense speech, as found solely in the Acts of Apostles, which is both the pivotal and, until now, least understood part of the fatal proceedings. Watson locates the speech in the well-known genre of criminal trial defenses, which shows that the conduct of the accused was either justified or needs no justification and that the prosecutors themselves are the real wrongdoers. Noting Stephen's departure from mainstream early Christian thought and the enmity he brought down upon all Christians, Watson suggests that Stephen was perhaps not only Christianity's first martyr, but also its first heretic.
The Golden Legend
Title | The Golden Legend PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Startridge William Caxton |
Publisher | Legare Street Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-27 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781015673212 |
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