Christianity (Bookshelf)

Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on Jesus of Nazareth and his life, death, resurrection, and teachings as presented in the New Testament. Christians believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1 billion adherents in 2001, Christianity is the world's largest religion. It is the predominant religion in the Americas, Europe, Philippine Islands, Oceania, and large parts of Africa. It is also growing rapidly in Asia, particularly in China and South Korea, and in Northern Africa.

—Excerpted from Christianity on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

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Contents 1 Important texts 1.1 The Bible 1.1.1 English 1.1.2 Other languages 1.1.3 Commentaries 1.2 Apocrypha 1.3 Church Fathers 1.3.1 Augustine 1.4 Theologians 1.4.1 Aquinas 1.4.2 Luther 2 Jesus 3 Children's Books 4 Christmas 5 Christian Life 5.1 Worship & Prayer 5.2 Spirituality & Mysticism 6 Comparative religion 7 Area studies 8 History 9 Missions 9.1 California 9.2 Missionary Journals 10 Secondary works 11 Apologetics 12 Church Music 12.1 Hymns 12.2 Hymnology 12.3 Oratorios and Cantatas 13 Sermons 14 Latter Day Saints 15 Christian Science 16 Miscellaneous

Important texts

The Bible

The Bible is the holy text of Christians with the Old Testament written primarily in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek.

English

• King James Version (Authorized Version)
• Douay-Rheims Version
• Douay-Rheims, The Challoner Revision
• World English Bible (WEB)

Other languages

• Det Gamle Testamente af 1931  (Danish)
• Det Nye Testamente  (Danish)
• Reina Valera New Testament of the Bible 1602  (Spanish)
• Reina Valera New Testament of the Bible 1858  (Spanish)
• Reina Valera New Testament of the Bible 1862  (Spanish)
• Reina Valera New Testament of the Bible 1865  (Spanish)
• Reina Valera New Testament of the Bible 1909  (Spanish)
• Bibeln, Gamla och Nya Testamentet
  The Bible, Old and New Testaments  (Swedish)
• Biblia Sacra Vulgata - Psalmi XXII  (Latin)
• Latin Vulgate, Bible Book Titles and Names  (Latin)
• Latin Vulgate, Daniel: Prophetia Danielis  (Latin)
• Latin Vulgate, Esther  (Latin)
• Latin Vulgate, Esther: Liber Esther  (Latin)

Commentaries

• Erdman, Charles Rosenbury (1866-1960) The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition  (English)

• Luther, Martin (1483-1546). Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians  (English)
• Maclaren, Alexander (1826-1910).
  • Expositions of Holy Scripture (English)
    • Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers 
    • Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII 
    • Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes 
    • Psalms 
    • Isaiah and Jeremiah 
    • Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII 
    • St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII 
    • St. Mark 
    • St. Luke 
    • St. John Chapters I to XIV 
    • St. John Chaps. XV to XXI 
    • The Acts 
    • Romans, Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) 
    • Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. 
  • The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms 
• S. D. Gordon Quiet Talks on John's Gospel  (English)

Apocrypha

• First Book of Adam and Eve  (English) trans. Rutherford Hayes Platt
• Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible: Apocrypha  (English)

Church Fathers

Augustine

• The Confessions of St. Augustine  (English)

Theologians

Aquinas

• Summa Theologica, translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province (English):
  • Part I (Prima Pars) 
  • Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) 
  • Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) 
  • Part III (Tertia Pars) 

Luther

• Concerning Christian Liberty  (English)
• Martin Luther's 95 Theses  (Latin)
• Martin Luther's Large Catechism  (English) translated by Bente and Dau
• Martin Luther's Small Catechism  (English) translated by R. Smith
• An Open Letter on Translating  (English)
• Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther  (English)
• The Smalcald Articles  (English)
• The Small Catechism of Martin Luther  (Japanese)
• A Treatise on Good Works  (English)

Jesus

• T. R. Glover. The Jesus of History  (English)
• M. M. Mangasarian. The Truth about Jesus: Is He a Myth?  (English)
• S. D. Gordon
  • Quiet Talks about Jesus  (English)
  • Quiet Talks the Crowned Christ of Revelation  (English)

Children's Books

• Crosby, Wm., and Nichols, H. P. Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories 
• Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot (1787–1860). Hymns, Songs, and Fables, for Young People  (English)
• Shaw, S. B. Children's Edition of Touching Incidents : and Remarkable Answers to Prayer  (English)
• Steedman, Amy David the Shepherd Boy  (English)
• Isaac Watts, (1674–1748). Divine Songs  (English)
• Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1823–1901). The Chosen People, A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children  (English)
• Anonymous. Wee Ones' Bible Stories  (English)
• Anonymous. Little Folded Hands: Prayers for Children  (English)

Christmas

See Christmas (Bookshelf)

Christian Life

• Selina Bunbury Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded  (English)
• John Bunyan
  • An Exhortation to Peace and Unity  (English)
  • Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners  (English)
  • The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come, delivered under the similitude of a dream  (English)
• Marcus Dods, 1834-1909. How to become like Christ  (English)
• Charles Ebert Orr How to Live a Holy Life  (English)
• Eva Lacomte Paula the Waldensian  (English)
• Reuel L. Howe Herein is Love - A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships.  (English)
• Charles Sainte-Foi Serious Hours of a Young Lady  (English)
• S. D. Gordon Quiet Talks on Service  (English)

Worship & Prayer

• Edward J. Quigley The Divine Office: A Study of the Roman Breviary  (English)
• Percival Jackson The Prayer Book Explained  (English)
• Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850–1894. Vailima Prayers and Sabbath Morn  (English)
• S. D. Gordon Quiet Talks on Prayer  (English)
• Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, 1648–1717 A Short Method of Prayer  (English)
• Various The Wonders of Prayer: A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonderful Answers to Prayer  (English)

Spirituality & Mysticism

• Brother Lawerence The Practice of the Presence of God  (English)
• Thomas à Kempis, 1380–1471. The Imitation of Christ  (English) trans. William Benham (1831–1910)
• Henry Pepwell, 1490?–1539. The Cell of Self-Knowledge: Seven Early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521  (English) ed. Edmund Garratt Gardner (1869–1935)
• William Ralph Inge, 1860–1954. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages  (English)
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux The Story of a Soul  (English)
• Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, 1648–1717 Spiritual Torrents  (English)

Comparative religion

• C.H. Becker. Christianity and Islam  (English) trans. H. J. Chaytor [BP172 .B4]

Area studies

• Leonard Woolsey Bacon. A History of American Christianity by Leonard Woolsey Bacon  (English)
• George Thomas Daly, 1872–1956. Catholic Problems in Western Canada  (English)
• Jane M. Bancroft Robinson, 1847–1932. Deaconesses in Europe and Their Lessons for America  (English)
• J. V. N Talmage, 1819–1892. History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy, China  (English)
• Nikolai Velimirović, 1880–1956. The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) — Sermons On Subjects Suggested By The War, Third Series  (English)

History

• Joseph Edmund Hutton, 1868-. A History of the Moravian Church  (English)
• James MacCaffrey, 1875-1935. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution (English)
  • Volume 1  (English)
  • Volume 2  (English)
• D.J. Medley, 1861-1953. The Church and the Empire, Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304  (English)
• Various. The Covenants And The Covenanters: Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation  (English)
• William Penn, 1644-1718. A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers  (English)

Missions

• Rufus Anderson, 1796-1880. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I  (English)
• Rufus Anderson, 1796-1880. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II  (English)

California

• Maria Antonia Field, 1885-. Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions  (English)
• William Henry Hudson, 1862-1918. The Famous Missions of California  (English)
• J. Smeaton Chase. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions  (English)
• George Wharton James, 1858-1923. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California  (English)

Missionary Journals

• The American Missionary

Secondary works

• Doctrina Christiana, The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593.  (English, Spanish, and Tagalog)

Apologetics

• G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936. Orthodoxy  (English)
• G. K. Chesterton, 1874-1936. Heretics  (English)
• John Jewel, 1522-1571. The Apology of the Church of England  (English) trans. Lady Ann Bacon, 1528-1610; ed. Henry Morley, 1822-1894.
• Eleazar Lord, 1788-1871. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets  (English)
• Philipp Melanchthon, 1497-1560. Apology of the Augsburg Confession  (English) Translators F. Bente and W. H. T. Dau

Church Music

Hymns

• Adams, J. G., & Chapin, E. H., eds. Hymns for Christian Devotion, Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination  (English)
• Brownlie, John.
  • Hymns of the Greek Church  (English)
  • Hymns from the East  (English)
• Lorenz, Edmund S., ed. The Otterbein Hymnal  (English) - Church of the United Brethren in Christ
• Luther, Martin (1483-1546). The Hymns of Martin Luther  (German and English)
• Montani, Nicola A., ed. The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book  (English and Latin)
• Newman, John Henry, ed. Hymni ecclesiae  (English and Latin)
• Prudentius, Aurelius Clemens (348-413). The Cathemerinon of Prudentius: Hymns for the Christian's Day  (English & Latin) trans. Robert Martin Pope, 1865-1944.
• Watts, Isaac (1674-1748).
  • Hymns and Spiritual Songs  (English)
  • The Psalms of David Imitated....  (English)
  • Divine Songs  (English)

Hymnology

• Bridges, Robert Seymour (1844-1930). A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing  (English)
• Brown, Theron (1832-1914) & Butterworth, Hezekiah (1839-1905) The Story of the Hymns and Tunes  (English)
• Society of Friends. On Singing and Music  (English)

Oratorios and Cantatas

• Bouchor, Maurice (1855-1929). Israël en Égypte Étude sur un oratorio de G.F. Hændel  (French)
• Upton, George P. (1834-1919).
  • The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers  (English)

Sermons

• Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent: A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year  (English)
• Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677). Sermons on Evil-Speaking  (English)
• Beard, Charles (1827-1888).
  • Beside the Still Waters - A Sermon  (English)
  • Strong Souls - A Sermon  (English)
• Beeching, Henry Charles George Borrow - A Sermon Preached in Norwich Cathedral on July 6, 1913  (English)
• Butler, Joseph (1692-1752). Human Nature and Other Sermons  (English)
• Chappell, Clovis G. Sermons on Biblical Characters  (English)
• Dods, John Bovee 1795-1872. Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation  (English)
• Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875).
  • All Saints' Day and Other Sermons  (English)
  • Discipline and Other Sermons  (English)
  • Sermons for the Times  (English)
  • Sermons on National Subjects  (English)
  • Town and Country Sermons  (English)
  • Twenty-Five Village Sermons  (English)
  • The Water of Life and Other Sermons  (English)
  • Westminster Sermons with a Preface  (English)
• Latimer, Hugh 1485-1555. Sermons on the Card  (English)
• Lee, Andrew. Sermons on Various Important Subjects  (English)
• Newman, John Henry (1801-1890). Parochial and Plain Sermons (8 Vols.)
  • Vol. VII  (English)
  • Vol. VIII  (English)
• Penn, William (1644-1718). A Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House, in Gracechurch-Street, London, Eighth Month 12th, 1694.  (English)
• Percival, John 1834-1918. Sermons at Rugby  (English)
• Robertson, Frederick W. Sermons Preached at Brighton, Third Series  (English)
• Shedd, William G. T. (1820-1894). Sermons to the Natural Man  (English)
• Spencer, Ichabod S. The Religious Duty of Obedience to Law, A Sermon by Ichabod S. Spencer Preached In The Second Presbyterian Church In Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850  (English)
• Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745).
  • Three Sermons: I. on mutual subjection. II. on conscience. III. on the trinity  (English)
  • Three Sermons, Three Prayers  (English)
• Talmage, T. De Witt, 1832-1902. New Tabernacle Sermons  (English)
• Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1792-1854. A Sermon Preached on the Anniversary of the Boston Female Asylum for Destitute Orphans, September 25, 1835  (English)
• Ward, Samuel. A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale - In a Sermon Preached at a Generall Visitation at Ipswich  (English)
• Whipple, H. B. (1823-1901). Five Sermons  (English)
• The National Preacher, Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers (English):
  • Vol. 2 No. 6, Nov. 1827 
  • Vol. 2 No. 7, Dec. 1827, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. 
• The World's Great Sermons (English):
  • Volume 1 - Basil to Calvin 
  • Volume 2 - Hooker to South 
  • Volume 3 - Massillon to Mason 
  • Volume 8 - Talmage to Knox Little 
  • Volume 10 - Drummond to Jowett, and General Index 

Latter Day Saints

• The Book of Mormon 
• Nephi Anderson, 1865-1923. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
• Pratt, Parley P., 1807-1857.
  • Key to the Science of Theology 
  • A Voice of Warning : An introduction to the faith and doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
• Roberts, B. H.
  • Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher 
  • Succession in the Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 
• Talmage, James Edward, 1862-1933.
  • Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern 
  • The Story of "Mormonism" 
  • The Great Apostasy 
• Whitney, Orson F. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle 
• Widtsoe, John A. Joseph Smith as Scientist: A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy 

Christian Science

Books by Mary Baker Eddy:

• Manual of the Mother Church 
• Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures 
• Rudimental Divine Science 
• Rudimental Divine Science  (Another version)
• Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 
• No and Yes 
• Poems 
• Pulpit and Press 
• Pulpit and Press (6th Edition) 
• Retrospection and Introspection 
• The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 
• Unity of Good 

Miscellaneous

• Johann Arndt. True Christianity  (English)
• Daniel A. Goodsell. The Things Which Remain, An Address To Young Ministers  (English)
• Diocese of Connecticut. Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.  (English)
• John Bunyan, 1628-1688. Miscellaneous Pieces  (English)
  Contains: Of the Trinity and a Christian -- Of the Law and a Christian -- Bunyan's Last Sermon -- Bunyan's Dying Sayings.
• Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745. Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church: Volume 1 , Volume 2  (English)
• Joseph Butler, 1692-1752. Some Remains (hitherto unpublished) of Joseph Butler, LL.D.  (English)
• Frank Nelson Palmer. A Bird's-Eye View of the Bible 
• George Herbert Betts, 1868-1934. How to Teach Religion  (English)
• Robert Hugh Benson. Lourdes  (English)
• W. D. Killen, 1806-1902. The Ancient Church - Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution  (English)