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History and Theology
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Church Order of the Reformed Churches in the NetherlandsThe 1619 Church Order of the Reformed Churches of the Netherlands, the constitutional polity adopted by the Synod of Dordrecht, in 86 articles.Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences — Martin LutherMartin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses of October 31, 1517, in the standard 1915 English translation, with the original Latin text.Heidelberg CatechismThe 1563 Heidelberg Catechism, the Reformed confession of faith in 129 questions and answers arranged for the fifty-two Sundays of the year.John Wesley's Place in History — Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson's 1915 Wesleyan University bicentennial address on John Wesley as evangelist, organizer, and shaper of the eighteenth century.Shakers Compendium — F.W. EvansF.W. Evans's 1859 official Shaker Compendium of United Society doctrine, history, and governance, with biographies of the six founders.The Baltimore CatechismThe Baltimore Catechism (1891 revision), the standard American Catholic catechism of Christian doctrine in question-and-answer form, in its three graduated editions.The Book of Revelation, A Study of the Last Prophetic Book of Holy Scripture — Clarence LarkinClarence Larkin's 1919 dispensationalist study of the Book of Revelation, working through its seals, trumpets, and vials verse by verse; his original edition's celebrated prophecy charts are not reproduced in this text edition.The New England PrimerThe New England Primer, an 1843 edition of the classic Puritan-descended reading primer, complete with its alphabet, catechism, and devotional verse.The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's City of God — John Neville FiggisJohn Neville Figgis's 1921 lectures on the political thought of Augustine's City of God and its long afterlife in medieval and modern political theory.The Seeming Unreality of the Spiritual Life — Henry Churchill KingHenry Churchill King's 1907 Taylor Lectures at Yale Divinity School, examining why the spiritual life so often feels unreal and arguing a reasoned path back into confidence in it.The Story of My Misfortunes — Peter Abelard — tr. Henry Adams BellowsHenry Adams Bellows's 1922 translation of Peter Abelard's Historia Calamitatum, the twelfth-century philosopher-theologian's autobiographical letter recounting his career, his castration, and his love for Heloise.The Westminster Confession of FaithThe Westminster Confession of Faith of 1646, the foundational Presbyterian confession, in this edition's dual PCUS/UPCUSA reference numbering.Unitarian Christianity — William Ellery ChanningWilliam Ellery Channing's 1819 Baltimore ordination sermon setting out the reasoned case for Unitarian Christianity against Trinitarian orthodoxy.Westminster Larger CatechismThe Westminster Larger Catechism of 1647, the Assembly's fuller catechism of 196 questions for the pulpit and for advanced instruction.Westminster Shorter CatechismThe Westminster Shorter Catechism of 1647, the Presbyterian catechism of 107 questions beginning "What is the chief end of man?"