Christianity - Biographies

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 …

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,&…

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…

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…

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-…

Jerry McAuley: His Life and Work

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Jerry Mcauley


Jerry McAuley was a missionary and founder of the Water Street Mission (later the New York City Rescue Mission), the first rescue mission in…

Жития Святых, т. 04 - декемврий (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 04 - December)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Жития и похвалы святых подобятся светлостию звездам: якоже бо звезды положением на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвещают, т…

Жития Святых, т. 01 - септемврий (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 01 - September)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Жития и похвалы святых подобятся светлостию звездам: якоже бо звезды положением на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвещают, т…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 5 (American Saints)

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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 History of the Church of Christ: Century III

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Joseph Milner


It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…

Жития Святых, т. 08 априллий (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 08 - April)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Жития и похвалы святых подобятся светлостию звездам: якоже бо звезды положением на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвещают, т…

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…

Down In Water Street

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Samuel Hopkins Hadley


Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…

Жития Святых, т. 12 - август (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 12 - August)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Жития и похвалы святых подобятся светлостию звездам: якоже бо звезды положением на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвещают, т…

Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Roche…

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Gilbert Burnet


I believe that the good Bishop of Salisbury's account of the last days of poor young Rochester would, if carefully read, make more impressio…

Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son, on the Bible and Its Teachings

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John Quincy Adams


A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…

Жития Святых, т. 11 - Иулий (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 11 - July)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Житія и похвалы святыхъ подобятся свѣтлостію звѣздамъ: якоже бо звѣзды положеніемъ на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвѣщают…

Жития Святых, т. 10 - Иуний (Zhitiia Sviatykh, v. 10 - June)

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Saint Dimitry Of Rostov


Житія и похвалы святыхъ подобятся свѣтлостію звѣздамъ: якоже бо звѣзды положеніемъ на небеси утвержденны суть, всю же поднебесную просвѣщают…

Charles Simeon

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Handley Carr Glyn Moule


Charles Simeon had come up to King’s college from Eton, a wild undergraduate, famous for his love of horses and extravagance in dress; but o…

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