The Living testament : the essential writings of Christianity since the Bible / [print]
compiled by] M. Basil Pennington, Alan Jones, Mark Booth.
- first U.S. edition.
- San Francisco : Harper and Row, (c)1985.
- xxxiii, 382 pages : 24 cm.
The Apostles' Creed -- The teaching of the twelve apostles to the heathen -- The Epistle of Saint Clement to the Corinthians -- The Epistle of Saint Ignatius to the Ephesians -- The Epistle of Saint Ignatius to the Romans -- The martyrdom of Saint Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna -- The passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity -- The Sanctus -- The odes of Solomon -- The prophecies of the Christian sibylline -- The Scriptures are divinely inspired The incarnation of the Word Prayer must come first The Spirit The necessity of the Trinity Purgatory and the resurrection The sayings of Saint Anthony the Great -- The Epistle of Saint Jerome to Heliodorus -- The joys of Christmas The happiness of acting out our love The hymns of the little hours Te Deum and Gloria in excelsis -- Hymns from the liturgy of Saint James -- The conversion of Saint Augustine -- On anger The love of God The mystery of the nativity The passion The definition of Chalcedon -- The breastplate of Saint Patrick -- Collects from the sacramentary of Gelasius -- The mystical theology The spiritual practices of Saint Benedict -- Gregory the Great to John, Bishop of Constantinople, on Christian leadership -- Collects from the sacramentary of Saint Gregory -- Agnus Dei -- Praise and thanksgiving to God and a prayer to Christ for his enemies The benefits of loving God Annunciation dialogue The pastoral prayer The canticle of the sun The goodness and greatness of Saint Francis Eucharistic hymns of Thomas Aquinas -- The golden legends of Jacobus de Voraigne -- Prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester : day by day -- Mary Magdalene How to imitate Christ Man is free How to endure persecution The ecstasies of Saint Teresa of Avila -- Prayers of obedience Poems of love Cranmer's "Exhortation and "confession" -- Reynolds' "General thanksgiving" -- Jesus wept The sacred maxims of Blaise Pascal -- The pilgrim's progress Warning to the born again Epistles to the new world and to friends everywhere The almost Christian Hymns by Wesley, Watts and Davies -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God How to win souls A Victorian hymnody -- Blessed moments The way of the pilgrim -- The little way of Saint Therese of Lisieux : letter to Sister Maria -- Saved by grace The weight of glory I've been to the mountain top Poverty Open your heart today Origen -- Saint Athanasius -- Saint Basil the Great -- Saint Basil the Great -- Saint Gregory of Nazianzus -- Saint Gregory of Nyssa -- Saint John Chrysostom -- Saint John Chrysostom -- Saint Ambrose -- Saint Augustine -- Saint Augustine -- Saint Leo the Great -- Saint Leo the Great -- Dionysius the Areopagite -- Saint Anselm -- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux -- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux -- Aelred, Abbott of Rievaulx -- Saint Francis of Assisi -- Saint Bonaventure -- John Tauler -- Thomas a Kempis -- Martin Luther -- John Calvin -- Saint Ignatius Loyola -- Saint John of the Cross -- John Donne -- John Bunyan -- Richard Baxter -- George Fox -- John Wesley -- Jonathan Edwards -- Charles Finney -- Sren Kierkegaard -- Karl Barth -- C. S. Lewis -- Martin Luther King -- Mother Teresa of Calcutta -- Billy Graham.