The Living testament : the essential writings of Christianity since the Bible / compiled by] M. Basil Pennington, Alan Jones, Mark Booth. [print]

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 Origen -- The incarnation of the Word Saint Athanasius -- Prayer must come first Saint Basil the Great -- The Spirit Saint Basil the Great -- The necessity of the Trinity Saint Gregory of Nazianzus -- Purgatory and the resurrection Saint Gregory of Nyssa -- The sayings of Saint Anthony the Great -- The Epistle of Saint Jerome to Heliodorus -- The joys of Christmas Saint John Chrysostom -- The happiness of acting out our love Saint John Chrysostom -- The hymns of the little hours Saint Ambrose -- Te Deum and Gloria in excelsis -- Hymns from the liturgy of Saint James -- The conversion of Saint Augustine -- On anger Saint Augustine -- The love of God Saint Augustine -- The mystery of the nativity Saint Leo the Great -- The passion Saint Leo the Great -- The definition of Chalcedon -- The breastplate of Saint Patrick -- Collects from the sacramentary of Gelasius -- The mystical theology Dionysius the Areopagite -- 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 Saint Anselm -- The benefits of loving God Saint Bernard of Clairvaux -- Annunciation dialogue Saint Bernard of Clairvaux -- The pastoral prayer Aelred, Abbott of Rievaulx -- The canticle of the sun Saint Francis of Assisi -- The goodness and greatness of Saint Francis Saint Bonaventure -- Eucharistic hymns of Thomas Aquinas -- The golden legends of Jacobus de Voraigne -- Prayer of Saint Richard of Chichester : day by day -- Mary Magdalene John Tauler -- How to imitate Christ Thomas a Kempis -- Man is free Martin Luther -- How to endure persecution John Calvin -- The ecstasies of Saint Teresa of Avila -- Prayers of obedience Saint Ignatius Loyola -- Poems of love Saint John of the Cross -- Cranmer's "Exhortation and "confession" -- Reynolds' "General thanksgiving" -- Jesus wept John Donne -- The sacred maxims of Blaise Pascal -- The pilgrim's progress John Bunyan -- Warning to the born again Richard Baxter -- Epistles to the new world and to friends everywhere George Fox -- The almost Christian John Wesley -- Hymns by Wesley, Watts and Davies -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God Jonathan Edwards -- How to win souls Charles Finney -- A Victorian hymnody -- Blessed moments Sren Kierkegaard -- The way of the pilgrim -- The little way of Saint Therese of Lisieux : letter to Sister Maria -- Saved by grace Karl Barth -- The weight of glory C. S. Lewis -- I've been to the mountain top Martin Luther King -- Poverty Mother Teresa of Calcutta -- Open your heart today Billy Graham.

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