Francis young describes how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds came into being. She describes how creeds originated in instruction before baptism and have their roots in the New Testament itself; shows how the rise of Gnosticism and a tendency towards fragmentation in the church made a clear statement of faith necessary; outlines…
The Fountain Within presents St John’s Gospel in a daily reading cycle using the acclaimed New Jerusalem Bible translation. Each selection contains five brief readings, followed by a refrain and silence. The compilers introduction shows how the material may be adapted to suit individuals and groups of varying needs. An appendix gives guidance for silent…
Paul is the most powerful human personality in the history of the Church. A missionary, theologian and religious genius, in his epistles he laid the foundations on which later Christian theology was built. Following his conversion from persecutor of the Christian movement to apostle, Paul began preaching a simple missionary gospel. As problems arose out…
Where does the Church stand? To what truths are Catholics committed? This short book gives the answer to these questions The purpose of a catechism is to present the teaching of the Church in a summarised form, to present it faithfully and to show how it is rooted in the sacred scriptures and in Christian…
After two thousand years the four gospels remain the heart of the Christian message to the world. But the development of scriptural studies over the last century has left many people perplexed and puzzled about the Gospels. Adrian Graphy here uses the contributions of Gospel scholarship to illuminate the Gospels with fascinating new insights. He…
This book is a historical study tracing the rise and development of the Christian Church within the framework of Greco-Roman society down to the period of the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and the pontificate of Pope Leo, 440 to 461.
