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From the Archives: Perpetua & Polycarp: Two Heroic Martyrs
Perpetua
Sayings of William Booth
COMPILED BY NORMAN H. MURDOCH
The World Has Yet to See…
—Mark Fackler
386 Augustine Converts to Christianity
A brilliant, profligate professor of rhetoric became the church's leading theologian for centuries to come.
Sayings of Catherine Booth
The Nearly Fatal Voyage
The Piety of the Persecutors
In the Roman mind, there were valid religious reasons to halt the spread of Christianity.
Dr. Robert L. Wilken is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Virginia. He is author of The Christians as the Romans Saw Them (Yale University Press, paper edition, 1985).
405 Jerome Completes the Vulgate
This Latin translation stood as the preeminent Bible text for centuries—and set the standard for future translators.
Key People in the Life of D. L. Moody: A Gallery
Pioneer in Female Ministry
Catherine Booth's firm conviction that women should be free to preach the gospel forever shaped The Salvation Army's openness to female officers.
Major Christine Parkin is stationed at The Salvation Army's Croydon Citadel Corps in England.
Rome's Religious Ferment
The first-century Empire swirled with an exotic mix of religions.
Dr. Herbert Schlossberg, Project Director, Fieldstead Institute.
461 The Council of Chalcedon
If Jesus was truly God, how could he be truly human as well? Leo the Great helped guide a critical council to a clear answer.
Tony Lane is lecturer in historical theology at London Bible College and a member of the advisory board of Christian History
Female Ministry
Excerpts from Catherine Booth's landmark pamphlet
—Catherine Booth (1859)
Persecution in the Early Church: A Gallery of the Persecuting Emperors
by MARK GALLI Mark Galli is associate editor of Leadership Journal.
The Three Rs of Moody's Theology
Three great Bible truths were central to all of Moody's preaching.
Stanley N. Gundry is publisher for academic and professional books and general manager of Zondervan Publishing House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His book Love Them In: The Life and Theology of D. L. Moody (Moody, 1976, and Baker, 1982) is the definitive study of Moody's theology.
540 Benedict Writes His Monastic Rule
His flexible, compassionate guidelines for Christian community forever shaped monastic life—and influenced Western society.
Dr. Bennett D. Hill is professor of history at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Controversial Constantine
The famous emperor ended the persecution of Christians. But was he a true believer, or merely a superstitious political opportunist?
David F. Wright is dean of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.
Questions About Moody's Theology
The five that people ask most often
Dr. Stanley N. Gundry is publisher for academic and professional books and general manager of Zondervan Publishing House in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His book Love Them In: The Life and Theology of D. L. Moody (Moody, 1976, and Baker, 1982) is the definitive study of Moody's theology.
William Booth's Officers
Thousands of young men and women devoted themselves to the rugged nineteenth-century Army life. Where did they come from? Why did they join?
Glenn K. Horridge, a lifelong Salvantionist, is assistant housemaster and teacher of history at Wellingborough School, Northamptonshire, England. The author of three history books, he is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of London.
988 Vladimir Adopts Christianity
The pagan prince of Kievan Rus' embraced a new faith, leading to the Christianization of the Ukrainian, Russian, and Byelorussian peoples.
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