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Author | : David Dick |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2014-10-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0813158400 |
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A historical novel of prejudice and plague, The Scourges of Heaven sweeps gracefully, joyfully, painfully across centuries and generations. Through Cynthia Anne Ferguson, orphaned aboard a vessel carrying immigrants, hopes, dreams, and cholera from the Old World to the New, David Dick paints a world where the causes of disease are little understood, where faith is not always a comfort, where human questioning often goes unanswered, and where unexpected death is frequently attributed to the wrath of an angry God. Cynthia's story unfolds in the midst of the first of four great cholera epidemics to sweep America in the mid-nineteenth century, and her journey through life, from New Orleans up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and across the Bluegrass to Lexington, parallels the track followed by the deadly scourge. More powerfully told than any factual, statistical, or scientific account could ever manage, yet based upon historical events, this tale of disease, ignorance, and narrow-mindedness is supported by a central theme of hope that ultimately brings redemption.
Author | : David Dick |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2021-12-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0813189985 |
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A historical novel of prejudice and plague, The Scourges of Heaven sweeps gracefully, joyfully, painfully across centuries and generations. Through Cynthia Anne Ferguson, orphaned aboard a vessel carrying immigrants, hopes, dreams, and cholera from the Old World to the New, David Dick paints a world where the causes of disease are little understood, where faith is not always a comfort, where human questioning often goes unanswered, and where unexpected death is frequently attributed to the wrath of an angry God. Cynthia's story unfolds in the midst of the first of four great cholera epidemics to sweep America in the mid-nineteenth century, and her journey through life, from New Orleans up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and across the Bluegrass to Lexington, parallels the track followed by the deadly scourge. More powerfully told than any factual, statistical, or scientific account could ever manage, yet based upon historical events, this tale of disease, ignorance, and narrow-mindedness is supported by a central theme of hope that ultimately brings redemption.
Author | : Gregory I |
Publisher | : Delphi Classics |
Total Pages | : 7845 |
Release | : 2019-08-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1788779622 |
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Saint Gregory the Great was Pope from 590 to 604, launching the famous Gregorian Mission, the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons of England to Christianity. The epithet “the Great” reflects Gregory’s status as a celebrated writer as well as a ruler. The fourth and final of the traditional Latin Fathers of the Church, Gregory is now regarded as the first exponent of a truly medieval, sacramental spirituality. His Commentary on Job and his handbook for rulers, Pastoral Rule, were extremely popular treatises throughout the middle ages, while the Dialogues feature a compelling life of Saint Benedict and his many miracles. Gregory’s works provided practical wisdom and enlightenment for the people of the Dark Ages. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Latin texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Gregory the Great’s collected works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gregory’s life and works * Features the major works of Gregory I, in both English translation and the original Latin * Concise introductions to the major texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Includes rare sermons by Gregory, first time in digital print * Features three bonus biographies, including the Venerable Bede’s account of Gregory’s life — immerse yourself in the Saint’s ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations Commentary on Job (Translated by J. Bliss, 1847) Book of Pastoral Rule (Translated by James Barmby, 1879) Register of Epistles (Translated by James Barmby, 1879) The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope of Rome (Translated by P. W., 1911) Selected Sermons (Translated by D. G. Hubert, 1901) The Latin Texts Moralia Dialogi Regulae Pastoralis Liber Homiliarum in Ezechielem Prophetam Expositio in Canticum Canticorum The Biographies Extracts from ‘The Ecclesiastical History of the English People’ by Bede Pope St. Gregory I by Gilbert Roger Hudleston Saint Gregory by Frederick Homes Dudden Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
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Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : Millenial harbinger |
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Author | : Antony Bridge |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
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ISBN | : 9781910670545 |
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The dramatic story of Islam's counter-crusade against western Christendom, written with vivid narrative power by the author of The Crusades. Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Turks, was one of the most powerful figures in the 16th-century world. This vastly enjoyable account of his impact on Christian Europe from 1520 to the 1560s shows him battering on the gates of Vienna, engaged in running battles with the Hungarians and the Knights of St John and in constant conflict with the navies of the Mediterranean powers. The threat of Islam in the 16th century was not so different in people's imaginations from the West's fear of the East today. To the Habsburg Emperor Charles V, and to King Francis I of France, Suleiman -from his base in Constantinople - was a super-power to be reckoned with. The epic sieges of Rhodes, Vienna and Malta are the big action set-pieces of the book; the Janissaries of the Sultan hold centre stage. When Suleiman died in 1566 the power of the Turks began to wane; with him the forces of militant Islam had reached their high watermark.
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Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1842 |
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Author | : Saint Gregory the Great |
Publisher | : Aeterna Press |
Total Pages | : 1970 |
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Genre | : Religion |
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Download Morals on the Book of Job: Volumes 1 to 3 Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The following Commentary may perhaps be regarded with the less interest by some readers, as not being founded on a critical examination of the original Text. Perhaps, however, there may also be readers, who are glad to have their attention withdrawn from difficulties, to them insuperable, and fixed on those deep and pervading characteristics, which it is the privilege of holiness to read in the sacred page. Criticism may contradict the interpretation of a sentence, and give a different turn to particulars; but the main scope of the work is founded on principles of a higher order, and involves a perception of truths to which the acutest critic may perchance be blind. The utmost that criticism can do for the study of Holy Writ is to furnish as it were a correct Text for the reading of the spiritual eye. And if there is any Book in the sacred Canon in which the bearing of words is more important than the mere thing said, it is the Book of Job. Aeterna Press
Author | : Jean-Baptiste Massillon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 580 |
Release | : 1839 |
Genre | : Sermons |
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Author | : John Martin Russell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Bible |
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Author | : Richard Cumberland |
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Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1817 |
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