This anthology edited by Philip Schaff, a renowned ecclesiastic historian, includes the most important works by early Christian theologians. Their comportment and sacrifice, their lectures and preaching, their moral values, and their understanding of Christianity and its most precious messages - shaped the foundations of the Christianity, helping it spread throughout the Roman Empire and beyond its borders during the first centuries after the death of Jesus. The edition includes: Volume I:...

Radegund was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen of the Merovingian dynasty. She is also remembered as an early Frankish saint of the Catholic Church. Among other accomplishments, she founded the major Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers and Jesus College of Cambridge University. Her biography is told her by the Latin poet St. Venantius Fortunatus, then a hymnographer at the court of the Frankish kings.

St. Germain was the the 6th century bishop of Paris and is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His work in the Frankish church would help lay the foundation for the various medical, educational, and welfare supports that would aide French civilization throughout the centuries and up until our own time. In more recent years he has been christened the "father of the poor" because of his influence over charitable efforts in the city itself.

In the prologue, the author recounts a conversation with an apostolic figure about the importance of documenting the life of St. Albinus, a revered bishop. Recognizing the fleeting nature of memory, the author feels compelled to preserve the holy man's legacy, despite their own lack of literary skill. They express admiration for those more capable and seek to contribute, however modestly, to the record of St. Albinus's virtues. The author, Venantius Fortunatus, aims to provide a clear acco...

Radegund was a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen of the Merovingian dynasty. She is also remembered as an early Frankish saint of the Catholic Church. Among other accomplishments, she founded the major Abbey of the Holy Cross at Poitiers and Jesus College of Cambridge University. Her biography is told her by the Latin poet St. Venantius Fortunatus, then a hymnographer at the court of the Frankish kings.

A village girl in India inspires the women around her to save their beloved forest.One day Aani is resting against her favorite tree when she hears the unfamiliar roar of trucks. She alerts the village women, the eldest of whom says the sounds are made by men from the city who have come to cut down the trees. The women explain to the cutters that their trees provide the villagers with food and fuel; are home to animals; and prevent erosion. But the men are heedless...

The wind of change blows across regions of the world, multiplying tales of the unexpected. Knowledge is power, but God is the source of all knowledge. This compilation of prayers, quotes, anecdotes, and excerpts homilies, both week days and Sunday homilies, from reputable sources is capable of stabilising the individual in our fast-changing and yet unpredictable world a must-read, I dare say Rev Fr John Gyang Asst: Cathedral Administrator

The safety measures stated in this book are just generic guidelines and should not be taken as standards. It does not remove the liability from the reader to use sound engineering practice and established standards to make judgments in specific situations he/she encounters.

Process safety is a blend of engineering and management systems and covers how major hazards arising from process industries are identified, assessed and controlled. This book introduces the basics of process safety from concept selection, design through operation and maintenance in the petroleum industry. It is invaluable for undergraduate students of safety engineering and loss prevention engineers in the hydrocarbon industry.

St. John Chrysostom was born in the year 349 AD in Antioch. His father died soon after his birth and he was raised by his deeply pious mother. Under her influence St. John became devout as well, and took to studying scripture under the guidance of the bishop of Antioch who would later be the one to baptize him.St. John was drawn to become a monk, and when he mother died he withdrew to the wilderness. There he wrote a number of works on the ascetic life. After a number of years he w...

The Orthodox Prayer Book has the most extensive database of Orthodox Prayers available in one book.

The psychic phenomena of today are symptoms of the emergence of a new spirituality that is molding the world religion of the future—phenomena such as Yoga, Zen, Tantra, Transcendental Meditation, Guru Maharaj-ji, Hare Krishna, UFO’s, the Charismatic Movement, and Jonestown.    “None of these by itself … has a crucial significance in the spiritual makeup of contemporary man; but each one in its own way typifies the striving of men today to find a new spiritual path, d...