The Quest For The True Cross

Author : Carsten Peter Thiede
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403962126
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest for the True Cross written by Carsten Peter Thiede and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cross is arguably the most recognizable symbol in Western civilization. But what are its historical origins, and what happened to it after Christ`s crucifixion? In a church outside Rome, a fragment of wood may hold the answer to these questions and could be fundamental to our understanding of Christianity. Focusing on a long-ignored fragment of the Titulus Crucis-the inscribed headboard from Christ`s cross-authors Thiede and d`Ancona provide evidence that it may date from the time of Christ and was brought to Rome by Queen Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, in AD 328. Their claim is a radical challenge to the modern view that all reputed holy relics are fakes. Following in Helena`s footsteps and drawing together the threads of history, archaeology, myth, religion, and science, this journey through the ancient world is sure to transform many readers` conceptions about early Christian faith.

Author : Robin M. Jensen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674088808
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cross written by Robin M. Jensen and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-17 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians as well as non-Christians. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the two-thousand-year evolution of the cross as an idea and an artifact, illuminating the controversies—along with the forms of devotion—this central symbol of Christianity inspires. Jesus’s death on the cross posed a dilemma for Saint Paul and the early Church fathers. Crucifixion was a humiliating form of execution reserved for slaves and criminals. How could their messiah and savior have been subjected to such an ignominious death? Wrestling with this paradox, they reimagined the cross as a triumphant expression of Christ’s sacrificial love and miraculous resurrection. Over time, the symbol’s transformation raised myriad doctrinal questions, particularly about the crucifix—the cross with the figure of Christ—and whether it should emphasize Jesus’s suffering or his glorification. How should Jesus’s body be depicted: alive or dead, naked or dressed? Should it be shown at all? Jensen’s wide-ranging study focuses on the cross in painting and literature, the quest for the “true cross” in Jerusalem, and the symbol’s role in conflicts from the Crusades to wars of colonial conquest. The Cross also reveals how Jews and Muslims viewed the most sacred of all Christian emblems and explains its role in public life in the West today.

Author : Tony McMahon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957272019
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quest for the True Cross written by Tony McMahon and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horrors of the Crusades have left their mark on Templar William de Mandeville, but in returning home to England he only encounters more woe when he finds his father and older brother have blackened the family name. Determined to set things right, William saves a peasant boy from his sadistic brother's clutches and flees to Portugal. From here he plans to once again fight alongside his Christian brothers in the hopes of retrieving the holy cross of Christ, which the Saracens have stolen. Surely, such an act will restore his good name. But can he overcome his past failings as a warrior and survive long enough to find the sacred relic amid the burning city of Al-Usbuna? "Quest for the True Cross" plunges headlong into the religious and political pandemonium of the twelfth-century, cleverly depicting both sides of the Crusades in a way that doesn't set one above the other.

Author : Cornelia Mary Bilinsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780819874610
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Queen & the Cross written by Cornelia Mary Bilinsky and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet-smelling basil marks the spot in this treasure hunt led by a queenly saint--join her as she treks to Jerusalem in search of the Holy Cross of Jesus Christ In this fabulous and instructive blend of tale and history, boys and girls alike will be captivated by Helen, an adventurous empress on a mission. Offering faith-based reading in an entertaining format of dialogue and narration, children are encouraged to treasure the Holy Cross in their "own" lives.

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004400990
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church of the Holy Cross of Ałt‘amar written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the celebrated church of the Holy Cross of Ałt‘amar founded by King Gagik of Vaspurakan and built in the tenth century. It analyzes this church from multiple perspectives, such as the contemporary intellectual climate, biblical exegesis, historiography, royal ideology, patronage of relics, medieval architecture and art.

Author : Matthew D'Ancona
Publisher : Galilee Trade
ISBN 13 : 038548898X
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jesus Papyrus written by Matthew D'Ancona and published by Galilee Trade. This book was released on 2000-02-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1901, the Reverend Charles B. Huleatt acquired three pieces of a New Testament manuscript on the murky antiquities market of Luxor, Egypt. He donated these papyrus fragments to his alma mater, Magdalen College in Oxford, England, where they sat in a display case and drew very little attention. Nearly a century later, the fragments--part of the Gospel of Matthew and thought to date from a.d. 180-200--were reevaluated by scholar Carsten Peter Thiede. His research showed the bits of papyrus to be significantly older, written about a.d. 60. But what is all the fuss about? How can three ancient papyrus fragments be so significant? How did Thiede arrive at this radical early dating? And what does it mean to the average Christian? Now readers have authoritative answers to these pivotal questions, in a book written by Thiede himself and by Times of London journalist Matthew d'Ancona, who originally broke the story to the public. Indeed, the Magdalen Papyrus corroborates three traditions: Saint Matthew actually wrote the Gospel bearing his name; he wrote it within a generation of Jesus' death; and the Gospel stories about Jesus are true. Some will vehemently deny Thiede's claims, others will embrace them, but nobody can ignore THE JESUS PAPYRUS.

Author : Richard C. Carrier
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616145609
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proving History written by Richard C. Carrier and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth discussion of New Testament scholarship and the challenges of history as a whole proposes Bayes’s Theorem, which deals with probabilities under conditions of uncertainty, as a solution to the problem of establishing reliable historical criteria. The author demonstrates that valid historical methods—not only in the study of Christian origins but in any historical study—can be described by, and reduced to, the logic of Bayes’s Theorem. Conversely, he argues that any method that cannot be reduced to this theorem is invalid and should be abandoned. Writing with thoroughness and clarity, the author explains Bayes’s Theorem in terms that are easily understandable to professional historians and laypeople alike, employing nothing more than well-known primary school math. He then explores precisely how the theorem can be applied to history and addresses numerous challenges to and criticisms of its use in testing or justifying the conclusions that historians make about the important persons and events of the past. The traditional and established methods of historians are analyzed using the theorem, as well as all the major "historicity criteria" employed in the latest quest to establish the historicity of Jesus. The author demonstrates not only the deficiencies of these approaches but also ways to rehabilitate them using Bayes’s Theorem. Anyone with an interest in historical methods, how historical knowledge can be justified, new applications of Bayes’s Theorem, or the study of the historical Jesus will find this book to be essential reading.

Author : James Innell Packer
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 9780891078197
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quest for Godliness written by James Innell Packer and published by Crossway. This book was released on 1994 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the teachings and beliefs of the Puritans, and calls today's Christians to follow their example of spiritual maturity.

Author : Rick Joyner
Publisher : Morningstar Publications Inc.
ISBN 13 : 192937190X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Final Quest written by Rick Joyner and published by Morningstar Publications Inc.. This book was released on with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if a single revelation could change your destiny in a moment? In this riveting bestseller, author Rick Joyner takes you on the supernatural journey that has captivated millions. More real than an allegory, The Final Quest is a panoramic vision of the epic struggle between light and darkness, and your part in it. As the journey unfolds, you can join in the great battle, encounter angels and demons, apostles and prophets, and the heavenly realm itself. This book is about the greatest adventure, to serve the greatest King, and to stand for His truth with courage—a tale not for the timid, but for the bold.

Author : Albert Schweitzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest of the Historical Jesus written by Albert Schweitzer and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: