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Bible and Saints
Passages of history, wonder and spiritual counsel, drawn from the Bible and from the lives of the saints and martyrs, with a special attention to those of the British isles.
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Angels and Men Agree
By Elfric of Eynsham
The birth of Jesus Christ fundamentally changed the relationship between mankind and the angels.
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The Investor of Nisibis
Based on a story by St John Moschus
A woman advises her husband to entrust their modest savings to the bank of God.
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Cuthbert and Hildemer’s Wife
By Clay Lane
Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.
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Abba John and the Lost Guide
Based on ‘The Sayings of the Desert Fathers’
A guide loses his way on the edge of the merciless Egyptian desert, but Abba John is too kind-hearted to tell him.
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The Synod of Hatfield
The Roman Emperor offered to unite the world’s squabbling churches – but it was the kind of offer you can’t refuse.
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Sign of Deliverance
While the besieged citizens of Novgorod huddled for protection in the city gaol, Archbishop John remained in his cathedral to pray.
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