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Extracts from Christian Literature
Fire and Ice
When the angels rebelled against their Maker, they demanded a kingdom of their own in a land without him — and he gave them what they wanted.
from The Old English Genesis 9th century
Lives of the Saints
The Lion and the Lamb
St Bede examines the connection between Passover and Easter, and shows how the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ complete a pattern.
by St Bede of Jarrow 672-735
Liberty and Prosperity
No Platform
Fiery young attorney Thomas Erskine stood up in the House of Commons to denounce a bill aiming to silence critics of the Government.
by William Belsham 1752-1827
James Alexander Lovat-Fraser
The Length of a Horse
Unlike some of his fellows in Westminster, Scottish statesman Henry Dundas made no attempt to make himself sound more ‘English’.
by James Alexander Lovat-Fraser 1868-1938
Proverbs and Quotations
Proverbs of the Northmen
Among the oldest surviving fragments of Norse poetry are some lines of rugged common sense which any age would do well to heed.
from Eddic (Norse) Poetry 8th century
Tudor Era
What to Do With a Glove Full of Angels
Henry VIII and his mistress Anne Boleyn were disappointed once again in their hopes of catching Thomas More with his fingers in the till.
by William Roper ?1496-1578