In a sermon for the Feast of All Saints, eighth-century Northumbrian
monk St Bede explains why it is worth going for the spiritual burn.
bySt Bede of Jarrow672-735
Lives of the Saints
Fight the Good Fight
Eighth-century Northumbrian monk St Bede urged Christians to think
of heaven, and then fight our way there for all we are worth.
bySt Bede of Jarrow672-735
Lives of the Saints
The Third Hand
John Mansur, working in Islamic Syria, thought he could
safely criticise the Roman Emperor for meddling in Christian worship. But he was wrong.
byJoseph Hirst Lupton1836-1905
Lives of the Saints
Why Rome Persecuted the Christians
If only the primitive Christians had filled in the right forms and
said that one man’s god is as good as another’s, they wouldn’t have had to die.
byJacobus de Voragine?1228-1298andWilliam Caxton?1420-1491
Lives of the Saints
St John Port Latin
According to an ancient tradition, the Roman authorities banished St John the
Divine to the island of Patmos because they were quite unable to kill him.
byJacobus de Voragine?1228-1298andWilliam Caxton?1420-1491
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.