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1) Quo Vadis
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Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
1955
Description
This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.
Quo Vadis is a powerful historical novel about the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Through a romance between a high-born Roman pagan and a Christian woman, Henryk Sienkiewicz masterfully brings to life the decadence of imperial Rome during the reign of Nero Claudius Caesar (AD 54-68), the bloodthirsty persecutor of the early Christians.
Quo Vadis has been...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 25
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Book 3 in the 3-book historical Christian fiction series by the New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and A Voice in the Wind.
The thrilling conclusion to the Mark of the Lion series.
With Hadassah confined to the cells below the arena, facing death once again, and his sister Julia dying of a strange new illness and longing for a forgiveness beyond her reach, Marcus goes in search of God. Meanwhile,...
The thrilling conclusion to the Mark of the Lion series.
With Hadassah confined to the cells below the arena, facing death once again, and his sister Julia dying of a strange new illness and longing for a forgiveness beyond her reach, Marcus goes in search of God. Meanwhile,...
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Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Description
Surveys the life and legacy of the first Christian Roman emperor, describing the vision that inspired his religious conversion and subsequent conquest of the imperial capital, his founding of Constantinople, and his role in promoting a unified Christian Europe.
12) Daughter of Rome
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2020.
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"When the daughter of a prominent Roman general meets a disinherited Jewish immigrant, neither one can dream of God's plan to transform them into the most influential couple of the early church. Nor can they anticipate the mountains that will threaten to bury them. Their courtship unwittingly shadowed by murder and betrayal, Priscilla and Aquila slowly work to build a community of believers, while their lives grow increasingly complicated thanks to...
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Worthy Books, an imprint of Worthy Publishing Group, a division of Worthy Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
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In this fictional account, the author tells of a devout Jewish scholar, who after only three years in the Arabian wilderness, emerges as the greatest Christian theologian in history. This novel explains how, after supervising the death of Jesus's disciples, Paul would be moved to effectively conquer the Roman Empire with a message about a Jewish man named Jesus.
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"A ... Biblical narrative that brings the political intrigue, religious persecution, and emotional turmoil of the Book of Acts to life ... Beginning with the crucifixion, ... David Jeremiah chronicles the tumultuous struggles of Christ's disciples following the Resurrection"--Amazon.com.
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Universal Studios Entertaiment
Pub. Date
2006
Description
In the year 64 C. E., the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero torches Rome, and is advised to blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia. When the seductive and wiked Empress, Popaea, learns that she has a rival for Marcus' affections, she conspires to send all Christians to a chilling death.
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Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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"The life and teachings of Jesus changed the world forever--but what happened after the events of the Gospels? How did Christianity grow from a small group of followers to one of the largest religious movements in human history? How did the first Christians survive in an oppressive Roman Empire? What did the early church believe, and how did they worship? The World of the First Christians: A Curious Kid's Guide to the Early Church answers these questions...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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In The Triumph of Christianity, Bart Ehrman, a master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries. The Triumph of Christianity combines deep knowledge and meticulous research in an eye-opening, immensely readable narrative that...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
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"A profound and moving journey into the heart of Christianity that explores the mysterious and often paradoxical lives and legacies of the Twelve Apostles--a book both for those of the faith and for others who seek to understand Christianity from the outside in. Peter, Matthew, Thomas, John: Who were these men? What was their relationship to Jesus? Tom Bissell provides rich and surprising answers to these ancient, elusive questions. He examines not...
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Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
©2007
Description
In the footsteps of the Holy Family examines the Holy Family's flight from Herod, visiting various stops along the route at which miracles are believed to have occurred. The Apostles collection examines the New Testament and Apocryphal gospels in search the truth about the Apostles. The second part of the program focuses on the Apostle Paul.
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