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The enduring influence of the Catholic Church has many sources, but in the first half of the 19th century, the foundations upon which the church had rested were shaken. For many people, liberalism in the guise of liberty, equality, and fraternity was the quintessence of the evils that shook those foundations. At the Vatican Council of 1869-1870, the church made an effort to set things right by defining the doctrine of papal infallibility. Author John W. O'Malley draws us into the bitter controversies over papal infallibility that at one point seemed destined to rend the church in two.

Luther’s 95 Theses, written in Latin, were famously posted by Martin Luther on the door of the Castle Church, Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517, an event that came to be considered as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. The Theses focus on three main issues: selling forgiveness through indulgences, the pope’s claimed power of forgiveness, and the damage indulgences caused to sinners. The first thesis states, "When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, "Repent," he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance."

The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity - truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia. In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric religion of gnosticism, which flourished between the first and fourth centuries AD, but whose legacy remains even today, having survived secretly throughout the ages. 

Many who have read the New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code have questions that arise from seven codes-expressed or implied-in Dan Brown's book. In Breaking the Da Vinci Code: Answers to the Questions Everyone's Asking, Darrell Bock, Ph.D., responds to the novelist's claims using central...

In this provocative book one of the most brilliant scholars of religion today dismantles distorted religious "histories" offered up by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and other contemporary critics of religion and advocates of atheism. David Bentley Hart provides a bold correction of the New Atheists’s misrepresentations of the Christian past, countering their polemics with a brilliant account of Christianity and its message of human charity as the most revolutionary movement in all of Western history.

An intelligent, strong-willed woman, Susanna Wesley suffered much in a male-dominated world while she prepared her children to succeed in it. Her fiery, independent spirit is evident as Arnold Dallimore sets the mother of Methodism within her culture and time in England. Though Samuel Wesley figures prominently in his wife's story, as do John, Charles, and the other children, the story remains fixed on Susanna. Excerpts from Susanna Wesley's letters and writings of her husband and children are included.

The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance, and pilgrimage.

Zgłęb konflikt między wiarą a polityką, badając narodziny amerykańskiego porządku konstytucyjnego. To analityczna podróż, idealna do słuchania w skupieniu lub podczas dojazdów, zaspokajająca głód rzetelnej wiedzy historycznej. Przeniesiesz się prosto w sam środek burzliwych...

Ontrafel de verborgen geschiedenis van het vroege christendom via verloren evangeliën uit de woestijn. Perfect voor een reflectieve luistersessie tijdens je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, neemt dit sfeervolle verhaal je mee naar een antieke wereld vol theologische strijd. Laat je fascineren door...

在信仰冲突与民族觉醒的夹击下，长达千年的权力博弈与饥荒创伤如何塑造了一个不屈的国家？这部两小时的欧洲历史微缩景观将带你直击动荡现场。无论你是在每日通勤途中，还是渴望在碎片时间里快速充电，这段浓缩的非...

Beleef de epische geschiedenis van een vervolgde sekte die de machtigste religie van het Romeinse Rijk werd. Tijdens je dagelijkse reis of ontspannen wandeling word je direct meegesleept in een sfeervol, waargebeurd verhaal over absolute macht, meedogenloze strijd en miraculeuze overleving in de...

从罗马帝国边缘的受压迫小众社群，逆袭为重塑全球政治权力与日常生活法则的历史巨轮，一场跨越两千年的制度演变在此展开。无论你是在早晚通勤时渴望拓展思维边界的终身学习者，还是在安静角落里试图理清现代社会逻...

从犹太教内部的边缘团体到重塑全球文明的信仰网络，两千年的宗教演变与权力博弈究竟如何塑造了我们今天的世界？这场跨越帝国兴衰与大分裂的史诗级历史探索，将带你穿越时空，客观还原每一个震荡文明的决定性瞬间。...

تتبّع الصراع التاريخي المثير بين العلم والإيمان حول أشهر الآثار الدينية عبر تحقيق موضوعي يدمج التاريخ بالتحليل المعملي. تلبي هذه الرحلة الصوتية فضولك المعرفي،...

当深藏埃及沙漠千年的失落福音书重见天日，早期基督教多元且充满争议的灵知信仰终于向世人敞开大门。无论你是对宗教历史充满好奇的探索者，还是渴望在通勤途中汲取硬核新知的听众，这段通俗易懂的音频之旅都将带你...

当失落两千年的隐秘文献从埃及黄沙中重见天日，正统教义与异端思想之间的神学拉锯战彻底浮出水面，颠覆了人们对古典信仰生态的传统认知。无论你是在通勤途中渴望获取深度求知的思维刺激，还是在重构思想边界时寻找...

Reis door de fascinerende cultuurgeschiedenis van een kleine beweging die uitgroeide tot een dominante wereldreligie. Perfect voor een gefocuste luistersessie of je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, biedt dit meeslepende historische overzicht een sfeervolle en leerzame blik op de fundamenten van onze...

استكشف كيف أعادت شبكات الرعاية الاجتماعية صياغة التاريخ القديم محولة أقلية مطاردة إلى قوة مهيمنة عبر تحول ديني مذهل. بعيدًا عن أساطير الانتصارات العسكرية، يغوص...

从中世纪的神圣祭器到象征个人救赎的终极试炼，人类对一件传说圣物长达千年的狂热追寻，折射出极为复杂的信仰演变与权力博弈。无论你是渴望在碎片化时间里获取硬核知识的求知者，还是对欧洲神话原型充满好奇的探索...

边缘化的少数宗教如何在血腥打压下逆袭，最终颠覆古代地中海世界的权力秩序与信仰版图？带着对权力更迭与思想演变的深层求知欲，你将重返那个神明林立、政治角力错综复杂的古典时代。这场看似不可思议的崛起并非注...