Showing posts with label Church History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church History. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2007

A Short Guide to Ancient Heresies

Do you find all those heresies that you come across in your history reading - like Montanism, Arianism and Gnostism - a little confusing? Did you even know that the early Church dealt with numerous heresies that were quite serious? Kenneth Whitehead has a short piece at Ignatius Insight with some helpful answers.

Read the article here.

Monday, January 01, 2001

The Life of Christ (1 - 33 AD)

Picture Books:

Stories from the New Testament with Masterwork Paintings Inspired by the Stories (Simon and Schuster Books)

Favorite Read-Alouds:

The Holy Gospels

Abigail and the Widow Mary by Noel Trimming

Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life Simply Told by Mother Mary Loyola

Grades 5-8:

Ben Hur by General Lew Wallace (better for eager readers)

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Teen/Adult:

The Face of the Nazarene by Noel Trimming

The Life of Christ by Fulton Sheen

The Man Born to be King by Dorothy Sayers

The Spear by Louis de Wohl

Movies/Videos:

Ben Hur (1958 - Charlton Heston)

Footprints of God Series: Mary, the Mother of God

Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

The Passion of the Christ (2004 - parents strongly cautioned)