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Many of our most fascinating figures in World Religion are misunderstood and little known. Their true stories are more fascinating than all the legends that have erupted around them. Get to know the real St. Francis of Assisi, St. Margaret Mary, St. Padre Pio, Jacob Boehme, John Wesley, Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, Milarepa, Earth Store Bodhisattva - Kstigarbha, St. Joseph Calasanz (Founder of the Piarist Order), Gideon Jasper Richard Ouseley (The Gospel of the Holy Twelve), Dr. John Ballou (Oaspe) and the fascinating true story of King Arthur. These people were real people, real historical characters and the truth is more fascinating than the legends. This audiobook gives you an overview and insight into a subject otherwise only understood through lengthy study. (For more info - http://outofbodytravel.org)
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Story5 out of 5 stars 47
The story of the church is important for Christians to know, for it contains rich and uplifting stories of God’s dealings with His people. Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson takes the listener on a tour of the Christian history, featuring stories and songs to give believers a sense of their place in God’s kingdom and to encourage them in their walk.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Missing one page
- By Amy Steeger on 08-01-22
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Your Life Is Worth Living
- 50 Lessons to Deepen Your Faith
- By: Fulton Sheen, Robert Barron
- Narrated by: Gary Galone
- Length: 14 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 107
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Story5 out of 5 stars 89
For over four decades, Fulton Sheen was the face of Catholicism in America and literally received hundreds of thousands of letters from people around the world in search of truth, faith, salvation, and spiritual guidance. In this new reissue of one of Sheen's classic works, the Emmy Award-winning priest takes an intimate look at our sacred journey to God and answers some of life's most profound questions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Profoundly Good.
- By The Phil on 10-12-19
By: Fulton Sheen, and others
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
- Why the Greeks Matter
- By: Thomas Cahill
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 334
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Story4 out of 5 stars 151
Best selling history writer Thomas Cahill continues his series on the roots of Western civilization with this volume about the contributions of ancient Greece to the development of contemporary culture. Tracing the origin of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European horsemen into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, he follows their progress into the creation of the Greek city-states, the refinement of their machinery of war, and the flowering of intellectual and artistic culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Super super
- By Richard on 12-28-03
By: Thomas Cahill
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How Great Is Our God
- Classic Writings from History's Greatest Christian Thinkers in Contemporary Language
- By: Ignatius, John Calvin, Augustine, and others
- Narrated by: Bill DeWees
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 162
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4 out of 5 stars 130
Daily readings drawn from every century and every tradition of the Christian faith. Christianity through the ages... Ignatius, C.S. Lewis, John Calvin, Augustine, Catherine of Siena, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Polycarp, John Wesley, Karl Barth, and Billy Sunday. These names, and so many others, fill the pages of church history. Yet they remain strangers to most of us. How Great Is Our God will introduce you to Christianity’s most influential thinkers from every century and every tradition—modernized for today’s reader.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Tedious
- By Alan Rither on 01-21-13
By: Ignatius, and others
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End of Days
- What You Need to Know Now About the End of the World
- By: Sylvia Browne
- Narrated by: Jeanie Hackett
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 816
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 652
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Story4 out of 5 stars 643
Religious wars, global terrorism, genocide, ecological disaster: Today's world is a scary place. The Information Age has carried us into the Age of Anxiety, where everyone is on edge, wondering what is coming next. What will happen in 2012, when the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world? What will the next 50 years bring?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not very accurate on predictions from 2010-2020
- By Brandy White on 03-17-20
By: Sylvia Browne
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Catholicism
- A Journey to the Heart of the Faith
- By: Robert Barron
- Narrated by: Robert Barron
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,779
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,545
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,536
Fr. Robert Barron's comprehensive work goes straight to the core of the Catholic faith. He first examines the foundations of Christ's incarnation, life and ministry, and then works through the essentials of the Catholic tradition: from sacraments, worship and prayer, to Mary and the saints, and on to salvation, heaven and hell. Throughout this epic journey, Fr. Barron uses art, literature, personal stories, Scripture, theology, philosophy and history to present a complete picture of the Church to the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Journey!
- By Echo Juliet on 06-13-12
By: Robert Barron
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When the Church Was Young
- Voices of the Early Fathers
- By: Marcellino D'Ambrosio
- Narrated by: Marcellino D'Ambrosio
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 982
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 851
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 851
Marcellino D'Ambrosio dusts off what might have been just dry theology to bring you the exciting stories of great heroes such as Ambrose, Augustine, Basil, Athanasius, John Chrysostom, and Jerome. These brilliant, embattled, and sometimes eccentric men defined the biblical canon, hammered out the Creed, and gave us our understanding of sacraments and salvation. It is they who preserved the rich legacy of the early Church for us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful summary of the early Church Fathers
- By Mike C on 08-22-14
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Things Worth Dying For
- Thoughts on a Life Worth Living
- By: Charles J. Chaput
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story5 out of 5 stars 115
With a balance of wisdom, candor, and scholarly rigor, the beloved archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia, Charles J. Chaput, traces the human experience from ancient times to today to find threads of connection in our yearning for God, love, honor, beauty, truth, and immortality. He looks at our modern appetite for consumption and individualism and offers a penetrating analysis of how we got here and how we can look to our roots and our faith to find purpose each day amid the noise of competing desires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Low score for modernism
- By Joey on 05-17-21
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The Way of Saint Francis
- Teachings and Practices for Daily Life
- By: Father Murray Bodo
- Narrated by: Father Murray Bodo
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Who was medieval Italy's Francis of Assisi? Millions knew him as the saint who first received the stigmata of Christ, as a champion of the poor, and as a mystic who possessed a divine rapport with the natural world. But few know that Saint Francis also created an extraordinary system of practices to radiate a joyfulness of spirit inward to the soul and outward to the world. On The Way of Saint Francis, scholar and friar Murray Bodo reveals the life of this celebrated saint and shares specific meditations, prayers, and teachings to cultivate the 5 great keys of Franciscan spirituality: Silence, how to use inner and outer quietude to prepare a sacred dwelling place within; Purification, true forgiveness, the secret to purifying the heart; Openness, how to embrace your deeper suffering and simpler joys in the manner and spirit of Saint Francis; Response, the way of the Poor Christ, a life made rich through prayer, contemplation, and selfless service; Time, how we enter the state of the timeless divine. You will learn how to use each of these miraculous keys to open the door to the cell within - a sacred inner space of stillness and strength available to you at any time and in any situation - and to transform yourself into a true instrument of peace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Way of St. Francis
- By Fr. Ron on 07-07-15
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Popes and Feminists
- How the Reformation Frees Women from Feminism
- By: Elise Crapuchettes
- Narrated by: Elise Crapuchettes
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Story5 out of 5 stars 27
Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only “spiritual” calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this (and other worse abuses, like priest-patronized brothels) and returned to the Bible to develop a theology of vocation that began to free Christians to be "holy" no matter their occupation. But today, modern feminist claims about vocation have more in common with the pre-Reformation popes than anything else....
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5 out of 5 stars
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EXCELLENT BOOK.
- By Diana Jenkins on 01-09-21
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God Speaks Again
- An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith
- By: Kenneth E. Bowers
- Narrated by: Brian W. Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story5 out of 5 stars 30
The Bahá'í faith is a recognized independent world religion attracting increasing attention--and followers--in the U.S. and around the globe as people from all walks of life search for practical spiritual direction and meaning in these deeply troubled times. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the Bahá'í Faith is today among the fastest-growing of world religions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely informative and insightful
- By Walter on 07-10-19
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The Miracle and the Message
- 100 Years of Fatima
- By: John C. Preiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 105
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story5 out of 5 stars 91
Author John C. Preiss describes in clear detail the Virgin Mary's appearances to Lucia dos Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto (now the Church's youngest canonized saints) and shares the background, sights, and sounds that draw you into the events as they unfolded over the course of the 20th century. More than just a history lesson about the apparitions, The Miracle and the Message shows us how to claim the message in our own lives and fully embrace what Mary offers the Church and the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Book Has Made Me Catholic!!
- By conundrum_11 on 02-20-20
By: John C. Preiss
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The American Puritans
- By: Dustin Benge, Nate Pickowicz
- Narrated by: Lance Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story5 out of 5 stars 40
In The American Puritans, Dustin Benge and Nate Pickowicz tell the story of the first hundred years of Reformed Protestantism in New England through the lives of nine key figures: William Bradford, John Winthrop, John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, Anne Bradstreet, John Eliot, Samuel Willard, and Cotton Mather. Here is sympathetic yet informed history, a book that corrects many myths and half-truths told about the American Puritans while inspiring a current generation of Christians to let their light shine before men.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Primer on American Puritan History
- By P. Heard on 07-30-21
By: Dustin Benge, and others
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Desire of the Everlasting Hills
- The World Before and After Jesus
- By: Thomas Cahill
- Narrated by: Brian F. O'Byrne
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
In his subtle and engaging investigation into the life and times of Jesus, Thomas Cahill shows us Jesus from his birth to his execution through the eyes of those who knew him and in the context of his time—a time when the Jews were struggling to maintain their beliefs under overlords who imposed their worldview on their subjects. Here is Jesus the loving friend, itinerate preacher, and quiet revolutionary, whose words and actions inspired his followers to journey throughout the Roman world and speak the truth he instilled.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Desire Delivers
- By David on 04-18-03
By: Thomas Cahill
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The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus
- By: Brennan Manning
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story5 out of 5 stars 35
Is God a wrathful judge? A gentle healer? A father? Brother? Friend? In The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus, Brennan Manning brings you to a deeper understanding of the true nature of God. Through poignant and unforgettable stories and challenging observations, Manning helps you stretch your mind and reject simplistic explanations of who God really is.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful, Poetic, Convincing
- By Elizabeth Doonan on 12-03-22
By: Brennan Manning
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Nostalgia
- Going Home in a Homeless World
- By: Anthony Esolen
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Alone among the creatures of the world, man suffers a pang both bitter and sweet. It is an ache for the homecoming. The Greeks called it nostalgia. Post-modern man, homeless almost by definition, cannot understand nostalgia. If he is a progressive, dreaming of a utopia to come, he dismisses it contemptuously, eager to bury a past he despises. If he is a reactionary, he sentimentalizes it, dreaming of a lost golden age. In this profound reflection, Anthony Esolen explores the true meaning of nostalgia and its place in the human heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deep and thought provoking.
- By Holly Stockley on 04-24-19
By: Anthony Esolen