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New Early Church Fathers DVD
The CCEL is pleased to announce a new product: The Early Church Fathers. This DVD is comprised of thirty-seven volumes of the most important writings of the first 500 years of the church, as well as a copy of New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. It also includes the Apostolic Fathers in Greek, the Summa Theologica and other works of St. Thomas Aquinas, Deane's Pseudepigrapha, and other works by Athanasius, Augustine, Boethius, Irenaeus, Origen, and Salvian.
High-resolution page images are included for the Early Church Fathers series, which allows users to view or print pages in their original form. The powerful software on this CCEL DVD also makes it possible to search the entire library for words, phrases, and scripture references and to install additional books from the CCEL via the Internet.
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Daily readings: Psalm 149, Numbers 16, 1 Corinthians 13:1-7
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In this section we hope to highlight a good book that one of the CCEL staff or someone else is reading.
by Pam Plantinga
The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It is a series of conversations with and letters from Brother Lawrence, a lay brother among the Carmelites in the 17th century. Brother Lawrence lived with a consuming love for God and a desire to do all for Him, and his words are a great encouragement to us to do the same.
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What's New
2009-06-19: Added Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri
2009-06-09: Added Grounds and Reasons of Christian Regeneration, by William Law
2009-06-09: Added DEMONSTRATION of the Gross and Fundamental Errors, by William Law