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People of the New Testament – Book 1

Joseph, The Three Kings, John the Baptist & Four Apostles (Andrew, Peter, James the Greater & John)

Anne Catherine Emmerich

 

Book I offers the visionary’s account of St. Joseph, the three kings, and John the Baptist and his parents (and their Essene ancestry). There follow compilations on the lives of the apostles Andrew, Simon Peter, James the Greater, and John of Zebedee, including extensive episodes from their travels and missions in the years following the Passion.

Five volumes on People of the New Testament, covering virtually every individual in the visions (approximately 250 in all):

 

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People of the New Testament – Book II

Nine Apostles (Philip, Bartholomew, James the Less, Thomas, Judas Iscariot, Matthew [Levi], Judas Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot & Matthias), Paul, Lazarus & the Secret Disciples

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Book II presents nine apostles: Philip, Bartholomew, James the Less, Thomas, Judas Iscariot, Matthew, Judas Thaddeus, Simon, and Matthias, followed by Paul and several disciples connected with him. Descriptions of apostolic journeys following the Passion are given here also, especially in the case of Thomas’s journeys to the East. The second part, entitled Lazarus and His Friends (The Secret Disciples), covers Lazarus (including his later life in France), the close friends Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, Simeon of the Temple and his sons, Simon of Bethany, John Mark, and Amandor (son of Veronica), among others.

Five volumes on People of the New Testament, covering virtually every individual in the visions (approximately 250 in all):

 

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People of the New Testament – Book III

Major Disciples & Other Followers and Friends

Anne Catherine Emmerich

 

Book III covers the primary non-apostolic disciples of Jesus, among them: Barnabas, Joseph Barsabbas, Cleophas (of Emmaus), Luke (including his life as painter and healer), Mark, Martialis (the youth of Nain), three Nathaniels (including the bridegroom of Cana), Saturnin (an important early disciple of both John the Baptist and Jesus unknown to history), Simeon, Stephen, and others.

The second part documents an extraordinary conversation between Jesus and Eliud the Essene shortly before the baptism in the Jordan, then gives accounts of many lesser-known disciples organized in four categories: civic leaders; pagan officials (including the historically unknown centurion Abenadar, one of the most fascinating figures in the visions); merchants; and other officials. The final selection covers King Abgar and the famous letter that passed between him and Jesus, still a matter of scholarly dispute.

Five volumes on People of the New Testament, covering virtually every individual in the visions (approximately 250 in all):

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People of the New Testament – Book IV

The Early Friends and Minor Disciples of Jesus, and Those Who Opposed Him

Anne Catherine Emmerich

 

Book IV covers the early friends and minor disciples of Jesus (many unknown to history), among them: Ananias, Jonadab, Parmenas, Joel, Jonah, Jonathan, Manasseh, Simon of Cyrene, Simon Zabulon, and Zadoch. There follow summaries of the temporal sequence of the calling of the disciples, and of their geographical and familial origins.

The third part covers Jesus’s historically unknown journey to Cyprus.

The fourth details the likewise unknown journey of Jesus to the East some months before his crucifixion to visit the two of the Three Kings still living.

The final part offers a summary of the opponents of Jesus, including much on the little-known sect of the Herodians.

Five volumes on People of the New Testament, covering virtually every individual in the visions (approximately 250 in all):

 

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Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich: Book II

Anne Catherine Emmerich (Sept. 8, 1774 – Feb. 9, 1824) lived from early childhood in almost constant inner vision of scenes of the Old and New Testaments. Her early visions were mostly of pre-Christian events, but by the time she had become (at 29) an Augustinian nun, they were concerned primarily with the life of Jesus. In November, 1812, Anne Catherine was permanently confined to bed, shortly thereafter received the stigmata, and was for the rest of her life sustained almost exclusively by water and the Eucharist. Many came to visit her, among them the poet Clemens Brentano, who was so impressed by her radiance that he moved nearby to record her visions.

On July 29, 1820, Anne Catherine began to communicate to Brentano scenes of the day-to-day life of Jesus, which in due course encompassed the better part of his ministry. She was able to describe in extraordinary detail the places Jesus visited, his miracles and healings, his teaching activity in the synagogues and elsewhere, and the people around him. Anne Catherine and Brentano worked together daily until her death on February 9, 1824, except for one period of six months.

Various editions of the visions have been assembled over the years, but only recently (2009) have Brentano’s complete notebooks (38 volumes) been published, and this new edition benefits greatly from this new resource, particularly in a Dramatis Person, that provides summaries of the primary holy men and women. Anne Catherine was so attuned to the life of Jesus that her visions encompassed minute details of time and place. Along with other supplements, this edition incorporates a day-by-day chronology and during the days of the Passion, a nearly hour-by-hour itinerary. It contains also 40 detailed maps depicting Jesus’s journeys. Many chronologies of the life of Jesus have been put forward, but the dates given in the current work differ from all previous efforts in that they derive from the application of modern chronological science (described in 5 appendices) to the whole of Anne Catherine’s visions.

In addition, all 350 of the paintings of scenes from the life of Jesus executed by the French painter J. James Tissot (1836?1902), largely under the influence of Anne Catherine’s visions, are included in this edition, along with many other illustrations. Over the years many have attested to the transformative power of these visions, and Anne Catherine was beatified on Oct. 3, 2004 by Pope John Paul II. It is the editor’s hope that these visions so engaging as an historical narrative, so illustrative of the gospel stories, so replete with inspired spiritual insight may open a gateway for the many who have in modern times fallen away from any connection with the life and teaching of Jesus, to the earthly garden where the Spirit bloomed, and blossoms still.

Contents:

The Journeys of Jesus Continue Till Just Before the Passion
A Day-by-Day Chronicle: August AD 30 – February AD 33
128 Illustrations, 21 Maps

In this series:

The Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Book I
The Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Book II
The Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, Book III

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The Epistle of Christ


The Epistle of Christ: Short Sermons for the Sundays of the Year on Texts from the Epistles

Originally published in 1927, “The Epistle of Christ” was written by a convert from the Episcopal church, Fr. Michael Andrew Chapman. It consists of a series of short sermons based on the epistles for the Sundays and principal feasts throughout the Liturgical Year.

Here follows an excerpt from the foreword written by Fr. John Hunwicke, a former Anglican, who is now a priest of the Ordinariate:

“Because the Bible is the Church’s book. The literature within it was written within the Church and for the Church. The Bible was not composed so that individual Christians might read it privately for their personal enlightenment. A great deal of study has been done in academic circles during the last few decades on the relationship between Orality and Literacy in the ancient world. The tendency has been to see the written word as backup for the spoken word in a basically oral culture. (A loose modern parallel might be the cookery book you keep in your kitchen: it is backup for your culinary triumphs.) So the Holy Bible did not drift down word-perfect from the skies; it emerged from the lived reality of Church life in which it supplied needs and preserved orthodoxy and built up the People of God.

Catholics are often exhorted (I have done it myself) to read the Bible more. They naturally wonder how to go about it. Does one purchase a Bible and then get to work on the first verse of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis and then just carry on? I suggest that a better method is to study the passages of Scripture appointed for next Sunday.

We clergy are sometimes tempted to preach mainly upon the Gospel. This is natural: here are the words of Christ Himself, the Incarnate Word; and perhaps the Gospel narratives are a little more vivid than the Epistle readings. So I much welcome this little book as a godsend both to laity and clergy. There is immense wealth in the readings of the Epistles, most of them by that towering intellect St Paul. Perhaps clergy will make its texts the basis of their own homilies, or perhaps they will simply adopt its methods and thereby preach more effectively from the New Testament Epistles.

And I commend it to the laity as a valuable prop in their own study of next Sunday’s Epistle!”

 

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Memorize the Faith!

“They laughed when I said I could name all 27 books of the New Testament . . . but after I named them all in order, plus the 46 books of the Old Testament, they begged me to show them how I did it.”

Yes, I know that memorizing the Faith is no substitute for living a holy life, but even devout people can’t live by truths and precepts they don’t remember.

That’s why, over 700 years ago, St. Thomas Aquinas perfected an easy method for his students to memorize most any information, but especially the truths taught by Christ and His Church.

As the years passed, our need for this ancient art of memorization grew, yet somehow our culture largely forgot it . . . which is why today, when you and I try to remember a list of things, we have to repeat their names over and over. Or, to remember to call the dentist, we tie a string on our finger. And we clutch at any means whatsoever to recall our passwords for ATMs, credit cards, and voicemail, our login names for Yahoo, eBay, and Amazon, and the host of other names and numbers that clog our minds and clutter our days.

Now, thanks to the delightful pages of Memorize the Faith!, you can easily keep all these in mind – and learn the Faith! – by tapping into the power of the classical memory system that helped St. Thomas become the Church’s preeminent theologian, and made it easier for him to become one of its greatest saints.

Here, Catholic scholar Kevin Vost makes available again Aquinas’s easy-to-learn method – the method Dr. Vost himself has used for decades to recall names, dates, phone numbers, the first dozen digits of pi (3.141592653589) and even whether, when his wife called him at work today, she asked him to bring home ice cream and toffee . . . or was it truffles and coffee?

Indeed, Dr. Vost will teach you to remember virtually anything, but he devotes most of his book to showing you how to improve your memory of Catholic truths so you can live the Faith better.

By the time you finish this book, you will have memorized dozens of key teachings of the Church, along with hundreds of precepts, traditions, theological terms, Scripture verses, and other elements of the Faith that every good Catholic needs to know by heart.

Memory is the foundation of wisdom. It makes holiness easier. To grow wiser in the Faith . . . and holier . . . turn to Memorize the Faith! today.

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Memorize the Faith! will teach you and your children how to remember anything, but it’s particularly useful to those involved in religious education: catechists and converts, CCD teachers, RCIA members, and homeschoolers of all ages.

Here, Dr. Vost and St. Thomas Aquinas show you easy ways to memorize the following truths and precepts of our Faith, plus many more:

  • The 9 Beatitudes
  • The 12 Apostles
  • The 7 Virtues
  • The 7 Sacraments
  • The 4 Last Things
  • The 7 Capital Sins
  • The 10 Commandments
  • The 4 Marks of the Church
  • The 14 Stations of the Cross
  • The 5 Precepts of the Church
  • The 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • The 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
  • The 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy
  • The 20 Mysteries of the Rosary
  • The 7 Corporal Works of Mercy
  • The 10 Holy Days of Obligation
  • The 6 Sins Against the Holy Spirit
  • The 5 Proofs for the Existence of God
  • The 27 Books of the New Testament
  • The 46 Books of the Old Testament

And anything else you want to remember, from the 14 items on your grocery list to the birthdays of your 7 nephews and nieces!

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