The Fiction of St. Stephen's
Author : Aditya Bhattacharjea
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Indic fiction (English)
ISBN : 9788175300309
First Martyr
Author : Nathan Urban
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 35,26 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781798671672
Book Description
A short biography of the world's first Christian martyr, Saint Stephen. A deacon in the early Catholic church, Stephen was martyred for publicly teaching the Truth revealed by Jesus Christ. His words angered members of the Sanhedrin and he was dragged out beyond the gates of Jerusalem and stoned to death. He was buried by his fellow Christians. Since his death, his name has remained with Christian martyrdom.
Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen
Author : Emily Brightwell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,14 MB
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1440622515
Book Description
A Yuletide dinner in West Brompton should have been a festive occasion, until the host, wealthy Stephen Whitfield, dropped dead before the second course. Now Mrs. Jeffries and the busy sleuths must rally in support of their Inspector?especially since the clues are harder to find than a silver sixpence in a plum pudding.
The Realm of St Stephen
Author : Pal Engal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 21,48 MB
Release : 2001-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 0857731734
Book Description
Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pál Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared. Engel's book is an accessible and highly readable history. 'This is now the standard English language treatment of medieval Hungary - its internal history as well as its regional and European significance.' --- P W Knoll, University of Southern Carolina (From 'Choice') 'A lively and highly readable narrative ' --- Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona (From 'Mediaevistik')
St. Stephen's Handbook for Altar Servers
Author : Edward Matthews
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 20,56 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Acolytes
ISBN : 9780852442777
Book Description
Provides in simple terms an understanding of what the worship of the Roman Catholic Church is and how the altar server plays a part in it.
Trial of Stephen
Author : Alan Watson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2012-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780820341545
Book Description
In The Trial of Stephen Alan Watson studies the first Christian martyr, who was stoned to death by a mob outside of Jerusalem around A.D. 36 during his trial by the supreme rabbinic court for blasphemy against the Jewish faith. Watson focuses on Stephen's enthralling defense speech, as found solely in the Acts of Apostles, which is both the pivotal and, until now, least understood part of the fatal proceedings. Watson locates the speech in the well-known genre of criminal trial defenses, which shows that the conduct of the accused was either justified or needs no justification and that the prosecutors themselves are the real wrongdoers. Noting Stephen's departure from mainstream early Christian thought and the enmity he brought down upon all Christians, Watson suggests that Stephen was perhaps not only Christianity's first martyr, but also its first heretic.
Unguarded Hours
Author : A. N. Wilson
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,82 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
It's Not All Black and White
Author : St. Stephen's Community House
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Minority youth
ISBN : 9781554513802
Book Description
Different youth describe what it is like to be biracial or multiracial.
Perfect Martyr
Author : Shelly Matthews
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 15,99 MB
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0199924651
Book Description
This book analyzes the story of Stephen, the first Christian martyr, both in terms of rhetorical fittingness, and Christian tradition concerning the significance of his dying forgiveness prayer. It questions the historicity of the account of his death, underscores Acts' rhetorical violence, and reads Acts against narratives of the martyrdom of James as a means to a richer history of early Jewish-Christian relations.
Magnificent Corpses
Author : Anneli S. Rufus
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781569246870
Book Description
Holy relics -- the bodily remains of saints and other sacred figures -- were for centuries the most revered objects in the Western world, at center-stage in Europe's great churches and cathedrals. Today some relics have been shunted to side chapels and dark crypts, yet many continue to draw prayerful pilgrims, as they have for centuries, seeking solace, inspiration, and signs of miracles. In Magnificent Corpses, Anneli Rufus recounts her visits to 18 of Europe's most significant relics. With an engaging mix of history and personal narrative, Rufus tells their secret stories and, along the way, revisits with a fresh eye the compelling accounts of the saints whose physical bodies the relics represent.
