The most celebrated Bibles in the collection are the Gutenberg Bible and the Giant Bible of Mainz -- proudly featured in the library's Great Hall.
The Giant Bible of Mainz is one of the last great handwritten Bibles of Europe and it represents hundreds of years of work disseminating the word of God, according to the library's Web site.
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Read more"With both TheCRY and TheCall in the U.S., so much of what we target in prayer is the exact antithesis of that whole late-60s movement of turning away from God, rebellion to authority, sexual perversion, seeking spiritual encounter apart form God," said TheCRY founder Faytene Kryskow, who realized the prayer event was being held on the Woodstock anniversary two months ago.
Read more"One college we are working with is struggling to help students realize that just because they don't feel called to international missions doesn't mean they get a pass on the Great Commission," said Todd Eckhardt, director for Partnership Development. "They want to broaden the emphasis of their missions week to include all areas of missions, not just international."
Read moreAt the time of the Reformation Cranmer and the other Reformers had reformed the CofEs Formularies and Prayer Book with the help of Continental Reformers such as Martin Bucer.
The Formularies had been modelled on continental Protestant revisions, for example the Lutheran Confession of Augsburg.
Read moreThings got a little crowed in the Palisades Room because 150 faithful Nashotah alumni and associates were expected to show up. Many more did. Priests and bishops clustered together with drinks in hand, munching on the California version of Tex-Mex cuisine.
Read moreGiven the Anglican Mission's focus on the 130 million unchurched, how can we keep our message accessible to culture while preserving the Truth?
Read more"The under-35 generation thinks church is a judgmental, hypocritical, insular place," says Jamie Dunham, chief planning officer for Bohan Advertising & Marketing, the firm that designed the United Methodist campaign. "So our question is: What if church can change the world with a journey?"
Read moreThis is a temptation I can speak of because for twenty years I was confronted with it, and no doubt succumbed to it, while a minister in the Church of Scotland. It was, and continues to be, a subtle temptation. The pathology of the temptation expresses itself like this: We need to have a long-term strategy to promote the gospel and recover the faith of our fathers for the church's good and God's glory.
Read moreEastburn speaks from experience. When he first became pastor of the church now called The Well, it was a traditional church with a budget almost entirely consumed by rent and salaries. But, then the church body decided to do something radical -- leave its building and become a community of house churches.
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