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Holiness Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots
J. C. Ryle · 1877 · Book
J. C. Ryle's "Holiness" emerged from his pastoral concern that many Christians possessed unclear or inadequate understandings of sanctification. Writing as Bishop of Liverpool in the late Victorian era, Ryle observed widespread…
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Thérèse of Lisieux · 1877–1897 · Letter
The letters of Thérèse of Lisieux were not written for publication. Composed between her adolescence and her death in 1897 at the age of twenty-four, they were sent to her sisters, her…
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D. L. Moody · 1877 · Book
This collection gathers Dwight Lyman Moody's evangelistic messages delivered during the height of his transatlantic revival campaigns in the 1870s. Following his groundbreaking evangelistic tours in Britain from 1873 to 1875 and…
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J. C. Ryle · 1877 · Book
Old Paths emerged from J. C. Ryle's conviction that the Church of England in the 1870s was drifting from its evangelical moorings. As ritualism and liberal theology gained ground within Anglicanism, Ryle…
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D. L. Moody · 1877 · Book
D. L. Moody's "To All People" emerged from his conviction that the gospel message required clear, direct communication accessible to ordinary Americans. Written during the height of his revival ministry in the…
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D. L. Moody · 1878 · Book
The Gospel Awakening emerged from D. L. Moody's intensive evangelistic campaigns across America and Britain during the 1870s. Published in 1878, this collection of sermons captures the essence of Moody's preaching during…
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William Booth · 1878 · Other
William Booth's Orders and Regulations emerged from the practical necessities of organizing a rapidly expanding evangelical mission. By 1878, Booth's Christian Mission had transformed into the Salvation Army, adopting military structure and…
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J. C. Ryle · 1878 · Book
J.C. Ryle's Practical Religion emerged from his pastoral concern that Victorian Christians possessed theoretical knowledge of doctrine but struggled to live out their faith in daily circumstances. Writing as Bishop of Liverpool…
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Catherine Booth · 1878 · Book
Catherine Booth's "Practical Religion" emerged from her decades of preaching and pastoral work as co-founder of the Salvation Army, addressing what she saw as a dangerous gap between professed faith and lived…
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Theophan the Recluse · 1878 · Treatise
This treatise emerged from Bishop Theophan's correspondence with spiritual seekers during his years as a recluse at Vysha Monastery. Written in 1878 as Russia underwent rapid modernization, it addresses Christians struggling to…
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Theophan the Recluse · 1878 · Treatise
This brief treatise by Bishop Theophan the Recluse emerged from his years of spiritual correspondence and direction during his hermitage at Vysha Monastery. Writing in 1878 for Orthodox Christians seeking clarity about…
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J. C. Ryle · 1879 · Book
J. C. Ryle's "Coming Events and Present Duties" emerged from the evangelical Anglican bishop's concern that Christians in late Victorian England were losing sight of biblical prophecy and its practical implications for…
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J. C. Ryle · 1879 · Book
J. C. Ryle's "Holiness" emerged from his decades as an Anglican evangelical pastor confronting what he saw as dangerous theological currents in Victorian Christianity. Writing in the 1870s as Bishop of Liverpool,…
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D. L. Moody · 1880 · Book
D. L. Moody's exploration of heaven emerged from his pastoral concern that Christians had grown too earthbound in their thinking, losing sight of their eternal home. Writing at the height of his…
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Catherine Booth · 1880 · Book
Papers on Aggressive Christianity gathers Catherine Booth's most influential addresses on evangelism and social action during the early years of the Salvation Army. Written at the height of her public ministry in…
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Christina Rossetti · 1881 · Book
Called to Be Saints emerged from Christina Rossetti's deep engagement with the Anglican liturgical calendar and her conviction that ordinary Christians could pursue genuine holiness. Published in 1881, this collection of devotional…
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British revision companies with American advisers · 1881 · Scripture
The English Revised Version stands as the first officially authorized large-scale revision of the King James Version, and it marked a turning point toward the modern English Bibles built upon critical texts.…
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B. F. Westcott · 1881 · Commentary
Brooke Foss Westcott's commentary on John's Gospel emerged from his tenure as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and his pioneering work in New Testament textual criticism. Writing in the wake of…
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F. J. A. Hort · 1881 · Book
This critical edition of the Greek New Testament emerged from the collaboration between Brooke Foss Westcott and Fenton John Anthony Hort, two Cambridge scholars who spent nearly three decades developing a new…
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B. F. Westcott · 1881 · Book
The New Testament in the Original Greek emerged from the urgent need for a critical Greek text based on the oldest and most reliable manuscripts rather than the received Byzantine tradition that…
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Christina Rossetti · 1881 · Book
Christina Rossetti's third major collection of poetry appeared in 1881 as she entered her fifties, bringing together verses written over the preceding decade. The volume emerged during a period of personal trial…
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Catherine Booth · 1881 · Book
Catherine Booth's Papers on Godliness emerged from her ministry as co-founder of the Salvation Army and her deep concern for practical Christian living among the urban poor and working classes of Victorian…
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D. L. Moody · 1881 · Book
Secret Power emerged from D. L. Moody's observations of his own ministry transformation and his encounters with believers who demonstrated what he saw as exceptional spiritual vitality. The great evangelist had noticed…
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Theophan the Recluse · 1881 · Other
"Mysli na kazhdyi den' goda" (Thoughts for Every Day of the Year) represents Theophan the Recluse's effort to provide Orthodox believers with daily spiritual nourishment throughout the liturgical calendar. Writing from his…
