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Born in Florence, Italy, in 1499, Peter Martyr Vermigli decided that he wanted to teach God's Word when he grew up. After many years of study, he became a well-respected leader in the Roman Catholic Church, yet he questioned the church's teachings because he believed they were contrary to the Bible. Eventually forced to flee Italy and the Roman Church, Vermigli joined the Reformers north of the Alps and devoted the rest of his life to teaching, preaching, and writing about the great truths of the Protestant Reformation.

Five hundred years ago, a monk named Martin Luther wrote ninety-five questions, hoping to start a discussion about sin and repentance at the University of Wittenberg in Germany. In a few months those questions had stirred the nation; a few years later, the continent. Today we know that those questions changed the course of both the Western church and world history. In this volume for children, Simonetta Carr tells the compelling story of this father of the Protestant Reformation.

Osnat was born five hundred years ago - at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles, but very few believed that girls should learn to read. Yet Osnat's father was a great scholar whose house was filled with books. Then, she in turn grew up to teach others, becoming a wise scholar in her own right, the world's first female rabbi! Some say Osnat performed miracles - like healing a dove who had been shot by a hunter! But, perhaps, her greatest feat was to be a light of inspiration for other girls and boys, to show that any person who can learn might find a path that none have walked before.

A complex and fascinating character, Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, is best remembered as the Father of Orthodoxy, upholding the doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy. In the newest addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, author Simonetta Carr introduces children to the life and times of this important church father who tirelessly defended the Nicene Creed, which many of us today recite as a confession of our faith.

Theodore Roosevelt proved that a political figure could also excel in military matters and literary endeavors. This work covers a most interesting list of heroes in American history, from Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark through various Revolutionary War participants, to activities during the Civil War. Daniel Boone will always occupy a unique place in our history as the archetype of the hunter and wilderness wanderer.

B. B. Warfield lived at a time when many people—even those who considered themselves Christians—were questioning the authority of God's Word. For centuries most people in Europe and North America had taken for granted that the Bible was the word of God, but in Warfield's lifetime they were wondering whether it could still be trusted. Warfield was confident that the Bible could be trusted, and as a professor of theology at Princeton Seminary, he devoted his life to teaching and writing about its authority and other important issues of theology.

Hildegard von Bingen was never meant to be remembered by history. The 10th child of one of the Graf von Sponheim’s knights, she was given to Disibodenberg monastery partly out of gratitude to God, but also partly because her visions made her too odd to make a suitable wife. When she succeeded Jutta von Sponheim as magistra and prioress of Disibodenberg monastery, she found herself unable to keep her visions secret any longer. What happened next led her to revolutionize not only monastic life for women, but the whole world too.

• Um sábio professor que toda a semana doava sua camisa para algum necessitado; • Um pregador de quem uma rainha tinha medo; • Um jovem professor que deu sua vida para traduzir a Bíblia para a língua inglesa; • Um monge que cantava de porta em porta para conseguir comida; • Um jovem rapaz que foi feito padre aos 12 anos, mas que se tornou o grande reformador da igreja da França; • Uma bela rainha que saía de seu palácio para cuidar e orar pelo doentes pobres em suas cabanas; • Uma corajosa duquesa que enfrentou o rei para proteger e ajudar as pessoas necessitadas.

The name St. Patrick is associated with three-leaf clovers and leprechauns, but what was his life really like? Simonetta Carr tells the inspiring story of how Patrick's suffering as a slave opened his eyes to the mercy of God and prepared him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Get to know the real Patrick of Ireland as young listeners learn that the joy of the Lord will sustain them through difficult times and strengthen them to share the gospel.

Lemuel Haynes was a writer, preacher, and influential figure in the abolitionist movement who was determined to spread the good news of God's grace, justice, and mercy in a nation filled with racism and injustice. Trusting in God's loving providence throughout his life, Haynes became the first Black man to be ordained as a minister and to receive a master's degree in the United States. This short and lively biography takes middle-grade listeners on an exciting journey through Haynes's life.

Middle-grade listeners will encounter 52 short biographies of unsung heroes of the Christian faith, including activists, pastors, and missionaries. Along the way, kids will learn about the trials and triumphs of the Black Americans who shaped our nation’s history.

A monk, priest, and professor—Martin Luther was committed to a life of poverty and self-sacrifice. But despite all his good deeds, a storm still raged within his soul. It was only when Luther immersed himself in God's word that he found peace through Jesus Christ and justification by faith alone. This short and lively biography takes middle-grade listeners on an exciting journey through Luther's life, highlighting how his writings transformed the church and eventually the world.

Une jeune fille pauvre et fragile est témoin de dix-huit apparitions de la Vierge dans une grotte près de chez elle. Depuis les pèlerins se pressent du monde entier pour revivre la belle histoire de la petite fille de Lourdes. Cette version sonore de la vie de Bernadette est animée par dix voix et accompagnée de plus de trente morceaux de musique classique - Dès 8 ans - CD présenté dans un digipak avec un livret de 16 pages présentant la vie de sainte Bernadette et son époque.

Esta narración de la vida de Jesús de Nazaret contada para todas las edades busca sembrar el mensaje de amor del hijo de Dios; una semilla que debe estar siempre presente en nuestros corazones. Su ejemplo, sus palabras, sus milagros y su entrega por nosotros nos purifica.

Introducing Harriet Tubman Living as a slave with her family on an old Maryland plantation in 1853, twelve-year-old Rosebud Jackson had been helping her mother with the cooking for the Big House as long as she could remember. Rosebud’s world seemed like an endless pile of pots and pans to wash, food to prepare, and bread to bake. Her father worked long days in the fields while her fifteen-year-old brother Isaac was the stable boy. But when a series of tragedies strikes, Rosebud is left alone and very afraid. Her only hope is that the words of her father will come true: "Just listen for ...

Sala Lewis, who at age 10 was left alone to wander the streets of Poland after her family was taken away by the Nazis. She had been out with her friends and came home to find her family gone and the apartment where she lived closed off and she was not allowed in. Everything she possessed was no longer hers. She had no family, no clothes, no food, and at that moment in time, no future. It was because she was strong willed and confident that she made her way to find her sister who had been taken to a concentration camp.

During the French Revolution, Saint Julie Billiart began her own revolution. With a good friend she opened schools for poor girls and founded the Sisters of Notre Dame, a religious community that departed from traditional ones. Although paralyzed for twenty-three years, she was consumed with zeal for teaching the faith to people who had been deprived of it for years. While suffering physically, persecuted by revolutionaries and clergy, and criticized by her own Sisters, Julie never failed to proclaim, "How good is the good God!" Remarkably, after a miraculous healing at the age of fifty-two...

William Tyndale is the most important translator of the Bible into English in history. Though not the first (that would be John Wyclif), Tyndale's translation has had the most lasting impact. The King James Bible is actually largely a revision of Tyndale's translation. Joyce McPherson is an accomplished children's author (Dürer, Calvin, Pascal, & Newton), and here she turns her attention to another key figure from the Reformation.

50 years without a moment’s rest: trips, scrutinies, visiting so many communities in Madrid, Zamora, Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Florence, Ivrea... Listening and listening to each brother speak about his life, his sufferings, and his history: enlightening it with the light of faith, of the glorious Cross of Our Lord Jesus. I think you have the right to get to know Carmen’s heart, her immense love for Jesus Christ. She constantly said, “My Jesus, I love you. Come, come, help me.” Carmen penned her diaries over the course of 30 years and we will transcribe them little by little for the ...

Martin Luther. Sojourner Truth. Helen Keller. St. Patrick. We read their stories, and of other people like them, in history books and hear about the amazing things they did to change the world. But one part of the story is often left out: Each one of them wouldn’t have accomplished what they did without prayer. In Prayers That Changed History, the stories of twenty-five notable people are presented along with how prayer changed their lives and changed history.