Tracing Your Church of England Ancestors
Tracing Your Church of England Ancestors

Author: Stuart A. Raymond

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2017-08-30

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1473890667

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In his latest handbook on the records of the major Christian religions, Stuart Raymond focuses on the Church of England. He identifies the available sources, comments on their strengths and weaknesses and explains how to make the best use of them. The history of the Church of England is covered, from the Reformation in the mid-sixteenth century until the present day. Anyone who has a family connection with the Church of England or a special interest in the local history of the church will find his book to be a mine of practical information and an essential aid for their research. A sequence of short, accessible chapters gives an insight into the relevant records and demonstrates how much fascinating genealogical information can be gleaned from them. After providing a brief history of the Church of England, and a description of its organization, Stuart Raymond explores the wide range of records that researchers can consult. Among them are parish registers, bishops transcripts, marriage licenses, churchwardens accounts, vestry minutes, church magazines, tithe records and the records of the ecclesiastical courts and Anglican charities and missions. A wealth of research material is available and this book is the perfect introduction to it.

Persuading Shipwrecked Men
Persuading Shipwrecked Men

Author: Lyn M. Kidson

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 3161592344

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"In this work, Lyn M. Kidson moves away from the traditional interpretation of 1 Timothy as a church manual and argues that the coordinating purpose of the letter is to command 'certain men (and women)' not to teach an educational program that is being promoted by factional leaders Hymenaeus and Alexander."--

Gorgias Owc
Gorgias Owc

Author: Plato,

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2008-04-17

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0199540322

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The struggle which Plato has Socrates recommend to his interlocutors in Gorgias - and to his readers - is the struggle to overcome the temptations of worldly success and to concentrate on genuine morality. Ostensibly an enquiry into the value of rhetoric, the dialogue soon becomes an investigation into the value of these two contrasting ways of life. In a series of dazzling and bold arguments, Plato attempts to establish that only morality can bring a person true happiness, and to demolish alternative viewpoints. It is not suprising that Gorgias is one of Plato's most widely read dialogues. Philosophers read it for its coverage of central moral issues; others enjoy its vividness, clarity and occasional bitter humour. This new translation is accompanied by explanatory notes and an informative introduction. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Wisdom in Classical and Biblical Tradition
Wisdom in Classical and Biblical Tradition

Author: Michael C. Legaspi

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-08-01

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0190885149

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Wisdom in Classical and Biblical Tradition begins with the recognition that modern culture emerged from a synthesis of the legacies of ancient Greek civilization and the theological perspectives of the Jewish and Christian scriptures. Part of what made this synthesis possible was a shared outlook: a common aspiration toward wholeness of understanding that refused to separate knowledge from goodness, virtue from happiness, cosmos from polis, and divine authority from human responsibility. This wholeness of understanding, or wisdom, featured prominently in both classical and biblical literatures as an ultimate good. Michael Legaspi has two central aims. The first is to explain in formal terms what wisdom is. Though wisdom involves matters of practical judgment affecting the life of the individual and the community, it has also been identified with an understanding of the world and of the ultimate realities that give meaning to human thought and action. In its traditional form, wisdom was understood to govern intellectual, social, and ethical endeavors. His second aim is to analyze figures and texts that have yielded and shaped the traditional understanding of wisdom. The book examines accounts of wisdom within foundational texts that range from the period of Homer to the destruction of the Second Temple. In doing so, it explains why the search for wisdom remains an important but problematic endeavor today.

Socrates and the Immoralists
Socrates and the Immoralists

Author: Curtis N. Johnson

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780739123225

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Socrates' life, as revealed in Plato's dialogues, is defined by, twofold ambition. On one hand, Socrates scrutinizes, people beliefs, including his own, with the aim of exposing inconsistencies and learning about the expansiveness of human potential. On the other hand, he attempts to persuade particular individuals that the life of virtue and justice is far superior to the life of injustice. Curtis N. Johnson, by focusing specifically on the dialogues with the "immoralists"-Polus, Callicles, and Thrasymachus-illuminates the complexities of Socrates' thought, illustrates the complicated interplay of the seemingly contradictory parts of Socrates' ambition, and ultimately vindicates the overall coherence of the philosopher's views. Socrates and the Immoralists is an in-depth exploration of Socrates' argument for the just life, valuable to scholars of Socrates, Plato, and Greek philosophy in general.