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The classics, with a guide.
Five books that shaped the church, each with an introduction, a reading plan, and the complete text — free, from Augustine to Bunyan.
- Theologyc. AD 397
Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
Thirteen books addressed to God — a life laid open, then a meditation on memory, time, and creation.
Introduction & reading plan - Theology1265–1274
Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas
The great unfinished cathedral of medieval theology — God, the moral life, and Christ, argued one question at a time.
Introduction & reading plan - Theology1535
Commentary on Galatians
Martin Luther
Luther's lectures on the letter he called his Katharina von Bora — the case for justification by faith alone, verse by verse.
Introduction & reading plan - Devotionc. 1418–1427
The Imitation of Christ
Thomas à Kempis
Four short books of counsel on the interior life. After the Bible, perhaps the most widely read Christian book ever printed.
Introduction & reading plan - Devotion1678
The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan
Christian's journey from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City — written by a tinker in Bedford jail.
Introduction & reading plan