Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification. There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time it deserves!

Copyright Information. All of the books listed here are believed to be in the public domain unless they are marked US_ONLY. In that case, they are public domain in the US, but not necessarily elsewhere.

NOW FEATURING: The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, in a modern translation. It is said to be the most popular book in history after the Bible.

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Subject-Author Index

Hymn and choral music archive


Author Index

Non-Fiction

Anonymous (pre-16th century)
Theologia Germanica, text
St. Alphonsus (1696-1787)
Uniformity with God's Will
St. Augustine (345-430)
The Confessions of St. Augustine
Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090?-1153)
On Loving God
Jacob Boehme (1575-1624)
The Supersensual Life, text
Edward M. Bounds
The Necessity of Prayer
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
Pilgrim's Progress, text
John Calvin (1509-1564)
Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, text
On the Christian Life, HTML, RTF, pdf, text
Of Prayer
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)
Dialog of Catherine of Siena
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
Orthodoxy
John Donne (1572-1631)
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, HTML, RTF, pdf
Death's Duel, HTML
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
Religious Affections
The Excellency of Christ, text
Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord
George Fox (1624-1691)
Autobiography of George Fox
Walter Hilton (?-1396)
The Scale (or Ladder) of Perfection, RTF
Richard Hooker (1553?-1600)
A Learned Discourse on Justification, text
St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
The Spiritual Exercises
W. R. Inge
Light, Life and Love (Selections from German Mystics) [US ONLY],
RTF
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591)
Ascent of Mount Carmel
Dark Night of the Soul
A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ
Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
The Imitation of Christ
William Law (1686-1761)
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Brother Lawrence (c. 1605-1691)
The Practice of the Presence of God
John Milton (1608-1674)
Paradise Lost, text
Paradise Regained, text
John Owen (1616-1683)
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, text
Evidences of the Faith of God's Elect, text
John of Ruysbroeck (1293-1381)
The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage and other works, [US ONLY],
RTF, text
C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892)
All of Grace, RTF, pdf, postscript
Morning and Evening
Till He Come
John Wesley (1703-1791)
Sermons

Fiction

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Wisdom of Father Brown
George MacDonald (1824-1905)
At the Back of the North Wind, text
The Light Princess
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Twenty-Three Tales, RTF

Reference

World Wide Study Bible [New!]
Bible and Concordance (The Bible Gateway from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
KJV Bible Arranged by Subject (via gopher from Technische Universiteit, Delft, Netherlands)


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