The Ancient Church Fathers reveals the disciples of the twelve apostles; and what they taught; from their own writings. It documents that the same doctrine was faithfully transmitted to their descendants in the first few centuries. It also describes where; when; and by whom; the doctrines began to change. The ancient church fathers make it very easy to know for sure what the complete teachings of Jesus and the twelve apostles were. You will learn; from their own writings; what the first century disciples taught about the various doctrines that divide our church today. You will learn what was discussed at the Seven General Councils and why. You will learn about the cults and cult leaders who began to change doctrine and spread their heresy. And you will learn how those heresies became the standard teaching in the medieval church. A partial list of doctrines the ancient church discussed are: Abortion Animals sacrifices Antichrist Arminianism Bible or tradition Calvinism Circumcision Deity of Jesus Christ Demons Euthanasia Evolution False gospels False prophets Foreknowledge Free will Gnostic cults Homosexuality Idolatry Islam Israel's return Jewish food laws Mary's virginity Mary's assumption Meditation The Nicolaitans Paganism Predestination premillennialism Purgatory Psychology Reincarnation Replacement theology Roman Catholicism The Sabbath Salvation Schism of Nepos Sin / Salvation The soul Spiritual gifts Transubstantiation Yoga Women in ministry This book is brought to you by Biblefacts Ministries; Biblefacts.org
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A hard-hitting look at starvation and war by an ordinary teen girl who might claim the title of the Anne Frank of LeningradBy MeaghanThis is a remarkably valuable book if you want to learn about World War II in the Soviet Union; and the Siege of Leningrad in particular. Lena Mukhina was an ordinary Soviet girl living with extended family in Leningrad when war broke out (her mother; who was too ill to care for her; lived elsewhere in the city). The early entries are concerned with school; romance and the war effort; but as the Nazis advance and then encircle Leningrad and food goes ever scarcer; Lena becomes obsessed with the everyday task of trying to find enough nutrients just to keep herself and her aunt and grandmother above ground. During the summer of 1941; Lena's mother dies. Bombs are falling; but no one goes to the shelters at night because they don't have the energy to be constantly climbing the stairs in and out of of their apartment buildings. By late autumn; Lena and her family are reduced to eating sheets of carpenter's glue (it's made from the boiled-down hooves of horses and other ungulates; so it has some nutrients). Lena's aunt and grandmother both die of starvation during the winter; she makes it through; but just barely. The diary ends abruptly in the spring; and if I hadn't already known from the introduction that Lena survived; was evacuated from Leningrad in May 1942 and died of natural causes in Moscow in the nineties; I would have assumed she'd finally starved to death.It's a very detailed account and absolutely heartbreaking. Lena not only writes about the physical effects of starvation; but describes in detail the desperation it drove people to -- see the aforementioned carpenter's glue -- and how selfish and apathetic people become when they're starving. As her grandmother lies dying; Lena notes coldly that she hopes she will die quickly; but not too quickly; because the next ration period is coming up and if Grandma dies right after it begins; Lena and her aunt can eat her rations. Later that winter; Lena's aunt dies at the very beginning of a month-long ration period; and Lena would later credit her survival to the fact that no one in their apartment building reported the death and so Lena was able to collect and eat her aunt's rations as well as her own for the entire month.Much as I hate bringing Anne Frank into everything concerned with diaries and World War II; you could call Lena Mukhina the Anne Frank of Leningrad. I think her diary would be useful in a college or high school classroom; or for anyone who just wants to learn about day-to-day life during the Siege.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Surviving the Siege of LeningradBy Shana Jefferis-ZimmermanThis was an interesting WWII diary recommended by the Wall Street Journal. The author is about 15 and is stuck in Leningrad during The Siege. You can hear her growing up during the book. The first quarter is about school girl drama; still touched by war. The second quarter she is learning to repeat a lot of the Russian propaganda that is spewed everywhere. The last half of the book is about food and death. She is a child living a very adult experience and faced with making some adult life-altering decisions. She has occasional insights which contradict Russian propaganda and which contradict being a nice girl. She is a survivor.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An incredible survival.By John GrayWithout doubt; the most remarkable account of a young girls life when under siege in Leningrad; written in her own words.Very few people could have gone through what this girl did and survive either physically or mentally.
