1678 / 1684 • Allegory
The Pilgrim’s Progress
John Bunyan
Bunyan’s classic allegory of the Christian life, among the most widely read Christian books in English.
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Christian Classics
Full public-domain works from several Christian traditions. Search inside a work or browse its matching sections.
17th century • Devotional
The Practice of the Presence of God
Brother Lawrence
Conversations and letters on living consciously in the presence of God amid ordinary work.
Open work →1657 • Theology / devotion
Communion with God
John Owen
Owen’s extended treatment of Christian communion with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Open work →1684 • Theology / devotion
The Glory of Christ
John Owen
Meditations on the person and glory of Christ.
Open work →1656 • Christian life
The Mortification of Sin
John Owen
A classic Puritan treatment of resisting indwelling sin and pursuing holiness.
Open work →final Latin edition 1559 • Systematic theology
Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin
Calvin’s major theological work, deeply influential in Reformed Protestantism.
Open work →13th century • Scholastic theology
Summa Theologica
Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas’ vast theological synthesis, presented here as an important historical Christian source.
Open work →1677 / 1689 • Confession
Second London Baptist Confession
Particular Baptist churches
Historic Particular Baptist confession closely related in structure to Westminster and Savoy.
Open work →1640s • Confession / catechism
Westminster Confession & Catechisms
Westminster Assembly
Historic Reformed confession and catechisms produced by the Westminster Assembly.
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