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Summary: An overview of the role, responsibilities, and work of deaconesses.

Summary: An overview of the role, responsibilities, and work of deaconesses.

A brief history of the Dearing Methodist Church including details of the church's founding, the construction of the church building, and a list of the church's pastors.

A brief history of the Dearing Methodist Church including details of the church's founding, the construction of the church building, and a list of the church's pastors.

Summary: A history of Venice.

Summary: A history of Venice.

Summary: The sermons on which this commentary on the Ten Commandments is based were delivered in Wittenberg in 1516-1517. This is the first work of Luther's to be translated into a modern European language. This is the first printing of the work.

Summary: The sermons on which this commentary on the Ten Commandments is based were delivered in Wittenberg in 1516-1517. This is the first work of Luther's to be translated into a modern European language. This is the first printing of the work.

Summary: Rare first French printing of Luther's lectures on Galatians.

Summary: Rare first French printing of Luther's lectures on Galatians.

A sermon given by Dr. W. P. King of the Corra Harris Chapel Church that includes details behind the name of the church.

A sermon given by Dr. W. P. King of the Corra Harris Chapel Church that includes details behind the name of the church.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the gift of land from Louise Spann and Thomas J. Dean to Cleonda Dean.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the gift of land from Louise Spann and Thomas J. Dean to Cleonda Dean.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Madison County Board of Education by the trustees of Jones Chapel and New Hope Church.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Madison County Board of Education by the trustees of Jones Chapel and New Hope Church.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Trustees of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church by the Jones Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Inc.

An indenture (deed) document affirming the purchase of land from the Trustees of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church by the Jones Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Inc.

A brief history of the Standfordville Church including details of the church's deed, services, and building; and a list of the church's pastors.

A brief history of the Standfordville Church including details of the church's deed, services, and building; and a list of the church's pastors.

Summary: Response by Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian Visitor General of the Augustinian Order, who fled to Switzerland rather than face charges of heresy, to the books of English Catholic, Richard Smith, on celibacy and monastic vows.

Summary: Response by Pietro Martire Vermigli, Italian Visitor General of the Augustinian Order, who fled to Switzerland rather than face charges of heresy, to the books of English Catholic, Richard Smith, on celibacy and monastic vows.

Summary: A text written against the teachings of Jean Calvin and the Calvinist approach to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: A text written against the teachings of Jean Calvin and the Calvinist approach to the Lord's Supper.

Summary: A tract by Matthias Flacius asserting the real presence of Christ in the eucharist.

Summary: A tract by Matthias Flacius asserting the real presence of Christ in the eucharist.

Summary: Early book on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins by Martin Luther. Originally written in Latin, it is here translated into German by Sebastian Münster, a young Franciscan teacher/scholar, soon to become famous as one of the great Christian Hebraists of his time. This is the first printing of the German translation.

Summary: Early book on the Ten Commandments and the Seven Deadly Sins by Martin Luther. Originally written in Latin, it is here translated into German by Sebastian Münster, a young Franciscan teacher/scholar, soon to become famous as one of the great Christian Hebraists of his time. This is the first printing of the German translation.

Summary: This is the second printing of Luther's exposition of Psalm 147. Text in German includes M. Luther's German translation of Psalms CXLVII from the Hebrew O.T.

Summary: This is the second printing of Luther's exposition of Psalm 147. Text in German includes M. Luther's German translation of Psalms CXLVII from the Hebrew O.T.

Summary: The 1531 revision of Luther's German Psalter was more free and less literal than any of his previous translations. This is the first printing of this third and final edition of the German Psalter. The comittee that assisted Luther in revising this translation finished its work May 15, 1531. Printing was not completed until 1533.

Summary: The 1531 revision of Luther's German Psalter was more free and less literal than any of his previous translations. This is the first printing of this third and final edition of the German Psalter. The comittee that assisted Luther in revising this translation finished its work May 15, 1531. Printing was not completed until 1533.

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Summary: Popular piety and "modern" science here make mutual if unusual companions. Science is used to teach piety and piety reinforces a scientific perspective. The smile is that just as a wagon goes on four wheels, so philosophy and human thought proceed on their "fourfold paths"---logic, physics (medicine), ethics and theology.

Summary: Popular piety and "modern" science here make mutual if unusual companions. Science is used to teach piety and piety reinforces a scientific perspective. The smile is that just as a wagon goes on four wheels, so philosophy and human thought proceed on their "fourfold paths"---logic, physics (medicine), ethics and theology.

Summary: The only printing of a pamphlet against Andreas Osiander's interpretation of Luther's doctrine of salvation by faith, signed by several theologians and pastors from Wittenberg.

Summary: The only printing of a pamphlet against Andreas Osiander's interpretation of Luther's doctrine of salvation by faith, signed by several theologians and pastors from Wittenberg.

Summary: In this "New Year's Wish," Hans Sachs considers the problem of a man facing death. He calls first upon his physical attributes--youth, beauty, strenght, etc,--but finds they cannot help him. It is the spiritual factors of Sorrow, Confession, Pepentance, Hope, Faith and above all Love, that give him good counsel and rouse him from the dream of Death. This is the second printing of the revised version.

Summary: In this "New Year's Wish," Hans Sachs considers the problem of a man facing death. He calls first upon his physical attributes--youth, beauty, strenght, etc,--but finds they cannot help him. It is the spiritual factors of Sorrow, Confession, Pepentance, Hope, Faith and above all Love, that give him good counsel and rouse him from the dream of Death. This is the second printing of the revised version.