Martin Luther in his own words #Reformation500 TAGS: church history | Divinity | New College Library | rare books | Reformation | sixteenth-century Today the School of Divinity will mark 500 years since Martin Luther nailed the Ninety Five Theses to the door of Wittemberg Church with a public lecture from Durham University’s …Continue reading →

Index Religiosus Online now on trial TAGS: church history | databases | Divinity | online | Religious Studies | Theology & Ethics New on trial for University of Edinburgh users from 10 April to 11 May 2013 is the Index Religiosus Online. The Index Religiosus replaces the bibliography of the Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique …Continue reading →

Looking at the Acta Sanctorum – Life of St Cuthbert TAGS: church history | Funk | Latin | medieval | New College Library | online | rare books | saints | seventeenth-century | University of Edinburgh We welcomed University of Edinburgh MSc Medieval History students today for a tour of New College Library and the chance to see one of the texts they were studying, the …Continue reading →

John Calvin – Works and Correspondence now available online TAGS: Christianity | church history | Church of Scotland | Divinity | online | Presbyterian | sixteenth-century | Theology & Ethics | University of Edinburgh Newly available to University of Edinburgh users is the online version of the Works of John Calvin, including the Institutes of the Christian Religion. This is the edition of the …Continue reading →

Online resources for Byzantine research on trial now TAGS: Byzantine | church history | medieval | online | research | University of Edinburgh Two research resources for Byzantine history and culture are now on trial until 8 July for University of Edinburgh users. The Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit Online/Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine …Continue reading →

The Case of Mr. Ebenezer Erskine, founder of the Secession church in Scotland TAGS: Archives | church history | Church of Scotland | eighteenth-century | Funk | New College Library | Pamphlets | rare books | Scotland Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), a founder of the Secession church, died in Stirling on 2 June 1754. A celebrated preacher,  his opposition to patronage, when a local landowner could choose the  …Continue reading →

Digital Library of Latin Texts is now available TAGS: Christianity | church history | Divinity | Latin | online | Patristics | University of Edinburgh Library of Latin Texts (LLT) Series A & B  is now available  to University of Edinburgh Users. Access is available on campus and off campus via the VPN – find …Continue reading →

Iona Community 75th Anniversary display at New College Library TAGS: church history | display | ecumenism | Iona Community | Scotland | Theology & Ethics | twentieth-century In May 2013 the Iona Community is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its foundation, and the 1450th anniversary of Columba’s arrival on the island of Iona.  The Iona Community was …Continue reading →

Early printed works of St Anselm on display at New College Library TAGS: church history | Funk | Incunabula | Latin | medieval | New College Library | rare books | saints | Theology & Ethics New on display in the Funk Reading Room is the Works of St Anselm,  Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Ca[n]tuarie[n]sis ordinis Sancti Benedicti, printed in 1497. April 21 is the Feast …Continue reading →

Historic Papal politics : Platina’s Lives of the Popes TAGS: Catholic | church history | donations | fifteenth century | Funk | Incunabula | medieval | New College Library | Popes | rare books Bartolomeo Platina, (1421-1481) was a writer and member of the College of Abbreviators in Rome, a body of writers in the papal chancery who prepared the Pope’s bulls, briefs and …Continue reading →