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The mission of the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) is to build up the church by making classic Christian literature widely available and promoting its use for edification and study by interested Christians, seekers and scholars. The CCEL accomplishes this by selecting, collecting, distributing, and promoting valuable literature through the World Wide Web and other media.

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Most popular eBooks

  • Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible by Henry, Matthew (1662-1714)
  • Weapon of Prayer by Bounds, Edward M. (1835-1913)
  • Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis of Sales, St. (1567-1622)
  • Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Edersheim, Alfred (1825-1889)

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What's new

2016-02-03. New mp3 recording of Edward M. Bounds's Weapons of Prayer. Recorded by Tracy.

2015-11-25. New mp3 recording of John Calvin's On the Christian Life. Recorded by Leighton Garner.

2015-10-09. New Study Group on Ecclesiastes added.

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Top 3 books of last week

  • ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
  • Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)
  • ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)


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