Library

The library.

The writings of John Thomas and Robert Roberts, and the early volumes of the magazine, gathered as a resource for study. These are historical texts, printed as they were written, in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

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Sunday Morning exhortations

Talks given at the breaking of bread in Birmingham and printed in the magazine from 1867 to 1899, most of them by Robert Roberts. Each one is linked to the passages it uses, the day its chapter falls on in the Bible Companion, and the commandments of Christ it touches.

  • 194 exhortations
  • 187 by Robert Roberts
  • 602,000 words
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In the library

  1. Elpis IsraelJohn Thomas · 1849 · 32 chapters

    John Thomas’s exposition of the hope of Israel: the purpose of God from the creation, the promises to the fathers, the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, and the kingdoms of the world in the light of prophecy.

  2. EurekaJohn Thomas · 1861 · 3 volumes · 59 chapters

    John Thomas’s exposition of the Apocalypse in three volumes, with the Chronikon Hebraikon and his Brief Exposition of the Prophecy of Daniel.

  3. Exposition of DanielJohn Thomas · 1869 · printed at the end of Eureka, volume 3

Coming to the library

The other books of John Thomas and Robert Roberts are being prepared for the library. Still to come:

  • The Herald of the Future AgeJohn Thomas · 1844
  • PhanerosisJohn Thomas · 1869
  • The ChristadelphianRobert Roberts · 1864
  • Thirteen Lectures on the ApocalypseRobert Roberts · 1880
  • The Ways of ProvidenceRobert Roberts · 1881
  • A Guide to the Formation and Conduct of Christadelphian EcclesiasRobert Roberts · 1883
  • Christendom AstrayRobert Roberts · 1884
  • The Christadelphian InstructorRobert Roberts · 1886
  • Nazareth RevisitedRobert Roberts · 1890
  • The Law of MosesRobert Roberts · 1898
  • Seasons of ComfortRobert Roberts
  • The Temple of Ezekiel’s ProphecyHenry Sulley · 1887

The texts are transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. Titles, summaries and topics added for this library are editorial.