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Plot summary. Callista is set in the mid-3rd century in the city of Sicca Veneria in the Roman province of Africa. It deals with the persecution of the Christians community under Emperor Decius . The main character of the novel is Callista, a young and beautiful Greek girl, who has arrived from Greece some years previously with her ...
- John Henry Newman
- 1855
CALLISTA. A TALE OF THE THIRD CENTURY. BY. JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN. "Love thy God, and love him only, And thy breast will ne'er be lonely. In that One Great Spirit meet. All things mighty, grave, and sweet. Vainly strives the soul to mingle.
Review by Sarah Cuthbertson. First published in 1856, Callista is set in 3rd century Roman North Africa and tells the story of three characters forced to seek their true spiritual home in a time of decadence and persecution. Callista is an exiled Greek who makes statues of pagan gods.
Beschreibung. Callista is set in the mid-3rd century in the city of Sicca Veneria in the Roman province of Africa. It deals with the persecution of the Christians community under Emperor Decius. Callista is a young and beautiful Greek girl who works for Jucundus,... Weiterlesen. Details. Einband. Taschenbuch. Verlag. Sharp Ink. Seitenzahl. 152.
27. März 2018 · English. LibriVox recording of Callista by John Henry Newman. Read in English by Carol Pester. Callista, A Tale of the Third Century, was written by John Henry Newman, who was a scholarly and personable Anglican theologian who became a Catholic priest and cardinal, bringing a good number of Protestant friends along with him into the ...
Callista, A Tale of the Third Century, was written by John Henry Newman, who was a scholarly and personable Anglican theologian who became a Catholic priest and cardinal, bringing a good number of Protestant friends along with him into the Roman faith. He wrote Callista as the fruit of a challenge (dare we say “bet”?) with Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman that each man would write a novel about ...
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