3 edition of The Protestant almanack found in the catalog.
The Protestant almanack
Published
1685
by Printed for the Company of Stationers in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | by Philoprotest ... |
| Genre | Early works to 1800. |
| Series | Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 1517:28. |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Microform |
| Pagination | [48] p. |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL16786513M |
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The Almanac Collection includes paper copies of o almanacs, dating from to the present, including several editions of two of the best known American almanacs: the Old Farmer's Almanack and Poor Richard's Almanac. Facts, figures, and links about the Christian world. The Logos Almanac is unique in its focus on Christianity and Christian institutions, and in the use of the semantic web to support powerful queries. It is implemented as a wiki, and users are encouraged to register and contribute to the Almanac.
A Catholic & Protestant almanack for the year of our Lord God being leap-year: the method of using whereof is shewed in the 6th page following: whereunto is added an exposition of the principal holy-days and fasts throughout the year. The Protestant almanack for the year : wherein the bloody aspects, fatal oppositions, diabolical conjunctions, and pernicious revolutions of the Papacy against the Lord and his anointed are described: with the change of the moon, some probable conjectures of the weather, the eclipses, the moons place in the zodiac, and an account of some principal martyrs in each month.
Poor Richard's Almanack isn't only wise: It's funny. In fact, the first edition of the Almanack, forbegan with a fine gag. In the preface, "Poor Richard" declared, with much mock solemnity and sorrow, that, according to his calculations, a competing almanack publisher, Titan /5().
“Confucians, along with Hebrew, Islamic, and Catholic scholastics, as well as Protestant fundamentalists, are like tourists who study guidebooks and maps instead of wandering freely and looking at the view.
Origins. The earliest volume published under the pseudonym of 'Poor Robin' was an almanac calculated from the meridian of Saffron Walden, which is said to have been originally issued in or It was taken over by the Stationers' Company, and was continued annually by various hands until The identity of its original author has been disputed, but is assigned as William Winstanley by.
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Martin VanderWal, currently pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Wingham, ON, Canada. A Protestant Bible is a Christian Bible whose translation or revision was produced by Bibles comprise 39 books of the Old Testament (according to the Jewish Hebrew Bible canon, known especially to non-Protestants as the protocanonical books) and 27 books of the New Testament for a total of 66 books.
Some Protestants use Bibles which also include 14 additional books in a. A very big book but well worth the reading. has many stories that I have head before but a lot of the speaches I had not had the pleasure of reading about.
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The Protestant almanack for the year since [brace] the creation of the worldthe incarnation of Jesus ChristEngland received the Christian faithMartin Luther wrote against the popeour first deliverance from popery by K. Edward VIour second deliverance from popery by Queen Elizabeththe horrid design of the gun-powder p the burning of the city.
CHAPTER 1. From his Autobiography, "My Almanack" (). In I first published my Almanack, under the Name of Richard Saunders; it was continu'd by me about 25 Years, commonly call'd Poor Richard's Almanack.
I endeavor'd to make it both entertaining and useful, and it accordingly came to be in such Demand that I reap'd considerable Profit from it, vending annually near ten : Dover Publications.
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The key functions of publishing, selecting the material to be printed and bearing the financial risk of its. Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose.
The publication appeared continually from to It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reac per year. Great deals on Almanacs Antiquarian & Collectible Books.
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Farmers Almanack to Harris Farmers Almanac: Ladies Handbook Family Almanac to New Universal Almanac: Punch's Almanac to Almanac and Year Book for the Reformed Church: Central Sunday School Board Publishing House: Church Almanac: Protestant Episcopal Tract Society: New York: New York: Some Christians today see astrology as a clear affront to their beliefs, and possibly a dangerous manifestation of the occult.
And yet, as historian T.J. Tomlin writes, through the eighteenth century, it was a central aspect of the almanacs that were ubiquitous in Protestant American homes.
ByTomlin writes, U.S. printers produced enough almanacs to provide one to every household in .Why did Benjamin Franklin establish the American Philosophical Society in ? to bring together scientists interested in understanding natural phenomena to garner help in compiling his book of maxims and proverbs, Poor Richard's Almanack to create a space for those who wanted to share ideas about European religion and politics to bring together intellectuals and challenge the authority of.
