{"product_id":"captive-flames","title":"Captive Flames","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Ronald Knox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe main theme\u003c\/b\u003e of the twenty-one panegyrics collected in \u003ci\u003eCaptive Flames\u003c\/i\u003e, as Ronald Knox writes in his Dedication to Arnold Lunn, is “something which does not alter with our shifting perspectives, does not grow old. The saints do not belong to a period.… They are fixed stars, not subject to any law of impermanence.” Illustrating this dauntless fixity of the Communion of Saints and their meritorious example to earthly wayfarers are sermons on the following “selected saints and Christian heroes”: Cecilia, George, and Gregory the Great; Edward the Confessor and Anselm; Dominic, Edmund of Abingdon, and Albert the Great; Roger Bacon and Henry VI; Joan of Arc, Thomas More, and Ignatius Loyola; Philip Neri and Charles Borromeo; the English, Oxford, and Derby Martyrs; Bernadette, Thérèse, and Francis of Assisi; and G. K. Chesterton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf a star were confined into a tomb,\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer captive flames must needs burn there;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut when the hand that locked her up gives room, \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe’ll shine through all the sphere.\u003c\/i\u003e (H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eenry Vaughn)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWithout exception, each and every sermon here—like its subject—is a lesson in inspiration and encouragement in faith, hope, and love. \u003ci\u003eCaptive Flames\u003c\/i\u003e is further evidence, if it were needed, of Knox’s prodigious talent for engaging, persuasive, and prayerful preaching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald Knox \u003c\/b\u003e(1888–1957) was an English Catholic priest, theologian, and author, and one of the most prominent twentieth-century converts from Anglicanism to Catholicism. Best known for his contemporary English translation of the Scriptures (the “Knox Bible”), he wrote numerous works of apologetics and collections of ser­mons, retreat conferences, and lectures, as well as six detective novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; E-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE-book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Immediately following purchase, an .epub file and a .mobi (Kindle) file are available for download.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685950859\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51320585519392,"sku":"978-1685950859","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-book","offer_id":51320585552160,"sku":"978-1685950860","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--648.jpg?v=1773076016","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/captive-flames","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}