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- 827Works cited
- 580Authors
- 176Free to read in fullpublic domain
The voices this work stands on
Every voice, with their traditions →- Marcus BrownFounder and editorial voice of MannaFest — a pastor and lifelong student of the whole counsel of God.
- A.W. Tozer1897–1963Aiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 – May 12, 1963) was an American pastor, magazine editor, and author who spent his entire 44-year ministry inside the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA).
- Annette CappsAnnette Capps is an American Pentecostal-Charismatic Bible teacher, author, ordained minister, and the daughter of Charles Capps (Tier 2).
- Beni Johnson1955–2022Brenda ("Beni") Johnson (May 27, 1955 – July 13, 2022) was an American Charismatic minister, author, intercessor, and senior co-pastor of Bethel Church (Redding, California) alongside her husband Bill Johnson (Tier 1) from 1996 until her death from cancer in July 2022.
- Benny Hinnb. 1952Toufik Benedictus ("Benny") Hinn (born December 3, 1952) is an Israeli-Palestinian-Canadian-American televangelist, founder of Benny Hinn Ministries / World Healing Center Church, and one of the most-publicly-known healing-crusade evangelists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
- Bill Johnsonb. 1951Johnson's theological project is the recovery of the church's expectation and operation in signs, wonders, miracles, and the manifest presence of God — pressing the claim that what Jesus modeled in His earthly ministry is the standard for the contemporary church under the New Covenant.
- Bishop Bill HamonDr. Bill Hamon is an American Charismatic minister, founder (1967) and Bishop of Christian International Ministries Network (CI), and one of the foundational architects of the modern apostolic-prophetic movement.
- Bob Larsonb. 1944Robert ("Bob") Larson (born May 28, 1944) is an American radio and television evangelist and pastor of Spiritual Freedom Church (Phoenix, Arizona).
- Brother Andrew (Anne van der Bijl)1928–2022Anne ("Andrew") van der Bijl (May 11, 1928 – September 27, 2022) — known globally as "Brother Andrew" — was a Dutch missionary and the founder of Open Doors, the world's principal Christian ministry to the persecuted church.
- Bruce Olsonb. 1942Bruce Olson (born 1942) — known among the Motilone-Barí as "Bruchko" — is a Scandinavian-American Christian missionary best known for his work bringing Christianity to the Motilone-Barí people of Colombia and Venezuela.
- C.S. Lewis1898–1963Clive Staples Lewis (November 29, 1898 – November 22, 1963) was an Oxford- and Cambridge-trained literary scholar, novelist, lay theologian, and broadcast apologist.
- Charles Capps1934–2014Charles Capps (April 5, 1934 – May 23, 2014) was an American Pentecostal-Charismatic Bible teacher, ordained minister, and one of the principal articulators (with Kenneth Hagin) of the Word-of-Faith confession-theology stream.
- Charles Spurgeon1834–1892Spurgeon's theology is Particular-Baptist Calvinism unashamedly preached as gospel.
- Charlie Kirk1993–2025Charles ("Charlie") James Kirk (October 14, 1993 – September 10, 2025) was an American conservative political activist and the co-founder (2012) and CEO of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a 501(c)(3) student-organizing network.
- Charlie ShampCharlie Shamp is the Co-Founder and President (with his wife Brynn Shamp) of Destiny Encounters International — a global prophetic ministry with conference, training, and itinerant-speaking footprint.
- Chip Ingramb. 1954Chip Ingram is an American evangelical pastor, author, and the founder/CEO of Living on the Edge — an international teaching and discipleship ministry.
- Chuck Missler1934–2018Dr. Charles Wendell "Chuck" Missler (May 28, 1934 – May 1, 2018) was an American Christian Bible teacher, businessman, author, and former US Naval Academy graduate (1956) and engineer.
- Chuck Pierceb. 1953Dr. Charles D. ("Chuck") Pierce (born June 14, 1953) is an American Charismatic apostolic-prophetic teacher, intercession leader, and the President of Glory of Zion International Ministries (Corinth, Texas) and the Kingdom Harvest Alliance.
The Ancient Church
to AD 500 · 53 works- Athenagorasc. 177public domainA Plea for the Christians 24-25 (ANF vol 2)
- Augustinec. 426 / 1887 tr.public domainCity of God 15.23 (NPNF) — the Sethite reading
- Augustine of Hippoc. 417public domainCity of God 16.29; On the Trinity 2-3 (theophanies by CREATED angels — the patristic caution)
- Augustine of Hippoc. 413-426public domainCity of God XV.23, XVI.4, XXII.30 (NPNF ser. 1 vol 2)
- Augustine of Hippoc. 407-417public domainHomilies (Tractates) on the Gospel of John I, IX.10, XV, CXX.2 (NPNF ser. 1 vol 7)
- Babylonian Talmudc. 500public domainBerakhot 4b (homily on the omitted nun; Amos 5:2 / noflim v14)
- Babylonian Talmud / Genesis Rabbah (via Sefaria)c. 3rd-6th c. ADpublic domainb. Nedarim 32a; Genesis Rabbah 43:2 (Eliezer = 318); Baraita of 32 Rules (gematria as a middah)
- Basil of Caesareac. 378public domainHexaemeron, Homily II (NPNF ser. 2 vol 8)
- Clement of Romec. 96public domain1 Clement 12 (Rahab's scarlet cord)
- Clement of Rome (attrib.)c. 95public domain1 Clement 12:7-8 (Rahab's scarlet cord = redemption through the blood of the Lord)
- Cornelius Tacitusc. AD 116 / trans. 1876public domainAnnals 15.44 (Church & Brodribb trans.)
- Cyprian of Carthagec. 250-256public domainEpistle 62.3 (to Caecilius); Epistle 74/75 (ANF vol 5)
- Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252, 4Q174 Florilegium, 4Q175 Testimonia)c. 1st c. BCpublic domainSecond Temple messianic reading of Gen 49:10, 2 Sam 7, Num 24:17
- Epistle of Barnabasc. 70-132public domainch. 15 (ANF vol 1)
- Epistle of Barnabas (anonymous)c. AD 70-130public domainEpistle of Barnabas 9:7-8 (Lightfoot / Kirsopp Lake translations)
- Eusebius of Caesareac. 320public domainChurch History I.2; Demonstratio Evangelica I.5
- Flavius Josephusc. AD 93 / trans. 1737public domainAntiquities of the Jews 18.3.3, 18.5.2, 19.8.2, 20.9.1, 20.5.1 (Whiston trans.)
- Flavius Josephus (William Whiston, tr.)1st c.; tr. 1737public domainAntiquities of the Jews 1.2.3 (pillars of Seth)
- Irenaeus of Lyonsc. 180public domainAgainst Heresies
- Irenaeus of Lyonsc. 180 ADpublic domainAgainst Heresies 5.21.1 (protoevangelium exposition)
- Irenaeus of Lyonsc. AD 180public domainAgainst Heresies 5.30.1 (Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol.1)
- Irenaeus of Lyonsc. 180public domainAgainst Heresies III.22-23, IV.18, IV.20, IV.36, IV.40, V.5-7, V.12, V.16, V.19, V.21 (ANF vol 1)
- Irenaeus of Lyonsc. 180public domainAgainst Heresies IV.10.1; Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching 44-46
- John Chrysostomc. 391public domainHomilies on the Gospel of John 85 (NPNF ser. 1 vol 14); Homilies on Genesis 22
- Julius Africanus (in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History I.7)c. 225 (NPNF trans. 1890)public domainEpistle to Aristides (levirate resolution of the two genealogies)
- Justin Martyrc. 160 ADpublic domainDialogue with Trypho 102 (head/heel, Gen 3:15)
- Justin Martyrc. 160public domainDialogue with Trypho 56-60, 127-128 (the 'another God and Lord'; Gen 18-19; the bush)
- Justin Martyrc. 155-160public domainDialogue with Trypho 62, 91, 94, 100, 103, 138; Second Apology 5 (ANF vol 1)
- Lucius Columellac.60public domainDe Re Rustica 5.9 (ancient grafting practice)
- Midrash (amoraic compilation)c. 400-450public domainGenesis Rabbah (Bereishit Rabbah)
- Mishnahc. 200 CEpublic domainSukkah 4 (Feast of Tabernacles water-libation ceremony)
- Novatianc. 250public domainOn the Trinity 18-19, 25-28
- Origenc. 248public domainAgainst Celsus (ANF vol 4); De Principiis IV
- Origenc. 240 ADpublic domainCommentary and Homilies on the Song of Songs (the Bride as the Church and the soul, the Bridegroom as the Word) - founded the Christian allegory
- Origenc. 231public domainCommentary on the Gospel of John, Book I (ANF vol 9)
- Philo of Alexandriac. AD 41 / trans. 1854public domainOn the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) 299-305 (Yonge trans.)
- Pliny the Youngerc. AD 112 / trans. 1746public domainLetters 10.96-97 (Melmoth trans.)
- Rabbi Akiva (Mishnah Yadayim 3:5)c. 2nd c. AD; Danby tr. 1933public domain'The whole world is not worth the day on which the Song of Songs was given to Israel... the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies' - canonization datum, allegorical tradition's hinge
- Suetoniusc. AD 121 / trans. 1914public domainLives of the Twelve Caesars: Nero 16.2, Claudius 25.4 (Rolfe trans.)
- Talmud Bavli (William Davidson ed., Sefaria)c. 500 CE / Sefaria ed.public domainBava Batra 14b-15a (canonical-order baraita ending the Writings with Chronicles)
- Targum Jonathan on the Prophetsredacted c. 4th-5th c. ADpublic domainTargum on Isaiah 9:6 ('the Messiah'), Isaiah 11:1 ('the Messiah shall be anointed' from Jesse), Micah 5:2 ('from you shall come forth the Messiah')
- Targum Onkelosc. 2nd c. (Talmudic-era redaction)public domainAramaic Targum on the Torah
- Targum Onkelos (Aramaic; Etheridge tr.)c. 1st-3rd c. AD; Etheridge tr. 1862public domainTargum on Genesis 49:10 ('until the Messiah come, whose is the kingdom') and Genesis 3:15
- Targum Pseudo-Jonathanfinal form 7th-8th c.public domainExpansive Targum on the Torah
- Targum Pseudo-Jonathan (Aramaic; Etheridge tr.)redacted c. 4th-7th c. AD; Etheridge tr. 1862public domainTargum on Numbers 24:17 ('the Messiah, the Power-sceptre of Israel') and Genesis 3:15 ('days of King Messiah')
- Targum to the Song of Songs (Aramaic; Gollancz tr.)redacted c. 7th-8th c. AD; Gollancz tr. 1908public domainAllegory of Israel's covenant history from the Exodus through exile to the Messianic age - fountainhead of the Jewish allegory
- Tertullianc. 213public domainAgainst Praxeas 14-16 (the invisible Father, the visible Son who appeared)
- Tertullianc. 200public domainOn Baptism 3-4, 8; Against Praxeas 5-7; On the Soul 43 (ANF vol 3)
- Tertullianc. 200 / 1885 tr.public domainOn the Apparel of Women 1.3 (ANF vol. 4)
- Tertullianc. 202public domainOn the Apparel of Women I.2-3 (ANF vol 4)
- Theophilus of Antiochc. 180public domainTo Autolycus II.10, II.13 (ANF vol 2)
- Theophilus of Antiochc. 180public domainTo Autolycus II.22 (the Logos walking in the garden)
- Tosefta / Sifra / Avot de-Rabbi Nathantannaitic (1st-3rd c.)Public domainMiddot: Hillel's seven (t. Sanhedrin 7:11); R. Ishmael's thirteen (Sifra intro); ARN 37
