The Christian Mythology: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Christian Mythology, credited to Ethel Brigham Leatherbee, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Christian Mythology by Ethel Brigham Leatherbee. Read in English by Louise J. Belle. "Knowledge is power, but ignorance is the mother of devotion." Christianity, like all other religions, came not into the world full-grown, but from the simple conceptions of its early followers became gradually elaborated by the introduction of pagan forms and customs until it supplanted its early rivals and gave its adherents a compact and solid theology not very different from that of its predecessors…. Probably the true source of that human characteristic which is defined as the religious instinct and which is supposed to be an elevating and moral agent, is to be found in the superstition which originated in fear of the unknown…. In our perusal of the subject, we shall first consider the life of Jesus as taught by the Christian church; secondly, the dogmas affecting the source of his power and the results of his influence; and, thirdly, the rites and ceremonies with which his worship is performed. [from the Preface]

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Christian Mythology
• Author credits: Ethel Brigham Leatherbee
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 4:19:40

Catalogue topics

• Christianity
• mythology
• comparative religions

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 7:38
2. 01 - The Virgin Birth — 24:23
3. 02 - Pagan Parallels — 24:56
4. 03 - Spurious Relics — 7:22
5. 04 - Trial and Execution Myths — 15:56
6. 05 - Distorted ''Prophecies'' — 7:23
7. 06 - The Resurrection — 24:51
8. 07 - Miracles — 21:32
9. 08 - Atonement and Salvation by Faith — 13:32
10. 09 - The Trinity -- Mariolatry — 20:47
11. 10 - Saints -- Good and Evil Spirits — 35:39
12. 11 - Religious Holidays and Rites — 22:28
13. 12 - The Eucharist — 9:41
14. 13 - Spread of Christianity — 23:32

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