Omnibus I

Aeneid

• Link I: Dido's Lament

Chosen by God

• Link 1: Online version of “I Know Whom I Have Believed”

The Eagle of the Ninth

• Link 1: Information about the Roman army in Britain

The Early History of Rome

• Link 1: Map of Rome and vicinity
• Link 2: Another map of Rome

Epic of Gilgamesh

• Link 1: The Enuma Elish
• Link 2: Information about the Akkadian language

Exodus

• Link 1: Summary of Rohl’s New Chronology

First and Second Kings

• Link 1: Information about Gedaliah

First and Second Samuel

• Link 1: Rutherford’s Lex, Rex

Histories

• Link 1: “Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus” by C.S. Lewis

The Holiness of God

• Link 1: Virtual Tour of the National Cathedral

Jeremiah

• Link 1: Information on the Deir Yassin Massacre

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

• Link 1: Narnia Maps

Odyssey

• Link 1: Wes Callihan reads the first twenty-one lines from Homer's Odyssey in English and Greek

Orestia

• Link 1: Clarence Darrow’s “How to Pick a Jury”

Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia

• Link 1: Online version of “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”
• Link 2: Resource for Sky Charts

The Silver Chair

• Link 1: Information about caves
• Link 2: More information about caves
• Link 3: Take a “virtual” tour of caves
• Link 4: Answers in Genesis web site

Theban Trilogy

• Link 1: Ingres’ Oedipus and Sphinx

Till We Have Faces

• Link 1: Thornwell on Sacrifice for the Advance of the Gospel

The Unaborted Socrates

• Link 1: What fetuses learn in the womb

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

• Link 1: Narnia Maps

Omnibus III

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Link 1: Mark Twain House & Museum
• Link 2: Costa Rican bananas
• Link 3: Unlock car over the phone
• Link 4: Petition to ban religious broadcasting
• Link 5: White water rafting information
• Link 6: National Speleological Society

Animal Farm

• Link 1: An account of the Russian Revolution
• Link 2: Information about the Russian Revolution
• Link 3: Information about Joseph Stalin
• Link 4: Timeline of Russian history
• Link 5: Characters in Animal Farm
  

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

• Link 6: Analysis of characters in Animal Farm

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The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney

• Link 1: A good explanation of prevenient grace

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

Death of a Salesman

• Link 1: The American Success Institute

The Epistles of John

• Link 1: Irenaeus on John's authorship
• Link 2: Clement of Alexandria on John's authorship
• Link 3: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ view of Jesus
• Link 4: Ad for “Preview of the Antichrist”
• Link 5: Use this site as an online concordance

The Epistles of Peter and Jude

• Link 1: Information regarding the Book of Enoch

The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

• Link 1: Noah Webster’s 1828 An American Dictionary of the English Language
• Link 2: History and menu of City Tavern in Philadelphia
• Link 3: Authentic colonial food recipes
• Link 4: More authentic colonial food recipes
• Link 5: More authentic colonial food recipes
• Link 6: Colonial Williamsburg’s tri-corner hats
• Link 7: Virtual tour of Philadelphia
• Link 8: Philadelphia Historic Neighborhood Movie

Foundational American Documents

• Link 1: The Declaration of Independence (reading assignment)
• Link 2: The Articles of Confederation (reading assignment)
• Link 3: The U.S. Constitution (reading assignment)
• Link 4: Grave marker for the victims of the Boston Massacre.
• Link 5: Revere’s print of the Boston Massacre
• Link 6: Analysis of King George III’s bouts of insanity
• Link 7: Information about the movie The Madness of King George
• Link 8: Full text of Charles Inglis’s refutation of Common Sense
• Link 9: Search for George Grant’s “Dumb and Dumber” lecture at this site
• Link 10: Transcript of the 1992 presidential debate in Richmond, Va.
• Link 11: A history of the Schiavo case could be found at the time of publication

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

• Link 12: A site for finding your representatives
• Link 13: Review the Congressional Record
• Link 14: Try a virtual tour of Washington, D.C.
• Link 15: Another virtual tour of Washington, D.C.

Foxe's Book of Martyrs

• Link 1: Foxe’s Book of Martyrs Facsimile Reproduction
• Link 2: Online version of Foxe’s original texts
• Link 3: Voice of the Martyrs website

Frankenstein

• Link 1: Dennett’s story

The Great Gatsby

• Link 1: Matthew J. Bruccoli’s “A Brief Life of Fitzgerald”
• Link 2: Frederick Jackson Turner’s perspective on the West
• Link 3: Excerpts from Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class
• Link 4: Site to research Prohibition and the Volstead Act
• Link 5: Volstead Act Statistics
• Link 6: Information about Prohibition
• Link 7: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz”

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

• Link 8: “Nostalgia” by Billy Collins
• Link 9: 1920s fashion and the changing role of women

Gulliver's Travels

• Link 1: Samuel Johnson’s biography of Swift

How Should We Then Live?

• Link 1: Francis Schaeffer biography
• Link 2: Art websites
• Link 3: Artist information and selections
• Link 4: A good site with art prior to the twentieth century

The Killer Angels

• Link 1: Gettysburg map with links to photos
• Link 2: Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley
• Link 3: Civil War love letters
• Link 4: Letters and other writings from the Civil War

Nineteen Eighty-Four

• Link 1: List of some Newspeak words

Of Plymouth Plantation

• Link 1: Figures identified in Weir’s painting of the Pilgrims

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• Link 2: Information on the Plimoth Plantation Interpretive Center

The Old Man and the Sea

• Link 1: Information on The Old Man and the Sea

The Pilgrim's Progress

• Link 1: Spiritual journeys of notable individuals

The Pit and the Pendulum

• Link 1: Poe’s quirky book Eureka

Postmodern Times

• Link 1: Peter Leithart’s article on liturgical worship

Pride and Prejudice

• Link 1: Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads
• Link 2: A simple explanation of whist

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• Link 3: Y
• Link 4: The English Folk Dance and Song Society, with a lot of good musical resources
• Link 5: Links to English country dancing groups around the U.S.
• Link 6: Resources on the dances in recent Austen films, including online music samples
• Link 7: Regency Period clothing patterns
• Link 8: Reproduction clothing from the Regency Period
• Link 9: Food ideas for your dance

Reflections on the Revolution in France

• Link 1: Cross-reference to the Oxford World’s Classics edition

Slave Narratives

• Link 1: Slave Narrative Readings

The Social Contract

• Link 1: A peasant confronts King Arthur

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• Link 2: An example of the utilitarian argument for obeying government

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• Link 3: More information on Legal Positivism

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

• Link 4: Founding Father quotes about Christ as King

  This link is referenced in an endnote found only in the teacher’s edition.

Treaty of Versailles

• Link 1: Wilson’s Fourteen Points
• Link 2: Text of the Treaty of Versailles

Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Link 1: A few examples of Negro spirituals by the Fisk Jubilee Singers
• Link 2: Example of a Negro spiritual (mp3 file)
• Link 3: Negro spiritual samples (click “Audio samples” at the bottom of the page)
• Link 4: An example of ring chants, which predated the spirituals
• Link 5: Example of a modern black gospel choir
• Link 6: Anthology of African American Church Music
• Link 7: Full text of the Fugitive Slave Act
• Link 8: Information about the “Back to Africa” movement
• Link 9: History of Liberia
• Link 10: More Liberian history

The Westminster Confession of Faith

• Link 1: Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

Omnibus V

The Canterbury Tales

• Link 1: The Parson's Prologue

The City of God

• Link 1: Information on the sibyls
• Link 2: More information on the sibyls
• Link 3: Constructing a bibliography using MLA style citations
• Link 4: Constructing a bibliography using APA style citations
• Link 5: A site for researching Augustine’s life
• Link 6: Another site about Augustine
• Link 7: Tunes for hymns by St. Ambrose
• Link 8: A site for researching rhetoric
• Link 9: Sayer’s essay “The Lost Tools of Learning”

The Consolation of Philosophy

• Link 1: The text of The Consolation of Philosophy in Latin

The Decameron

• Link 1: An online version of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well
• Link 2: A site for researching the Romantic Movement in England
• Link 3: A site for researching the Romantic Movement in England
• Link 4: A site for researching the Romantic Movement in England
• Link 5: “Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil,” by John Keats
• Link 6: “Ginevra” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Link 7: “The Garden of Boccaccio” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• Link 8: The Clerk’s Tale as well as all the Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English (search “clerkes tale”)
• Link 9: Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt
• Link 10: A Vision of Fiammetta by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Link 11: A Tale from the Decameron by John William Waterhouse

A Distant Mirror

• Link 1: Middle Ages Weapons
• Link 2: Articles on a myriad of topics about the Middle Ages
• Link 3: Wikipedia links to medieval weapons
• Link 4: John Wycliffe and the English Bible
• Link 5: Biography of John Wycliffe (Wiclif)
• Link 6: Information about John Wycliffe
• Link 7: The History of Lollardy by Jeff Hobbs
• Link 8: The Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards
• Link 9: Resource for Crests and Coats of Arms

The Divine Comedy

• Link 1: Information on terza rima and other forms of poetry
• Link 2: Wilson and Hitchens debate in Collision
• Bonus Link: The World of Dante

Don Quixote

• Link 1: The New York Times Best-Seller List

Dramatic Arts Essay

• Link 1: Information about morality plays

Economics Essay

• Link 1: Acton Institute’s core principles

The Faerie Queene

• Link 1: Bangers and Mash recipe
• Link 2: Beef Wellington recipe
• Link 3: Shepherd’s Pie recipe
• Link 4: Eton Mess recipe
• Link 5: English pudding recipe
• Link 6: Information about English country dancing
• Link 7: Gandalf vs. the Balrog

George Herbert's Poetry

• Link 1: Lewis Carroll's "The Mouse's Tale"

Heidelberg Catechism

• Link 1: The Book of Concord
• Link 2: List of Reformed Confessions

Idylls of the King

• Link 1: Online copy of Tennyson by G.K. Chesterton and Richard Garnett

Institutes of the Christian Religion

• Link 1: Text of Book IV of the Institutes
• Link 2: Together for God web site
• Link 3: Statement of faith
• Link 4: “The New Calvinism” (Time article by David Van Biema)
• Link 5: Article about the “New Calvinism”
• Link 6: Another article about the “New Calvinism”

The Lives of Thomas Becket

• Link 1: An account of the martyrdom of Polycarp
• Link 2: Another account of the martyrdom of Polycarp

The Name of the Rose

• Link 1: Examples of illuminated manuscripts
• Link 2: More examples of illuminated manuscripts
• Link 3: Further examples of illuminated manuscripts

The Praise of Folly

• Link 1: Information about the life of Erasmus

The Prince

• Link 1: President George Herbert Walker Bush promises no new taxes

Saint Matthew's Passion

• Link 1: Dramatic reading script for Matthew 26:1-56

Veritas Press is no longer able to provide the audio CD for Saint Matthew Passion. Fortunately, the work has been performed and recorded widely, and you will have no trouble finding numerous high-quality recordings on the major online music services. Students will still need access to the libretto (text) of the piece, and we provide some options below.

The Veritas Press Omnibus V chapter uses the Bach Works Catalog (BWV) numbering system for the movements, numbering them from one to 78.

Go to https://vpress.us/2NkC8EB for a parallel text and English translation that uses the BWV system, consistent with the Omnibus chapter and The Bach Choir CD (Decca, 2006).

You may find recordings that number the movements from one to 68, using the New Bach Edition (NBA) system.

The following site provides parallel text and translation using the NBA numbering system (and the BWV number in brackets): http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV244-Eng3P.htm

(This article describes the two different systems and also provides a cross-reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion_structure .)

Summa Theologica

• Link 1: Text of Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Contra Gentiles
• Link 2: Listen to Pange Lingua in Gregorian chant
• Link 3: Video of Pange Lingua used in a service

St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi

• Link 1: Information on the stigmata from a Roman Catholic perspective
• Link 2: Lyrics for John Lennon’s song Imagine
• Link 3: Lyrics for the song Jesus Freak

William of Malmesbury’s Chronicle of the Kings of England

• Link 1: “A Christian Perspective on Just War” by William Einwechter