Raymond Lull: First Missionary to the Moslems

Samuel Zwemer (1867 - 1952)

With his vast knowledge in a wide range of subjects, Raymond Lull was a Renaissance man before the time of the Renaissance. After encountering the living Christ, he desired to serve Him for the rest of his life. While the rest of the world sought to drive Muslims from the Holy Land by crusades with the sword, Lull waged his own personal crusade of love and logic to win Muslims to the gospel. As he advocated for schooling in oriental languages, undertook missionary journeys to North Africa, and eventually died a martyr's death, Raymond Lull made this his motto: he who loves not lives not; he who lives by the Life can not die. (Summary by Aletheia Charis)

Genre(s): Christianity - Biographies

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction and Preface AletheiaCharis
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Play 01 Europe and the Saracens in the Thirteenth Century AletheiaCharis
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Play 02 Raymond Lull's Birthplace and Early Life AletheiaCharis
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Play 03 The Vision and Call to Service AletheiaCharis
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Play 04 Preparation for the Conflict AletheiaCharis
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Play 05 At Montpellier, Paris, and Rome AletheiaCharis
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Play 06 His First Missionary Journey to Tunis AletheiaCharis
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Play 07 Other Missionary Journeys AletheiaCharis
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Play 08 Raymond Lull as Philosopher and Author AletheiaCharis
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Play 09 His Last Missionary Journey and His Martyrdom AletheiaCharis
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Play 10 "Who being Dead yet Speaketh" AletheiaCharis
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