Life of Jesus Christ by Anne Catherine Emmerich
1774-1824

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Volume 1

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Preface

Foreword

Some Things to Look For in These Volumes

THE CREATION

Introductory Remarks

1. Fall of the Angels

2. Creation of the Earth

3. Adam and Eve

4. The Tree of Life and The Tree of Knowledge

Sin and Its Consequences

1. The Fall

2. The Promise of the Redeemer

3. Adam and Eve Driven from Paradise

4. The Family of Adam

5. Cain. The Children of God. The Giants

6. Noe and His Posterity. Hom and Dsemschid, Leaders of the People

7. The Tower of Babel

8. Derketo

9. Semiramis

10. Melchisedech

11. Job

12. Abraham

13. Melchisedech's Sacrifice of Bread and Wine

14. Abraham Receives the Sacrament of the Old Covenant

15. Jacob

16. Joseph and Aseneth

17. The Ark of the Covenant

THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN

1. Genealogy, Birth, and Marriage of St. Anne

2. The Holy and Immaculate Conception of Mary

3. Symbols of the Mystery of the Immaculate Conception

4. Symbolical Vision

5. Eve of Mary's Birth

6. Birth of Mary

7. The Child Receives the Name of Mary

8. Preparations for Mary's Presentation

9. The Journey to the Temple

10. The Entrance into Jerusalem

11. Mary's Entrance into the Temple and her Offering

12. A Glance at the Obduracy of the Pharisees

13. John Promised to Zachary

THE MOST HOLY INCARNATION

1. Mary Espoused to St. Joseph

2. The Holy House of Nazareth

3. Mary's Annunciation

4. Mary's Visitation

5. Feast Pictures

6. The Blessed Virgin's Preparations for the Birth of Christ. Journey to Bethlehem

7. The Arrival in Bethlehem

8. Birth of the Child Jesus

9. Adoration of the Shepherds. Devout Visits to the Crib

Cave of the Nativity, Bethlehem

10. The Circumcision

11. Journey of the Three Kings To Bethlehem

12. Genealogy of the Kings

13. The Kings Before Herod

14. The Kings Arrive at Bethlehem

15. The Second Day of the Kings At the Crib. Their Departure

16. The Return of St. Anne

17. Mary's Purification

18. Feast Picture

19. Death of Holy Simeon

20. Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth

21. The Flight into Egypt

22. The Holy Family Among Robbers

23. The Balsam Garden

24. The Holy Family Reach Heliopolis

25. The Murder of The Innocent Children

26. The Holy Family Go to Matarea

27. The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

28. John as a Child Growing Up In the Desert

29. Feast Picture of John the Baptist

30. The Holy Family at Nazareth. Jesus at the Age of Twelve in The Temple of Jerusalem

31. Death of St. Joseph. Jesus and Mary in Capharnaum

JESUS BEGINS HIS PUBLIC TEACHING

1. Jesus on His Way to Hebron

2. The Family of Lazarus

3. Jesus in Hebron, Dothain, and Nazareth

4. Jesus Journeys Over Libanus To Sidon and Sarepta

5. Jesus in Bethsaida and Capharnaum

6. Jesus in Sephoris, Bethulia, Cedes, and Jezrael

7. Jesus Among the Publicans

8. Jesus in Kisloth-Thabor

9. Jesus in the Shepherd Village of Chimki

10. Jesus in a Shepherd Village Near Nazareth

11. Jesus with Eliud, the Essenian

12. Jesus Discourses with Eliud, the Essenian, Upon the Mysteries of the Old Testament and the Most Holy Incarnation

13. Jesus and Eliud Walking and Conversing Together

14. Jesus in Nazareth

15. Jesus Rejects Three Rich Youths. He Confounds Many Learned Men In the Synagogue of Nazareth

16. Jesus with Eliud In the Leper Settlement

17. Jesus Transfigured Before Eliud

18. A Glance at the Disciples Going to the Baptism

19. Jesus in Gophna

20. Jesus Condemns Herod's Adultery. The Journey of the Holy Women

21. Jesus in Bethania

22. Jesus' Interview with Silent Mary. His Conversation with His Mother

23. Jesus Journeys with Lazarus to the Place of Baptism

JOHN PREACHING PENANCE AND BAPTIZING

1. John Leaves the Desert

2. Herod's Soldiers. Deputies From the Sanhedrin. Crowds of Neophytes Come to John

3. John Receives an Admonition To Go to Jericho

4. Herod's Interview with John. The Celebration of a Festival at the Place of Baptism

5. The Island Upon Which Jesus Received Baptism Rises Out of The Jordan

6. New Embassy from Jerusalem. Herod Again Seeks an Interview With John

7. Jesus Baptized by John

8. Jesus Travels Over Luz and Ensemes to Visit the Two Inns at Which the Holy Family Rested on Their Journey to Bethlehem and Their Flight into Egypt

9. Jesus in the Valley of Shepherds Near Bethlehem

10. The Crib Cave, A Place of Devotion Among the Shepherds

11. Jesus Visits Certain Inns, The Halting Places of the Holy Family on Their Flight into Egypt

12. Jesus Goes Toward Maspha to Visit A Relative of St. Joseph

13. Jesus Visits an Inn at Which Mary Stopped on Her Journey to Bethlehem

14. “Behold the Lamb of God”

15. Jesus in Gilgal, Dibon, Socoth, Aruma, and Bethania

Volume 2

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Preface

JESUS IN THE DESERT. MARRIAGE FEAST OF CANA. JESUS CELEBRATES THE PASCH IN JERUSALEM FOR THE FIRST TIME

1. The Forty Days' Fast of Jesus

Jesus Tempted in Many Ways by Satan

Satan Tempts Jesus by Magical Arts

Satan Tempts Jesus To Turn Stones into Bread

Satan Carries Jesus to the Pinnacle of the Temple, and then to Mount Quarantania. Angels Minister Unto Jesus

2. Jesus Goes to the Jordan, and Orders Baptism to be Administered

3. Jesus in Silo, Kibzaim, and Thebez

4. First Formal Call of Peter, Philip, and Nathanael

5. The Wedding at Cana

The Nuptial Ceremony. The Women's Game. The Men's Lottery

6. Jesus in Capharnaum and at the Lake of Genesareth

7. Jesus Permits Baptism to Be Given At the Jordan

8. Jesus in Adummin and Nebo

9. Jesus Cures in Phasael the Daughter of Jairus the Essenian. Magdalen's First Call to Conversion

10. Jesus in Capharnaum, Gennabris, and Kisloth-Thabor

11. Jesus in Sunem, Ulama, and Capharnaum

12. Jesus in Dothain and Sephoris. From a Distance, He Helps the Shipwrecked

13. Jesus in Nazareth. The Three Youths. The Feast of Purim.

14. Jesus at Lazarus' Estate Near Thirza and at His Home in Bethania

15. Jesus' First Paschal Celebration In Jerusalem

16. Jesus Turns the Vendors Out of the Courts of the Temple. The Paschal Supper. Death of Mary the Silent.

FROM THE CLOSE OF THE FIRST PASCH TO THE CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AT JACOB'S WELL

1. The Letter of King Abgarus

2. Jesus on the Confines of Sidon and Tyre

3. Jesus in Sichor Libnath

4. Jesus in Adama. Miraculous Conversion of an Obstinate Jew

5. The Parable of the Unjust Steward

6. Jesus and the Disciples Invited to Teach and Baptize in Seleucia

7. Jesus Preaching on the Mountain Near Berotha

8. Jesus Passes Through Gathepher To Capharnaum

9. John the Baptist Arrested by Herod and Imprisoned at Machaerus

10. Jesus in Bethania. Inns Established for the Accommodation of Jesus and the Disciples on Their Journeys. The Pearl Lost and Found

11. Jesus in Bethoron. The Hardships and Privations of the Disciples

12. Jesus at Jacob's Well Near Sichar. Dina, The Samaritan

13. Jesus in Ginnaea and Ataroth. He Confounds the Wickedness of the Pharisees

14. Jesus in Engannim and Naim

JESUS' TEACHING MISSION IN THE COUNTRY OF GENESARETH AND ON THE BANKS OF THE JORDAN

1. The Messengers of the Centurion of Capharnaum

2. Jesus in Capharnaum

3. Jesus in Bethsaida

4. Jesus in and Around Lesser Sephoris. His Different Ways of Curing the Sick

5. Jesus in Nazareth. The Pharisees Want to Cast Him Down a Mountain

6. Cure of Lepers at Tarichaea. Jesus Instructs His Disciples In Similitudes

7. Jesus in Peter's House. Measures Taken by the Pharisees. Cures

8. Jesus Teaches and Cures In Capharnaum

9. Jesus Cures Peter's Mother-in-Law. Peter's Great Humility

10. Jesus at the Baths of Bethulia And in Jetebatha

11. Jesus in the Harvest Field of Dothain and in Gennabris

12. Jesus in Abelmahula

13. Jesus Goes From Abelmahula To Bezech

14. Jesus Leaves Bezech and Goes to Ennon. Mary of Suphan

15. Jesus in Ramoth-Galaad

16. Jesus Leaves Ramoth and Goes to Arga, Azo, and Ephron

17. Jesus in Betharamphtha-Julias. Abigail, the Repudiated Wife of Philip the Tetrarch

18. Jesus in Abila and Gadara

19. Jesus in Dion and Jogbeha

FROM THE SECOND FEAST OF TABERNACLES TO THE FIRST CONVERSION OF MAGDALEN

1. Jesus in Ennon and Socoth. Mary of Suphan. Conversion of an Adulteress

2. Jesus in Akrabis, Silo, and Korea

3. Jesus in Ophra, Salem, and Aruma

4. Jesus Leaves Aruma and Goes to Thanath-Silo and Aser-Machmethat

5. Jesus Teaches in Meroz and Receives Judas Iscariot to the Number of His Disciples. Ancestry and Character of Judas Iscariot

6. Sermon on the Mountain Near Meroz. The Daughters of Lais

7. Jesus in Iscariot and Dothan. Cure of Issachar

8. Jesus Goes From Dothan to Endor. Cure of a Pagan Boy

9. Jesus in Abez and Dabereth on Thabor

Saul and the Witch of Endor

The Pagan Cyrinus of Cyprus

10. Jesus Goes to Giskala, The Birthplace of St. Paul

Cure of the Son of a Pagan Officer

11. Jesus Teaches in Gabara. Magdalen's First Conversion

Magdalen

The Mount of Instruction near Gabara. Magdalen

Volume 3

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Preface

PREACHING AND MIRACLES OF JESUS IN CAPHARNAUM AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS

1. Cornelius the Centurion

2. Miraculous Cures Wrought by Jesus. His Reasons for Teaching In Parables

3. The Raising of the Youth of Naim From the Dead

4. Jesus in Mageddo. John's Disciples

5. Jesus Leaves Mageddo. Cure of a Leper

6. Jesus Teaches in the Synagogue of Capharnaum, and Heals Two Lepers

7. The Resurrection of the Daughter of Jairus, the Chief of the Synagogue

8. Jesus Instructs From His Barque. Call of Matthew

9. The Final Call of Peter, Andrew, James, and John. Jesus Stills the Tempest on the Lake

10. John the Baptist's Message To the Synagogue. The Miraculous Draught of Fishes

11. The Sermon on the Mount, Cure of a Paralytic

12. Jairus and His Daughter. Her Relapse. Cure of a Woman Afflicted With an Issue of Blood, of Two Blind Men, and of a Pharisee

13. Cure of a Man with a Withered Hand. "Blessed is the Womb that Bore Thee!"

14. Jesus in Magdala and Gergesa. The Demon Driven into the Swine

15. Jesus Cures in Bethsaida and Again Returns to Capharnaum

16. The Mission of the Apostles and Disciples

17. Jesus In Bethanath, Galgal, Elcese, And Saphet

18. Jesus in Cariathaim and Abram

FROM THE SECOND CONVERSION OF MAGDALEN TO THE DELIVERY OF THE KEYS TO PETER

1. Jesus Teaching in Azanoth. Second Conversion of Magdalen

2. Jesus in Gathepher, Kisloth, and Nazareth

3. Jesus' Instruction on the Height Near Thabor, in Sunem

4. The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

5. Jesus in Thanath-Silo and Antipatris

6. Jesus in Bethoron and Bethania

7. Jesus in Juttah. He Makes Known The Death of John the Baptist

8. St. John's Remains Taken From Machaerus and Buried at Juttah

9. Jesus in Bethania and Jerusalem. Cure of a Man Sick for Thirty-Eight Years

10. Jesus Delivers Prisoners In Tirzah

11. Jesus in Capharnaum and Its Environs

12. The Feeding of the Five Thousand

13. Jesus Walks on the Sea

14. Jesus Teaches of the Bread of Life

15. Jesus in Dan and Ornithopolis

16. The Syrophenician

17. Jesus in Gessur and Nobe. Celebration of the Feast of Purim

18. Jesus in Regaba and Caesarea-Philippi

19. Conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount. Feeding of the Four Thousand. The Pharisees Demand a Sign

20. Peter Receives the Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven

FROM THE SECOND PASCH TO THE RETURN FROM CYPRUS

1. Jesus in Bethania and Jerusalem

2. The Passover in Lazarus' House

3. The Rich Glutton and Poor Lazarus

4. Jesus in Ataroth and Hadad-Rimmon

5. The Transfiguration on Mount Thabor.

6. Jesus in Capharnaum and Its Environs

7. Jesus Teaching on the Mountain Near Gabara

8. Jesus Journeys Into the Country of Ornithopolis and Thence Takes Ship for Cyprus

9. Jesus Teaches in Salamis

10. Jesus Invited to the House of the Roman Commandment in Salamis

11. Jesus at the Home of Jonas' Father. Instruction at the Baptismal Well

12. Jesus Goes to the Jewish City

13. The Pagan Priestess Mercuria. The Pagan Literati

14. Jesus Teaching in Chytrus

15. The Paternal Home and Family of Barnabas. Jesus Teaching in the Environs of Chytrus

16. Jesus in the City of Mallep

17. Jesus Teaching Before the Pagan Philosophers. He Attends A Jewish Wedding

18. Feast of Pentecost. Jesus Teaches on Baptism

Vision of the Passage of the Red Sea

19. Jesus Delivers a More Severe Lecture in the Synagogue

20. Jesus Visits the Mines Near Chytrus

21. Jesus Goes to Cerynia, and Visits Mnason's Parents

22. Departure From Cyprus

23. Jesus Goes from Misael, The Levitical City, Through Thanach, Naim, Azanoth, And Damna to Capharnaum

24. Arrival of the Apostles and Disciples in Capharnaum

25. Jesus Instructs the New Disciples Upon Prayer and the Eight Beatitudes

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. JESUS IN THE LAND OF THE THREE KINDS

1. Jesus in Bethabara and Jericho. Zacheus the Publican

2. Jesus on the Way to Bethania. The Raising of Lazarus

3. Jesus Begins the Journey Into the Land of the Three Holy Kings

4. Jesus in Cedar

5. Jesus Goes to Sichar-Cedar and Teaches Upon the Mystery of Marriage

Jesus Raises a Dead Man to Life

6. Jesus Reaches the First Tent City of the Star Worshippers

Nocturnal Celebration of the Star Worshippers

Jesus Encounters a Pastoral Tribe

A Wonderful Globe

Abolition of Idol Worship

Jesus Continues His Journey to the Tent City of the Kings

7. Jesus Ceremoniously Escorted by Mensor to his Tent Castle

8. Jesus in the Temple of the Kings. Feast of the Apparition of the Star.

Arrival of the Leader of a Strange Tribe

9. Jesus Leaves the Tent city of The Kings, and Goes to Visit Azarias, The Nephew of Mensor, in the Settlement of Atom

The Wonderful Cure of Two Sick Women

10. Jesus Goes to Sikdor, Mozian, and Ur

11. Jesus Goes to Egypt, Teaches in Heliopolis, and Returns to Judea Through the Desert

12. Jesus

13. Jesus Goes to Bethania

Volume 4

Anne Catherine Emmerich

Preface

THE DOLOROUS PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

1. The Last Weeks Before the Passion. Jesus' Discourse in the Temple

2. Jesus' Solemn Entrance Into Jerusalem

Magdalen Repeats Her Anointing of Jesus

Instruction at Lazarus'. Peter Receives a Severe Reprimand

The Widow's Mite

Jesus Speaks of the Destruction of the Temple

Jesus in Bethania

3. Jesus' Last Discourse In the Temple

4. Magdalen's Last Anointing

5. The Last Paschal Supper

6. The Washing of the Feet

7. The Institution of the Most Blessed Sacrament

8. Private Instructions and Consecrations

9. Jesus on the Mount of Olives

10. Judas and His Band. The Wood of the Cross

11. The Arrest of the Lord

12. Means Taken by Jesus' Enemies for Carrying Out Their Designs. Glance At Jerusalem at this Hour

13. Jesus Before Annas

14. Jesus Led From Annas to Caiaphas

15. Jesus Before Caiaphas

16. Jesus Mocked and Insulted

17. Peter's Denial

18. Mary in the Judgment Hall Of Caiaphas

19. Jesus Imprisoned

20. Judas at the Judgment Hall

21. The Morning Trial

22. The Despair of Judas

23. Jesus is Taken to Pilate

24. The Palace of Pilate and Its Surroundings

25. Jesus Before Pilate

26. Origin of the Devotion of the "Holy Way of the Cross"

27. Pilate and His Wife

28. Jesus Before Herod

29. Jesus Taken From Herod to Pilate

30. The Scourging of Jesus

31. Mary During the Scourging of Jesus

32. Interruption of the Visions of the Passion by the Apparition of Saint Joseph Under the Form of a Child

33. Personal Appearance of Mary And of Magdalen

34. Jesus Crowned With Thorns and Mocked

35. “Ecce Homo!”

36. Jesus Condemned to the Death of the Cross

37. Jesus Carries His Cross to Golgotha

38. Jesus’ First Fall Under the Cross

39. Jesus, Carrying His Cross, Meets His Most Holy and Afflicted Mother.

His Second Fall Under the Cross

40. Simon of Cyrene

Jesus' Third Fall Under the Cross

41. Veronica and Her Veil

42. The Weeping Daughters of Jerusalem. Jesus' Fourth and Fifth Falls Beneath the Cross

43. Jesus on Golgotha. The Sixth and The Seventh Falls of Jesus. His Imprisonment

44. Mary and the Holy Women Go to Golgotha

The Weather

45. Jesus Stripped for Crucifixion And Drenched With Vinegar

46. Jesus Nailed to the Cross

47. The Raising of the Cross

48. The Crucifixion of the Thieves

49. The Executioners Cast Lots For Jesus' Garments

50. Jesus Crucified. The Two Thieves

51. Jesus Mocked. His First Word on the Cross

52. The Sun Obscured. The Second and The Third Words of Jesus on the Cross

53. Jesus Abandoned. His Fourth Word on the Cross

54. The Death of Jesus. Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Words on the Cross

55. The Earthquake. Apparitions of the Dead in Jerusalem

56. Joseph of Arimathea Requests the Body of Jesus from Pilate

57. The Side of Jesus Opened. The Legs of the Thieves Broken

58. Some Localities of Ancient Jerusalem

59. Garden and Tomb Belonging to Joseph of Arimathea

60. The Descent From the Cross

61. The Body of Jesus Prepared For Burial

62. The Sepulture

63. The Return From the Burial. The Sabbath

64. The Imprisonment of Joseph of Arimathea. The Holy Sepulcher Guarded

65. The Friends of Jesus on Holy Saturday

66. Some Words on Christ's Descent Into Hell

THE RESURRECTION. THE ASCENSION. THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST

1. The Eve of the Holy Resurrection

2. The Resurrection of the Lord

3. The Guards Statements

4. The First Love Feast (Agape) After The Resurrection

5. Communion of the Holy Apostles

6. The Disciples Going to Emmaus. Jesus Appears to the Apostles in the Hall of the Last Supper

7. The Apostles Preaching The Resurrection

8. The Second Love Feast (Agape). Thomas Puts His Hand Into the Marks of Jesus' Wounds

9. Jesus Appears to the Holy Apostles At the Sea of Galilee

10. Jesus Appears to the Five Hundred

11. Love Feast (Agape) in Bethania And in the House Of the Last Supper. The Destruction Of the Holy Places By the Jews

12. The Majesty and Dignity of the Blessed Virgin

13. Increase of the Community

14. The Days Immediately Preceding the Ascension

15. Jesus' Ascension into Heaven

16. The Holy Day of Pentecost

17. The Church at the Pool of Bethsaida

18. Peter Celebrates the First Holy Mass in the Last Supper Room

19. First General Communion of The New Converts. Choice of the Seven Deacons

THE LIFE OF MARY AFTER CHRIST'S ASCENSION

1. The Blessed Virgin Goes with John To the Neighborhood of Ephesus

2. Mary's "Holy Way of the Cross" Near Ephesus. She Visits Jerusalem

3. The Apostles Arrive to Be Present at the Blessed Virgin's Death

4. Death, Burial, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

The Blessed Virgin's House At Ephesus by Robert Larson

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