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The Robe
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The Robe (1942) (edit title/settings)

by Lloyd C. Douglas (Author) (edit contributors)

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A Roman soldier, Marcellus, wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene's robe-a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity and is set against the vividly limned background of ancient Rome. Here is a timeless... read more

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  • “This faith,” he declared deliberately, “is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more like a kit of tools with which a man may build him a house. The tools will be worth just what he does with them. When he lays them down, they will have no value until he takes them up again.”
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  • “This faith,” he declared deliberately, “is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more like a kit of tools with which a man may build him a house. The tools will be worth just what he does with them. When he lays them down, they will have no value until he takes them up again.”
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  • “This is your certificate of manumission. You are a free man.”
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  • a change of government wouldn’t help. That wasn’t the trouble. The trouble was that the people couldn’t change each other or themselves.
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  • If a man loves truth better than things, people are glad to have him for a friend.
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  • What kind of government would solve the world’s problems? As matters stood, all governments were rapacious. People everywhere endured their rulers until they had gained strength enough to throw them off and take on another load of tyranny.
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  • “The Greek word for fish is made up of initials for the words which mean, ‘Jesus Christ Son of God Saviour.’
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  • They couldn’t lie to him, and so they told the truth—and—and the truth set them free!”
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  • The world was in serious need of something—but it wasn’t something that a new king could
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  • “I don’t know,” mumbled Demetrius, in a puzzled voice, “but—he is something more important than a king.”
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  • Why should any sane man think it pleasant or noble to give up his life to save the world?
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First Sentence edit see section history

BECAUSE she was only fifteen and busy with her growing up, Lucia's periods of reflection were brief and infrequent; but this morning she felt weighted with responsibility.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1943. (authoritative list)

Followed by The Valley of Decision.

This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1953. (authoritative list)

Followed by The Silver Chalice.

This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1945. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Forever Amber, and followed by The Black Rose.

This is book 7 of 11 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1942. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Windswept, and followed by The Sun Is My Undoing.

This is book 2 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels In 1944. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Strange Fruit, and followed by A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Lloyd C. Douglas (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1942
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 695

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  • Library of Congress: PS3507.O7573 1942
  • Dewey: 813.52

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This book has nothing in it that would make it unsuitable for any teenage reader. Even younger readers might well enjoy it too, and benefit from reading it.

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