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Sacristy Press is an independent publisher of history and theology (including historical fiction), based in the historic university city of Durham, UK.

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A fully illustrated guidebook to Northumberland, including a gazeteer, maps and more than 200 photographs
Northumberland: A Guide
A fully illustrated guidebook to Northumberland, including a gazeteer, maps and more than 200 photographs
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December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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The views on the afterlife of some Victorians may help us today as we seek to get over our fear of death and what lies beyond it.
Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of Heaven
As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a number of well-known Victorians, and others not so well known, in the belief…
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December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The views on the afterlife of some Victorians may help us today as we seek to get over our fear of death and what lies beyond it.
Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of Heaven
As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a number of well-known Victorians, and others not so well known, in the belief…
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December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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📖 “The glory of God is a human fully alive.” — Irenaeus
Discover the life and legacy of a courageous second-century bishop, theologian, and fierce opponent of Gnosticism. #Irenaeus #ChurchFathers #FullyAlive #AgainstHeresies
Irenaeus and the Glory of God: Gnosticism, Recapitulation and True Humanity in Christ
A bold retelling of how Irenaeus battled heresy and shaped Christian theology—restoring humanity to life in God through Christ.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Bridget of Sweden was one of the best-travelled women of the Middle Ages. Travel with her and discover the transforming power of pilgrimage.
With Bridget in the Holy Land
Discover the dramatic and eventful pilgrimage of a medieval women – St Bridge of Sweden – from Rome to Jerusalem in 1371-73. Nominated for a 2024 CRT Award.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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"A beautifully crafted and soul-searching book - just like Adrian's music." Edmund Newell
Fierce Love: Music Leads a Lost Child Home
Memoir of the musician Adrian Snell, known for ‘The Passion’, ‘The Cry’ and ‘Fierce Love’.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Stunning views of Durham by one of the UK's most talented landscape painters. Mostly Durham contains 75 of Stuart Fisher's beautiful watercolour paintings and drawings from around the historic city of Durham and beyond.
Mostly Durham: Watercolour Paintings and Drawings of Durham and Beyond
Award-winning artist Stuart Fisher is considered to be one of the most talented painters of architectural landscapes in Northern England. Mostly Durham contains 75 of his beautiful watercolour…
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December 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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...a tender story of love and longing and belonging in the new Christian communities of seventh-century Northumbria. You will want to walk that coast, breathe that air.

Vibeke Vasbo
Cuthbert of Farne: A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint
The first historical novel about Cuthbert, much-loved saint of the North, a one-time warrior whose destiny it was to reconcile the warring parties in the early English Church.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🕊️ Behind the beauty of the Nativity lies a city under pressure. Bethlehem’s people live with walls and checkpoints. Advent calls us to solidarity and hope.
#PrayForBethlehem #Advent2025 #PeaceAndJustice
Advent in Bethlehem: Reflections on Scripture and Bethlehem Today
A series of Advent studies reflecting on people in the Bible associated with Bethlehem, relating their experiences to Bethlehem today, and inviting readers to consider their significance for their…
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November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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A story of one of the most remarkable women of Anglo-Saxon England ... a triumphal story of a saint’s passion and religious experience. But it is not for the faint-hearted…
Sir David Wilson, Former Director of the British Museum
The Song of Hild
Translated from the #1 Danish Bestseller, this is a gritty, powerful story about the prominent role women played in the spread of Christianity in seventh-century Britain. We are drawn into a world of…
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November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This Advent discover and appreciate something of the lives and struggles of real people, living and historical, and open scripture in new ways.
Advent in Bethlehem: Reflections on Scripture and Bethlehem Today
A series of Advent studies reflecting on people in the Bible associated with Bethlehem, relating their experiences to Bethlehem today, and inviting readers to consider their significance for their…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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⚠️ Today is the last day to order hardback books from our website with delivery before Christmas!

🎄 Paperbacks are available until noon on Friday 6 December.

Check out our Christmas delivery schedule 👇
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
Our Christmas delivery deadlines are earlier than you might expect. Make sure your loved ones find lots of lovely books under their tree – order quickly for Christmas delivery! Scroll down for the…
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November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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"...not just a study of the churchman who made a college service into the intangible patrimony of the entire English-speaking world. It is the portrait of an era."

Neil MacGregor
More than Nine Lessons and Carols: A Life of Eric Milner-White, 1884–1963
A biographical study of Eric Milner-White DSO 1884‒1963, Dean of King’s College, Cambridge 1918‒41 and Dean of York 1941‒63, Anglo-Catholic churchman, collector, restorer and aesthete.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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For four generations, the Rusticelii have farmed their estate. Now, as the legions withdraw and raiders from across the sea descend upon the land, they must make impossible choices—clinging to the past or forging a new future in an uncertain world....
Tillers of the Soil
A richly woven tale of land, tradition, and resilience, set in the fading days of Roman Britain, where a family fights to hold onto their home, heritage, and way of life.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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🎄 Buying a book or two for Christmas?

🎅 Don't miss our Christmas delivery deadlines

😱 They're earlier than you might be expecting!

📆 5 December for paperbacks

Full info here 👇
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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📖 Dreaming of a reading Christmas?

🎄 The deadline for guaranteed UK Christmas delivery with “Standard” or “Premium” delivery is quickly approaching!

Don't miss out. Check our Christmas delivery schedule 👇
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November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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: Theopoetics in Action
🌿✨ What if theology wasn’t just studied—but made?
Explore theopoetics: a creative, embodied, and justice-oriented way of doing theology through writing, art, and lived experience.

#Theopoetics #CreativeTheology #EmbodiedFaith #HeatherWalton

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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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“Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord...”

Delve into the world of Cramer’s timeless Prayer Book collects as we approach a new liturgical year.

#BCP

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Stir Up, O Lord: A Companion to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels in the Book of Common Prayer
A thought provoking commentary gives the words of Cranmer and his colleagues renewed meaning in our own time by providing historical context and reflection on their broader message.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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🎄 Buying a book or two for Christmas?

🎅 Don't miss our Christmas delivery deadlines

😱 They're earlier than you might be expecting!

📆 5 December for paperbacks
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
Our Christmas delivery deadlines are earlier than you might expect. Make sure your loved ones find lots of lovely books under their tree – order quickly for Christmas delivery! Scroll down for the…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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📖 “The glory of God is a human fully alive.” — Irenaeus
Discover the life and legacy of a courageous second-century bishop, theologian, and fierce opponent of Gnosticism. #Irenaeus #ChurchFathers #FullyAlive #AgainstHeresies
Irenaeus and the Glory of God: Gnosticism, Recapitulation and True Humanity in Christ
A bold retelling of how Irenaeus battled heresy and shaped Christian theology—restoring humanity to life in God through Christ.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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🎄 The deadline for guaranteed UK Christmas delivery with “Standard” or “Premium” delivery is quickly approaching!

Don't miss out. Check our Christmas delivery schedule 👇
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📖 The Book of Common Prayer is more than a text—it’s a living tradition shaped by centuries of devotion, scholarship, and pastoral care. Explore its rich history and why it still matters today. #AnglicanHeritage #BCP
The Book of Common Prayer and its Commentators 1655–1901
A history of commentaries on the Book of Common Prayer beginning in the Commonwealth period of the mid seventeenth century and ending at the beginning of the twentieth century
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November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Books make great gifts, but make sure you don’t miss our Christmas delivery deadline!
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
Our Christmas delivery deadlines are earlier than you might expect. Make sure your loved ones find lots of lovely books under their tree – order quickly for Christmas delivery! Scroll down for the…
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November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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⚠ Our Christmas delivery deadlines are earlier than you might expect!

🎄 Make sure your loved ones don't miss out on finding lots of fantastic books under their tree.

👇 Click below for our Christmas delivery info.
Christmas Delivery Schedule 2025
Our Christmas delivery deadlines are earlier than you might expect. Make sure your loved ones find lots of lovely books under their tree – order quickly for Christmas delivery! Scroll down for the…
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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👣 From Smyrna to Lyon: A Journey of Apostolic Faith
Taught by Polycarp, who knew the Apostle John, Irenaeus carried the flame of apostolic tradition from Asia Minor to Gaul.
Irenaeus and the Glory of God: Gnosticism, Recapitulation and True Humanity in Christ
A bold retelling of how Irenaeus battled heresy and shaped Christian theology—restoring humanity to life in God through Christ.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM