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The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a volunteer-based project to provide free electronic copies of Christian scripture and literature texts. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box: Christianity is...
It was founded by Harry Plantinga, in 1993. The project is supported by Calvin College. Plantinga, a professor of computer science at Calvin College, is still the director of CCEL. This article is about a liberal arts college in the United States. ...
The purpose of the CCEL is simply "to build up Christ's church and to address fundamental questions of the faith." According to their website, the doctrine that is expressed in the documents of the library sometimes conflict with those of Calvin College, where they are based.[1]
CCEL stores all their texts in Theological Markup Language (ThML) format. Texts are automatically converted into other easier to read formats such as HTML or PDF.[2] Although they use mainly Public Domain texts, they claim copyright on all their formatting.[3] You also must login to their website to download all formatted versions of the text. A theological markup language format created by Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), a volunteer organization to create electronic theological texts. ...
CCEL is funded by advertisements, sales of some books not freely downloadable, cd-roms, and individual gifts. Calvin College has also provided them with space, network access, and significant financial support.[4]
As of 2005, the server was logging about 600,000 "hits" per day from a 600,000 distinct users per month, providing about 500 GB of information in a month. That's equivalent to about a half million books per month.[citation needed]
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Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive and distribute cultural works. ...
External links - CCEL web site
- The Beginning's of CCEL
References - ^ http://www.ccel.org/info/faq.html
- ^ http://www.ccel.org/about
- ^ http://www.ccel.org/about/copyright.html
- ^ http://www.ccel.org/info/faq.html
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