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Sam Leanza Ortiz

Sam Leanza Ortiz is the Publishing Assistant for 1517 Publishing. Sam graduated from Concordia University, Irvine, with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Thought. As publishing assistant, she is responsible for a number of different administrative tasks - from author relations to sales reporting. In addition to her work for 1517, she is also pursuing a Master of Arts in History at Baylor University. Sam currently lives in Waco, TX, with her husband Patrick.

Sam Leanza Ortiz

  1. Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

    book
    07/29/22
    14 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    Gregory is a bridge between the patristic age and the medieval.
    Church Fathers: Gregory the Great, Pastoral Pope

  2. Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

    book
    10/22/21
    15 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
    Persecution and Unity: The Edict of Fontainebleau

  3. Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of Love

    book
    08/20/21
    14 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    This spiritual giant of the Middle Ages is worth considering on this anniversary of his death.
    Bernard of Clairvaux: Theologian of Love

  4. Cotton Mather's Quest for Assurance

    book
    02/12/21
    16 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    The paradoxical Puritan doctrines of an inability to convert oneself and the command to work out one’s salvation with fear and trembling placed would-be converts like Mather in quite a bind.
    Cotton Mather's Quest for Assurance

  5. Surviving the Dark Night: St John of the Cross

    book
    12/14/20
    12 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    St John of the Cross' feast day on December 14 commemorates the day of his death in 1591, at the height of the Catholic renewal movement that followed the Reformation.
    Surviving the Dark Night: St John of the Cross

  6. Michaelmas, Griffith Jones and the Protective Power of the Word

    book
    09/29/20
    14 mins
    Sam Leanza Ortiz
    The theme of guardianship permeates Christian observances of Michaelmas, unifying this wide variety of celebrations.
    Michaelmas, Griffith Jones and the Protective Power of the Word

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