Hans Urs von Balthasar A continuation of monographs in Volume II in which the aesthetical dimension of theology, its intrinsic beauty, is traced through some of the great Christian thinkers of modern times.

Frank Sheed Theology for Beginners has been acclaimed as one of the outstanding modern introductions to theology. It is a clear, precise, and inspiring compendium of the central doctrines of the Christian faith. Frank Sheed makes the profound truths of theology not only understandable but exciting reading for the Catholic layman. Contents Foreward Why Study Theology? Spirit The Infinite Spirit …

Patrology - the Complete Four Volume Hardcover Set Volumes I-III, Johannes Quasten Volume IV, edited by Angelo di Berardino Introduction by Johannes Quasten     This monumental, classic series places at the disposal of the English reading public a solid introduction to early Christian literature. It is the first work of its kind written originally in English. The first volume …

Paul Claudel This classic work by the great French poet and writer, Paul Claudel, is a soaring meditation on the profound Christian truths of the Apostle's Creed. Claudel, a deeply spiritual Catholic poet who meditated at length on what the Church taught him, is filled with ecstasy and wonder as he celebrates his faith, his hope and his love. The reader will be captivated by the profundity of …

This new collection of writings from America's foremost authority on the relationship between science and religion, Templeton Prize-winner Stanley L. Jaki, is an incisive overview of the intersection of science with the most fundamental areas of human culture. These essays deal, from various perspectives, with the central confrontation within modern culture of two irreconcilable philosophies …

The book that integrated the Passion of Our Lord with genuine mental health To the initial astonishment of Catholic moral theologians a century ago, psychology discovered to provide invaluable guidance in developing personality. In this trail-blazing book, first published in 1958, priest-educator G. Emmett Carter gathered the wisest Christian thought about psychology— showing how it can aid …

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Stanley L. Jaki Miracles do happen though they may not be witnessed by physicists. Classic scoffers at miracles have invariably hidden a doubtful reasoning in their specious references to Newtonian physics. The same is true of some theologian-physicists who take the indeterminacy principle of quantum mechanics for a loophole for miracles. The author, himself a theologian and a physicist, sees …

St. Robert Bellarmine Edited by John Patrick Donnelly, SJ, and Roland J. Teske, SJ  There are few figures in the history of the Church that have had such a wide-ranging effect on the religious life of their age as Robert Bellarmine. Born in Tuscany in 1542, he entered the Society of Jesus at the height of the Counter-Reformation. His first major work, The Controversies, was published in …

Josef Pieper The famous and popular Thomistic philosopher addresses the topic of hope from the perspective of human history and asks the questions: ``Is man's hope such that it can find any fulfillment in the field of human history?" And: ``Is man's human history such that it can give us any grounds not to despair?" Pieper looks at the movement of history, the idea of progress, man's hope for …

The Priest In Union With Christ By Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange, OP Explains the priest's specific holiness in union with Christ - as Priest and Victim - and the supernatural fruitfulness of the priestly apostolate. Covers the sacramental grace of Holy Orders, various levels of offering Mass, the classic principles for leading souls to God (preaching, Confession, spiritual direction), and the …

John R. Sommerfeldt, PhD For the medieval Cistercian abbot Aelred of Rievaulx, human beings are capable of happiness because human nature is good-but the self-defeating choices of humans have led to their misery. A loving God leads humans to happiness by nudging their free wills toward choosing the good and then, if they respond positively, giving them the power to realize that good. The …

The Advocate: The Spirit of Truth in the Life of the Individual Christian Fr. Andrew Apostoli In an age where image is everything and the very idea of truth is often relegated to the irrelevant, it is refreshing to find a book that restores this stable and necessary value to the place of prominence it once held in society when people accepted the truth and based their lives on it. Opinion …

Hans Urs von Balthasar In this third book, Balthasar presents various ways in which something of the Creator Spirit should be experienced through his manifestations: in the way in which he leads human persons to the living God ("Faith"), in the way in which he distinguishes the spirits of this time ("Crisis"), in the way in which he initiates into the mystery of the Incarnate One ("Night"), in …

Moral Theology Fr. Heribert Jone An authoritative handbook in moral theology. A classic that went through 18 editions in the original German alone and was eventually published in 9 different languages. This printing is from the 1962 edition, the last in English. Universally accepted throughout the Church as authoritative and recognized everywhere as the best book of its type. It is a handbook …

The Church lives in the "in-between" times. This book is a sustained reflection on this fact, on the meaning of the Church's life in time. It is at once a theoogy of history and the reflections of a practicing historian on Church history. Each chapter takes up a period of Church history and examines one or more of its central developments in relation to the present. If the Church is in time, …

Catholicism Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. This book first appeared just over fifty years ago. It is the pilgrimatic work of one of the 20th century's greatest theologians. Deeply rooted in tradition, it breaks ground and sows seeds which will bear their fruit in the Second Vatican Council's central documents on the Church. Here, de Lubac gathers from …

"...You've heard it said, 'I couldn't put it down.' In this case that's literally true. ...I enjoyed it immensely. I found the book illuminating and entertaining. You can, in a very sneaky way, teach."  -Most Rev. Edward J. O'Donnell, Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana "I never knew that theology could be so much fun!" -Sister Marie tucker, C.S.J., of Avila College …

Prepared and co-published by the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, this book is a combination of two lengthy essays written by Cardinal Ratzinger and delivered in talks when he was head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Both talks deal with the importance of conscience and its exercise in particular circumstances. Ratzinger's reflections show that …

THE PHILOSOPHY OF TOLKIEN Peter Kreeft While nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien’s masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, Peter Kreeft says that the journey into its underlying philosophy can be another exhilarating adventure. Thus, Kreeft takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into the philosophical bones of Middle earth. He organizes the philosophical themes in The …