Summa Theologiae - hardcover edition A Concise Translation "The teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas is presented in continuously flowing paragraphs with appropriate chapter headings, much more like the style of modern philosophers since Descartes. ...The real meat of St. Thomas Aquinas has been captured here with remarkable good judgment, and it is in fact a fresh and stimulating experience to …
A great Catholic theologian speaks from the heart about the Heart of Christ, in a profound and lyrical meditation on Our Lord's love for his Bride the Church. Sewn Softcover
Hans Urs von Balthasar Virtually every aspect of Catholicism which is controversial within the Church or a stumbling block to non-Catholic Christians is treated in this book. Rather than avoiding what is most glaringly un-modern or what is most criticized by non-Catholics, Balthasar reviews these elements one by one, and shows how they are rooted in the central Christian mysteries and the …
The Catechism Explained Fr. Francis Spirago An exhaustive explanation of the Catholic religion for use by the preacher, catechist, teacher, family. Written purposely as a thorough explanation of the Catholic Baltimore Catechism. It is not hard; it is simply thorough! Many pages are devoted to every subject. Quotes Scripture and the Fathers and Doctors of the Church. The result is an amazing …
Hans Urs von Balthasar The great trilogy of theology by Hans Urs von Balthasar includes The Glory of the Lord, Theo-Drama, and Theo-Logic . His Epilogue, a single volume, is the closing of his masterwork, giving final details and overview to the prior volumes in the trilogy. Contents: Abbreviations Foreward I. FORECOURT Integration as Method? The Unasked Question The Question as Man Sees It …
Josef Pieper This is a masterpiece of a forgotten virtue by one of the great Christian philosophers of the twentieth century.
Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English. Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled with A.J. Ayer in a fabled debate …
St. Patrick did not consider himself a man of letters; the short texts that survive reflect, however, his powerful personality. A contemporary and fellow missionary of St. Patrick, Secundinus is an enthusiastic admirer and defender of St. Patrick in this hymn.
Montague Brown Discover the truth (and the falsehood) in the sound bites that rule so much of your life Today they're called sound bites, but they're older by far than sound bites, and they play a larger role in your life - those pithy, quotable phrases that capture in a few words the wisdom of the world: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." "Talk is cheap." "It doesn't matter what you believe, …
Hans Urs von Balthasar The great theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, presents beautiful and profound reflections on the mysteries of the Rosary.
Written in the 1950s, this book defines and anticipates, in a prophetic way, the role of the laity in the Church, and the intimate relationship between the Church and the world. These two themes were recognized by the Second Vatican Council especially in the two constitutions "On the Church" and "The Church in the Modern World." Von Balthasar's "bastions" are barriers erected over the …
Mark Lowery, Ph.D. Living the Good Life is an introduction to the Church's moral teaching for the everyday Catholic. It explains the overall landscape of moral theology by examining the foundational issues. Then, using a Q and A and dialog format, it tackls many specific moral problems that Catholics face today, as well as some burning moral issues that our culture faces as a whole.
Retreat to John Paul II and the Papal Household Cardinal Christoph Schönborn In this series of retreat meditations preached to Pope John Paul II and the papal household during a Lenten retreat, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn uses the Catechism of the Catholic Church (of which he was the general editor) and Sacred Scripture to lead us to a deeper union with Christ by helping us to understand and …
"My plan in this book," writes Father Danielou, the eminent French theologian, "is not to record what I say of God, but what God has said of Himself... to place religions and philosophies, the Old Testament and the New, theology and mysticism, in their proper relationship with the knowledge of God." God and the Ways of Knowing is therefore a subtle and penetrating interpretation of the ways by …
In these reflections on the Letter to the Ephesians, Father Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, asks a critical question: How can we read, "'And Christ loved the Church' [Eph. 5:25], without asking the question, 'And I? Do I love the Church?'" The twentieth century was a time of theological ferment focusing attention on the nature of the Church. But, the author wonders, "Was there a …
Review "In Soliloquies, Augustine is relentless in his interior quest for truth—a quest similar to Socrates' dialogue quest in the Plantonic dialogues, except that Augustine's dialogue is a solely interior one. In the text, Augustine reveals a rigorous self-critical intellectual methodology essential for any attainment of inner freedom and peace—a methodology that could benefit any …
Holy Spirit of God An Essay in Biblical Theology François-Xavier Durrwell; Translated by Sister Benedict Davies, O.S.U.; Foreword by Scott Hahn "We have here [Durrwell's] mature thought on the most important subject-the wellspring of our faith, our hope, our charity, our joy, our consolation, our worship, our moral life, our afterlife—the Holy Spirit of God." —Dr. Scott Hahn, in …
Review “This selection and arrangement of Chiara Lubich’s spiritual writings opens up the heart and soul of one of the most significant Catholic lay religious figures of our times. In our own day, there may be nothing more important than giving witness to the hope and the possibility of unity between and among people of all faiths — and of those with no faith at all. This is the legacy Chiara …
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