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by Peter A. Mazur
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2016
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, conversion took on a new importance within the Catholic world, as its leaders faced the challenge of expanding the church's reach to new peoples and continents while at the same time reinforcing its authority in the Old World. Based on new archival research,...
The Mystery of the Rosary
Marian Devotion and the Reinvention of Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Ever since its appearance in Europe five centuries ago, the rosary has been a widespread, highly visible devotion among Roman Catholics. Its popularity has persisted despite centuries of often seismic social upheaval, cultural change, and institutional reform. In form, the rosary consists of a ritually...
Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi
The Making of a Counter-Reformation Saint
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
This work offers a detailed reconstruction of the campaigns for and trials resulting in the beatification (in 1626) and subsequent canonization in 1169 of the Florentine mystic nun, Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1607). Clare Copeland places her findings in the wide context of the politics of saint-making...
The Unquiet Monk
Thomas Merton's Questing Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Born in 1915, Thomas Merton went through a lifelong journey of exploration, discovery and insight. The influences on his thought were numerous—from Eastern spirituality to Jonathan Swift and Albert Camus—and the influence of his writings on Catholic spirituality is profound and unalterable. The...
Tempest-Tossed Church
Being a Catholic Today
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
In The Tempest-Tossed Church award-winning writer Gerard Windsor explores what it is to be a Catholic. Interlaced with twelve moving cameos, he entertains and stimulates with anecdote, history, forays into art and literature, and the occasional bit of gossip. Starting with how you get religion in...
by St. Bonaventure
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
The Saint that inspires the Pope! Here's the original, untainted biography of the Man of the Poor who inspires the Holy Father Francis I.Your Special “2for1” Annotated edition includes:+ Treatise on the ‘Historical’ Life of Francis from a Mildly More Academic Viewpoint+ Bibliography...
The Church
Unlocking the Secrets to the Places Catholics Call Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
From the bestselling authors of The Mass, an insightful and practical guide that explores the architectural and spiritual components of the Catholic Church.
Your local church is not only a physical place, but a spiritual home. In this through-provoking book, Wuerl and Aquilina illuminate the...
Freemasonry Mankind’s Hidden Enemy
With Current Official Catholic Statements
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
Expanded edition! A short, incisive examination of Freemasonry, giving a brief, clear overview of the subject. Quotes Leo XIII's famous encyclical OnFreemasonry (1884) and proves that it is a significant danger to Catholicism today. Gives current official Catholic statements; intended to end confusion...
by Oscar Lukefahr
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Father Lukefahr examines various elements of prayer as well as attitudes and misconceptions many Catholics have about prayer. The book takes a brief look at prayer in both Old and New Testament times, how Jesus prayed, and prayer that is uniquely Catholic. It also discusses current trends and ways of...
Let God's Light Shine Forth
The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Though he was a familiar Church leader for many years before becoming pope, there has been little awareness of the spiritual side of Benedict XVI. Now for the first time readers are given a brilliant overview of the Pope’s most inspirational teachings in Let God’s Light Shine Forth. Editor Robert...
by Raymond Collins
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
A massive survey of New Testament scholarship--its history, methodology, and findings--from a Catholic standpoint. Fr. Collins (Catholic U. of Louvain) has a masterful grasp of his subject; and this book is a model of clarity, organization, and fair-mindedness.
When the Magisterium Intervenes
The Magisterium and Theologians in Today's Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Catholicism has always recognized the need for a normative doctrinal teaching authority. Yet the character, scope, and exercise of that authority, what has come to be called the magisterium, has changed significantly over two millennia. This book gathers contributions from leading Catholic scholars...
Oberammergau in the Nazi Era
The Fate of a Catholic Village in Hitler's Germany
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2010
In her study of Oberammergau, the Bavarian village famous for its decennial passion play, Helena Waddy argues against the traditional image of the village as a Nazi stronghold. She uses Oberammergau's unique history to explain why and how genuinely some villagers chose to become Nazis, while others...
Vatican I
The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2018
The enduring influence of the Catholic Church has many sources—its spiritual and intellectual appeal, missionary achievements, wealth, diplomatic effectiveness, and stable hierarchy. But in the first half of the nineteenth century, the foundations upon which the church had rested for centuries were...