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Practicing Catholic Practicing Catholic James Carroll This personal history of the American Catholic Church during writer Carroll's lifetime traces the transformation of a medieval institution, suspicious of American ideas of freedom and democracy, into… OL15221438W
Summa Theologica Summa Theologica Thomas Aquinas,Kennedy, Daniel Joseph, 1862-1930 Thomas's magnum opus, comprising a systematic integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Christianity. Covers topics such as the nature and existence of God, human nature, law and morality and the r… OL15314568W
The Regensburg Lecture The Regensburg Lecture James V. Schall The man who was simultaneously the Pope and the greatest living theologian is retiring, and he is joined in retirement by Fr. James Schall, S.J., the English-speaking world's greatest living Catholic… OL15338585W
Benedict XVI Benedict XVI Tracey Rowland "This guide introduces students of theology to the theoretical axes upon which the theology of Benedict XVI revolves. It begins with a presentation of the key ideas in the works of his intellectual a… OL15539229W
Catholic bioethics for a new millennium Catholic bioethics for a new millennium Anthony Fisher "Can the Hippocratic and Judeo-Christian traditions be synthesized with contemporary thought about practical reason, virtue and community to provide real-life answers to the dilemmas of healthcare to… OL16015196W
Are We Together? Are We Together? Sproul, R. C. In recent years, some evangelical Protestant leaders have signed statements pledging themselves to joint social action with Roman Catholics. Others have refused to participate, declaring that, in the… OL16681384W
He Spoke to Us He Spoke to Us George W. Rutler These sparkling essays on a variety of interesting subjects are written with insight and wit by an author widely recognized as one of the finest masters of English prose in the Catholic Church today.… OL17834285W
At a Breezy Time of Day At a Breezy Time of Day James V. Schall We have books that contain collected essays, verse, and humor. What we see less often are books that contain collected interviews on various topics. Interviews have a certain outside discipline about… OL17834448W
Hell and the Mercy of God Hell and the Mercy of God Adrian J. Reimers If God is truly merciful and loving, perfect in goodness, how can he consign human beings created in his own image to eternal torment in hell? God's goodness seems incompatible with inflicting horrib… OL17864290W
Eschatology Eschatology Joseph Ratzinger Originally published in English in 1988, Joseph Ratzinger's Eschatology remains internationally recognized as a leading text on the "last things"―heaven and hell, purgatory and judgment, death and th… OL17914601W
Catholic social thought Catholic social thought Shannon, Thomas A.,O'Brien, David J. "This classic compendium of church teaching offers the most complete access to more than 100 years of official statements of the Catholic Church on social issues"-- OL19040867W
Bearing false witness Bearing false witness Rodney Stark "As we all know and as many of our well established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history, Pope Pius XII was anti-S… OL20033090W
Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit, The Edited by Richard Lennan,Edited by Nancy Pineda-Madrid xvii, 230 pages ; 23 cm OL20218015W
Imitation of Christ Imitation of Christ Rev. William Rev. William Benham,William C. Creasy,Paul M. Bechtel,Michael Oakley,Ronald Arbuthnott Knox,Pierre Corneille,Rogers, Thomas,John Payne,Jérôme de Gonnelieu,Richard Whitford,Richard Challoner,Thomas Rogers,David Alexander MacLennan,Harold C. Gardiner,Aloysius Croft,Thomas à Kempis,Thomas Chalmers,Elder Mullan,Jon M. Sweeney,Challoner,Joseph N. Tylenda,Hal McElwaine Helms,George Hickes,Henry Parry Liddon,Richard Whitford,Sixtus V Pope,Paul Wesley Chilcote,Leo Sherley-Price,Valenti Angelo,Wilfrid Raynal,Edgar Daplyn,Henri Belleau,E. M. Blaiklock,Félicité Robert de Lamennais,Harold Bolton,Rev. William Benham,Richard Challoner,Félicité Robert De Lamennais Classic Christian devotional OL260847W
The joy of being wrong The joy of being wrong James Alison This original work of theological anthropology looks at original sin in the light of the Resurrection, and shows how forgiveness has become the way of transformation. OL2619199W
The Meditations Of Guigo I The Meditations Of Guigo I Guigo I Prior of the Grande Chartreuse The fifth prior of the Grande Chartreuse, Guigo I was esteemed as 'a prior worthy of eternal fame', a prudent man and immensely erudite in both secular and sacred studies. His personal reflections on… OL3487161W
The Church and I The Church and I F. J. Sheed Frank Sheed presents a narrative which is half auto biography, half history of the Catholic Church in the 20th century. OL3970101W
Call to the Center Call to the Center M. Basil Pennington Well-known retreat master and author of the bestselling Centering Prayer, Basil Pennington now demonstrates the spiritually enriching power of that ancient prayer technique when used in conjunction w… OL507929W
Aspiring Saints Aspiring Saints Anne Jacobson Schutte "Between 1618 and 1750, sixteen people - nine women and seven men - were brought to the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities in Venice because they were reporting visions, revelations, and spe… OL5327629W
The Genius of John Paul II The Genius of John Paul II Richard A. Spinello In this exciting new book, renowned ethicist Richard Spinello offers the first comprehensive presentation of the late John Paul II's great moral vision. Here admirers may read and understand the esse… OL85970W
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