CATHOLIC BOOKWORM

On the CHURCH FATHERS AND ANCIENT CHRISTIAN WRITERS Page I have added links to three online books. St Augustine: Select Treatises; St Augustine: Letters, Volume 4; and St Caesarius of Arles: Sermons, Volume 1. All these can be found on the above mentioned page under the heading: The Fathers of the Church A New Translation […]

On my CHURCH FATHERS AND ANCIENT CHRISTIAN WRITERS Page I have added the following links to online books in the “Fathers of the Church a New Translation series: St Augustine: Letters, Volume 3; St Clement of Alexandria: Christ the Educator; St Ambrose: Letters. On the LITURGY Page I have added four links to the following […]

On my Bible Commentaries, Studies, Related Issues Page I have added a sub-heading entitled The Passion Narrative.  On this page one will find some new links to online texts.  These include THE PASSION AND GLORY OF CHRIST, which provides commentary on the biblical narratives from the Last Supper to the Ascension.  I have also provided […]

I’ve added four links to my AUDIO BOOKS AND PODCASTS PAGE.  First up is INTO THE DEEP, which is currently posting on the spiritual classic THE SPIRITUAL COMBAT.  The second site I’ve linked to is called PRAYSTATION PORTABLE, and contains the morning and evening prayers from the Liturgy of the Hours (aka, the Divine Office).  […]

On the Liturgy Page I have provided a link to an online edition of King Henry VIII DEFENSE OF THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS.  This work was directed against Luther’s views regarding the sacraments and led to the Pope’s conferring on Henry the title “Defender of the Faith.”  A title which, of course, he and his successors […]

I’ve am in the process of attempting to organise the larger pages (e.g. the Philosophy Page) into convieniet sub-divisions.  However, my primary focus at this site is still on adding content.  Also, on my other site, I am once again working on posting my own notes (and others) on the Bible, along with stuff on and by St […]

St Athanasius On The Incarnation A Synopsis of the introductory chapter Click here for text    Introductory- The subject of the treatise: the humiliation and incarnation of the Word. Presupposes the doctrine of creation, and that by the word. The father has saved the world by him through whom he first made it.   Paganism […]

I’ve just posted a link on the Spirituality Page to THE WAY OF SALVATION AND PERFECTION by St Alphonsus Liguori.  Below is an excerpt. 1.  By trangression of the law thou dishonorest God (Rom 2:23).  When the sinner deliberates whether he shall give or refuse his consent to sin, he takes the balance into his […]

I have added several volumes to my Theology Page. These include a number of dogmatic treatises which can be found under the heading “Joseph Pohle.” titles include: GOD, HIS KNOWABILITY, ESSENCE, AND ATTRIBUTES; GOD, THE AUTHOR OF THE SUPERNATURAL; CHRISTOLOGY; SOTERIOLOGY; GRACE, ACTUAL AND HABITUAL; THE SACRAMENTS; and, finally ESCHATOLOGY. Under the heading “Arthur Preuss” […]

All men are vain in whom there is not the knowledge of God (Wis 13:1). Ignorance and want of reflection about divine things are two fruitful sources of anxiety,doubt, discontent, and sin in the world. “With desolation is the land made desolate, because there is none that considers in his heart” (Jer 12:11). We need, […]