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  How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization

  by Thomas E. Woods

  Ask a college student today what he knows about the Catholic Church and his answer might come down to one word: "corruption." But that one word should be "civilization." Western civilization has given us the miracles of modern science, the wealth of free-market economics, the security of the rule of law, a unique sense of human rights and freedom, charity as a virtue, splendid art and music, a philosophy... (more)
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  New Catholic Encyclopedia: Jubilee Volume : The Wojtyla Years

  by Berard L. Marthaler

  Executive editor Bernard L. Marthaler, O.S.M. conv., indicates that this book is a preamble to the revised edition of the forthcoming New Catholic Encyclopedia. One could argue that it is also an appropriate concluding supplement to that venerable 15-volume work, originally published in 1967. In appearance, it is identical to the other volumes. Arranged into two parts, it closely chronicles the life, teachings,... (more)
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  Letter & Spirit, Vol. II: The Authority of Mystery: The Word of God and the People of God

  Letter & Spirit is a journal of Catholic biblical theology for the new millennium. It seeks to foster deeper understanding of sacred Scripture and the divine liturgy of the Church. This second volume of the journal, The Authority of Mystery: The Word of God and the People of God, is inspired by the scholarship of Pope Benedict XVI especially Benedict s concerns about the relation of the Bible to faith in... (more)
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  Letter & Spirit, Vol. 1: Word, Worship, and the Mysteries (Letter & Spirit: A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology)

  A publication of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Steubenville, Ohio, "Letter & Spirit" is a new journal of Catholic biblical theology which seeks to foster a deeper conversation about the Bible. In light of the advancements of the last century in recapturing the historical and literary context of Scripture, "Letter & Spirit" embraces the challenge of the next century--linking the scientific... (more)
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  The Catholic Religion: Illustrated and Explained for Child, Adult and Convert

  by J. H. Burbach

  A favorite short catechism that belongs in every Catholic home. Designed for classroom instruction and converts, it is also excellent for adult review of the basic tenets of the Faith. Simple yet not specifically a child's catechism. Each chapters is 2 to 4 pages long, self-contained and accompanied by an illustrative picture. Conveys easily and painlessly an excellent knowledge and love of hte Catholic faith,... (more)
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  Introduction to the Bible: The Nature, History, Authorship & Content of the Holy Bible With Selections from & Commentaries on the Various Books

  by John Laux

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  Catholic Morality: A Course In Religion (Book III)

  by Fr John Laux

  A great explanation of the Church's clear moral principles. Based upon reason and the teachings of Christ. The norms of Scripture and Tradition are given in an organized manner. Topics include law, conscience, the virtues, the religious state, sin temptation, punishment, duties to God, self, neighbor, family, Church and state, doubts against the Faith, conflicts between laws, chastity, rules of charity, private... (more)
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  Mass and the Sacraments Book II (A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies Ser.)

  by John Laux

  The doctrine and history of the 7 Sacraments. Also covers Indulgences and Sacramentals. Topics include the Scriptural background of the Sacraments, their institution by Christ, essential requirements for receving them, their effects in the soul, etc. Will deepen understanding of these 7 lifelines of grace and salvation.
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  Chief Truths of the Faith: Creation, Original Sin, Christ, Faith, Grace, Eternal Life, Etc.

  by Rev. John Laux

  Suggestions for Study. The best brief outline of our Faith we know. Penetrating explanations of all essential truths of the Faith. Written as a high school textbook, it is excellent even for college work and is geared also for adult reading as are all Fr. Laux's books. Fr. Laux is always brief, clear, thorough, undated and interesting! He taught this subject in high school for years, and this excellent book is the... (more)
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  Catholic Apologetics : God, Christianity, and the Church (A Course in Religion)

  by Fr John Laux

  No Catholic should pass beyond the age of 16 without being able to answer clearly, both to himself and to others, the challenges of those who do not believe in the existence of God, of Christ or the teachings of the Catholic Church. In this compact book, Fr John Laux gives both the student and the adult reader dozens of excellent, well reasoned answers to the classic objections against the Catholic Faith. He... (more)
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  Church history, a complete history of the Catholic church to the present day,

  by Fr John Laux

  From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. The author intersperses the history with many brief, interesting biographies of famous people, and at the end of each chapter he quotes briefly from a famous writing of the era, blending a medley of elements into a comprehensive historical composition that is at once brilliant and fascinating. A story of the Church unparalleled in its scope, depth,... (more)
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  The Bible and the Qur'an

  by Jacques Jomier

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  Priest: Portraits of Ten Good Men Serving the Church Today

  by Michael S. Rose

  Unsung heroes of the priesthood today — at the rectory just down the street! Attacks on the priesthood have grown unrelenting in recent years, as incidents of sexual misconduct reveal chronice, deeply-rooted flaws in seminaries, rectories, and chanceries across the country. Keen observers (among them some Catholics) foretell of the end of the priesthood — and even perhaps of the dissolution of the Church... (more)
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  The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals And the Progressive Era (Religion and American Culture)

  by Thomas E. Woods

  As the twentieth century opened, American intellectuals grew increasingly sympathetic to Pragmatism and empirical methods in the social sciences. The Progressive program as a whole -- in the form of Pragmatism, education, modern sociology, and nationalism -- seemed to be in agreement on one thing: everything was in flux. The dogma and "absolute truth" of the Church were archaisms, unsuited to modern American... (more)
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  The Orthodox Eastern Church (The Eastern Churches Trilogy)

  by Adrian Fortescue

  This classic trilogy had a groundbreaking effect in ringing an awareness of the broader Christian World to westerners. It remains among the most readable and authoritative sources about the churches to the east of Rome.
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  A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America

  by Peter Steinfels

  In A People Adrift , a prominent Catholic thinker states bluntly that the Catholic Church in the United States must transform itself or suffer irreversible decline. Peter Steinfels shows how even before the recent revelations about sexual abuse by priests, the explosive combination of generational change and the thinning ranks of priests and nuns was creating a grave crisis of leadership and identity. This... (more)
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  Catholicism and American Freedom: A History

  by John T. McGreevy

  "<McGreevy> has written the best intellectual history of the Catholic Church in America."— Commonweal For two centuries, Catholicism has played a profound and largely unexamined role in America's political and intellectual life. Emphasizing the communal over the individual, protections for workers and the poor over market freedoms, and faith in eternal verities over pragmatic compromises, the Catholic... (more)
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  Memorize the Faith! (and Most Anything Else): Using the Methods of the Great Catholic Medieval Memory Masters

  by Kevin Vost

  "They laughed when I said I could name all 27 books of the New Testament ...but after I named them all in order, plus the 46 books of the Old Testament, they begged me to show them how I did it." Yes, I know that memorizing the Faith is no substitute for living a holy life, but even devout people can't live by truths and precepts they don't remember. That's why, over 700 years ago, St. Thomas Aquinas... (more)
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  The Great Facade: Vatican II and the Regime of Novelty in the Roman Catholic Church

  by Christopher A. Ferrara, Thomas E. Woods Jr.

  Empty seminaries, shuttered parishes, crisis-level priest shortages, altar girls, trendy "liturgies" -- not to mention worldwide homosexual clergy scandals, loss of faith, and the exodus of Catholics from the Church. What has happened to the Catholic Church since 1965? Why did the Church suddenly seem to lose her very identity after the Second Vatican Council? Where is the much-vaunted conciliar "springtime"? ... (more)
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  Honey from the Rock: Sixteen Jews Find the Sweetness of Christ

  Schoeman, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, and best-selling author of Salvation Is From The Jews , once again shows the clear links between Judaism and Catholicism in these inspiring stories of sixteen Jews who became "fulfilled Jews", as Schoeman says, through their spiritual journeys to the Catholic Church. Using the rich image in Psalm 81 for the book's title, the author shows how God gave the Jews... (more)