Canon Law Books          

Publisher Information

1)      Code of Canon Law, Latin-English Edition (New English Translation).  Washington, D.C.:  Canon Law Society of America, 1983.   

      Reference Number:  A-00002

2)  Coriden, James A.  We the People of God....  Huntington, Indiana:  Our Sunday Visitor.

      Reference Number:  C-00185

3)      Hellwig, Monika K.  Understanding Catholicism.  New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1981.

     “This book is specifically addressed to “people who worry when they have questions about their faith, or when they begin to realize that the old explanations, which were goof enough before, no longer seem to offer coherent meaning.””

       Reference Number:  H-00003

4)      Liebard, Odile M.  Official Catholic Teachings Clergy & Laity.  Wilmington, North Carolina:  McGrath Publishing Company, 1978.

       Reference Number:  L-00003   

5)      McFadden, Thomas M.  Theology Confronts A Changing World.  West Mystic, Connecticut:  Twenty-Third Publications, 1977.

     “In this volume the best thinkers offer fresh thoughts on the key issues confronting theology today.”

       Reference Number:  M-00014   

6)      McKenna, Kevin E.  A Concise Guide to Canon Law (A Practical Handbook for Pastoral Ministers).  Notre Dame, Indiana:  Ave Maria Press, 2000.

     “Pastoral ministers are faced with new questions and challenges every day, and answers aren’t always easy to find.  Canon law can provide the answers to some of the most complicated questions, but busy pastoral ministers don’t always know here or how to find those answers.  What’s needed is a clear, concise, easy-to-use reference guide to church law, on that puts the answers right at your fingertips.  A Concise Guide to Canon Law will do just that.”   

7)      O’Connor, John Cardinal.  On Being Catholic.  New York: Alba House, 1994.

    “In the pages of this book, Cardinal O’Connor opens his heart and soul to the young and the old.  In plain and straightforward language, he addresses the problems facing today’s world…The Cardinal speaks to these concerns in the light of the Catholic faith, illustrating how Christ work through the Church to provide us with answers to these questions and to show us the way to live.” 

       Reference Number:  O-00001

8)      Pfnausch, Edward G.  Code, Community, Ministry Selected Studies for the Parish Minister Introducing the Code of Canon Law.  Second Revised Edition.  Washington, D.C., 1994. 

       Reference Number:  P-00026

9)      Pilarczyk, Archbishop Daniel E.  Twelve Tough Issues What the Church Teaches—and Why.  U.S.A.:  St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1988.

     “In this readable and popularly written book, Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati and president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, clearly explains the position of the Catholic Church on 12 great issues of our times:  Abortion, Capital Punishment, Artificial Conception, Homosexuality, Contraception, Divorce and Remarriage, Economics, Warfare, Priestly Celibacy, Ordination of Women, Authority in the Church, and Conscience.” 

       Reference Number:  P-00027 

10)      Rinere, Elissa, C.P., J.C.L.  New Law and Life 60 Practical Questions and Answers on the New Code of Canon Law.  Washington, D.C.:  Canon Law Society of America, 1985.   

11)  Tavard, George H.  The Church, Community of Salvation An Ecumenical Ecclesiology.  Collegeville, Minnesota:  The Liturgical Press, 1992.

    “This book attempts to outline a theology of the Church for the twenty-first century.  Starting form a principle that was enunciated in Paul VI’s first encyclical (Ecclesiamsuam), it finds its focus in the awareness of being the Church that is implied in the profession of the Christian faith.  It takes full account of the contemporary manner of reading scripture, and it sees the tradition as an unfinished forward movement.  The ecumenical dialogues and the encounter with religions that were the fruits of Vatican Council II contribute to the discussion.  The future of the Church is anticipated in light of scientific findings regarding the shape and history of the universe.  This ecclesiology is profoundly Catholic, experiential, and Trinitarian.”   

12)  von Campenhausen, Hans.  Ecclesiastical Authority and Spiritual Power in the Church of the First Three Centuries.  Peabody, Massachusetts:  Hendrickson Publishers, 1969.

     “The issue of authority in the church--what constitutes authority, and who has it—has been one of the foremost issues throughout church history, including the modern church.  The practice of the early church and the writings of the New Testament are of primary importance for understanding the problem of authority.  We can enhance our understanding further by taking into consideration the sociological phenomena surrounding any emergent social group that traverses a path from charismatic leadership to formal governing structures.  Von Campenhausen’s masterful blending of historical assessment with sociological analysis makes this work a fundamental resource for the study of the development of the early church and the writings of the New Testament.”

       Reference Number:  V-00002

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