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1)      Aquinas, St. Thomas.  The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 1.  Westminster, Maryland:  Christian Classics, 1943.

Reference Number:  A-00082

2)      Aquinas, St. Thomas.  The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 2.  Westminster, Maryland:  Christian Classics, 1943.

Reference Number:  A-00083

3)      Aquinas, St. Thomas.  The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 3.  Westminster, Maryland:  Christian Classics, 1943.

Reference Number:  A-00084

4)      Aquinas, St. Thomas.  The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 4.  Westminster, Maryland:  Christian Classics, 1943.

Reference Number:  A-00085

5)      Aquinas, St. Thomas.  The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas Vol. 5.  Westminster, Maryland:  Christian Classics, 1943.

Reference Number:  A-00086

6)      Catholic Teaching on the Shoah:  Implementing the Holy See’s We Remember.  Washington D.C.:  United States Catholic Conference, 2001.

      Reference Number:  00928

7)  Crosby, Michael H.   Means of Control or Mandate of the Heart? Celibacy.  Notre Dame, Indiana:  Ave Maria Press, 1996.

    "In this courageous work Michael Crosby offers a trenchant analysis of the state of celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. Crosby convincing asserts that: to argue that the present discipline of mandatory celibacy is based on the New Testament is a misuse of scripture, imposed celibacy has in the past and is today used as a means of maintaining control through fear and intimidation, the theology and practice of compulsory celibacy is replete with internal contradictions, an enforced celibacy had led to a variety of dysfunctional and sometimes destructive behaviors by those who are required to live it. Integrating his own personal experience of celibacy with biblical exegesis, historical study, and the behavioral sciences, Crosby offers a convincing and at times compelling case that the only way celibacy can be lived authentically is as: a free choice arising from the force of God's reign in one's life, a path to an authentic and distinctive form of intimacy with others and with God, a form of fasting-not only from genital intimacy, but for the sake of the gospel and with others who are likewise committed, an expression of both contemplation and compassion within a community of trust."

      Reference Number:  C-00175

8)      Deferrari, Roy Joseph.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine City of God Books 1-8.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Co., Inc., 1950.

Reference Number:  D-00124

9)      Deferrari, Roy Joseph.  The Fathers of the Church:  Niceta of Remesiana Sulpiciius Severus Prosper of Aquitaine Vincent of Lerins.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Co., Inc., 1949.

Reference Number:  D-00123

10)      Deiss, Lucien, C.S.Sp.  Springtime of the Liturgy.  Collegeville, Minnesota:  The Liturgical Press, 1979.

      Reference Number:  D-00090

11)      Eagan, Joseph F.  Restoration and Renewal:  The Church in the Third Millennium.  Kansas City, Missouri:  Sheed and Ward, 1995.

      Reference Number:  E-00044

12)      Ehrman, Bart D.  The Apostolic Fathers Vol. 1.  Cambridge, Massachusetts:  Harvard University Press, 2003.

“The writings of the Apostolic Fathers gives a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times.  Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church.  This new Loeb edition of these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.  Here are the letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core theological questions, were written to a half dozen different congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena.  Also in this collection is a letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp's martyrdom.  There are several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection representing different religious outlooks.  The manual called the Didache sets forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry.  The Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism.  Probably the most widely read in the early Christian centuries was The Shepherd of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance.”

Reference Number:  E-00053

13)  Ehrman, Bart D.  The Apostolic Fathers Vol. 2.  Cambridge, Massachusetts:  Harvard University Press, 2003.

“The writings of the Apostolic Fathers gives a rich and diverse picture of Christian life and thought in the period immediately after New Testament times.  Some of them were accorded almost Scriptural authority in the early Church.  This new Loeb edition of these essential texts reflects current idiom and the latest scholarship.  Here are the letters of Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, among the most famous documents of early Christianity; these letters, addressing core theological questions, were written to a half dozen different congregations while Ignatius was en route to Rome as a prisoner, condemned to die in the wild-beast arena.  Also in this collection is a letter to the Philippian church by Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and friend of Ignatius, as well as an account of Polycarp's martyrdom.  There are several kinds of texts in the Apostolic Fathers collection representing different religious outlooks.  The manual called the Didache sets forth precepts for religious instruction, worship, and ministry.  The Epistle of Barnabas searches the Old Testament, the Jewish Bible, for testimony in support of Christianity and against Judaism.  Probably the most widely read in the early Christian centuries was The Shepherd of Hermas, a book of revelations that develops a doctrine of repentance.”

Reference Number:  E-00054

14)      Fornwald, Joseph H.  500 Years Old:  The American Catholic Church in the United States Comes of Age.  Sturgis, South Dakota:  Religious Book Enterprises of the Black Hills, 1985.

      Reference Number:  F-00070

15)      Fox, Thomas C.  Catholicism on the Web.  New York, New York:  MIS: Press, A Subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company, 1997.

    "This book is a survey of sites on the World Wide Web that have special relevance for Catholics, as well as non-Catholics interested in the Church.  While the nearly 1 billion Roman Catholics alive today form the world’s largest single distinct group of Christians, the 500 Web sites described in this book reveal that this huge community of common faith is in fact astonishingly divers, active, spirited, and vocal—and sometimes even contentious and raucous.  Readers will be struck by the sheer variety of ways in which Catholics on the Web today express their beliefs, pray and meditate, participate in social and political movements, and act as agents for change (including both reformers and traditionalists).  Reading this book will almost certainly expand and perhaps challenge your sense of what it means to be a Catholic at the end of the second millennium.”

      Reference Number:  F-00071

16)  Gavigan, John J., O.S.A.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine Christian Instruction Admonition and Grace Christian Combat Enchiridion.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1947. 

Reference Number:  G-00099

17)  God, the Father of Mercy.  New York, New York:  Crossroads  Publishing Company, 1998.

    "An accessible study aid for adult catechesis and religious education prepared by a special theological commission established by The Central Organizing Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 at the Vatican, this book follows Jesus Christ, Word of the Father: The Savior of the World and The Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life. It is the third in the series of four volumes, on the Son, the Spirit, the Father, and the Eucharist, to be published one per year to assist adults in their preparation for the Holy Year 2000. This book offers a general overview of the mystery of God the Father, taking up the theme designated for the year 1999 in Pope John Paul II's encyclical On the Coming of the Third Millennium: "The whole of the Christian life is like a great pilgrimage to the house of the Father, whose unconditional love for every human creature, and in particular for the "prodigal son," we discover anew each day.""

      Reference Number:  T-00039

18)      Hall, Douglas John.  God & Human Suffering:  An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross.  Minneapolis, Minnesota:  Augsburg Publishing House, 1986.

    “In contrast to many writers who gloss over one or the other, Dr. Hall is true both to the reality of suffering and to the affirmation that God creates, sustains, and redeems.  Creative is his view that certain aspects of what we call suffering—loneliness, experienced of limits, temptation, anxiety—are necessary parts of God’s good creation.  These he distinguishes form suffering after the fall, the tragic dimension of life.”

      Reference Number:  H-00272

19)  Hayes, Rev. Edward J., Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. and Drummey, James J.  Catholicism & Life:  Commandments and Sacraments.  Norwood, Massachusetts:  C.R. Publications, 1996.

      Reference Number:  H-00273

20)  Hayes, Rev. Edward J., Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. and Drummey, James J.  Catholicism & Reason:  The Creed and Apologetics.  Norwood, Massachusetts:  C.R. Publications, 1996.

      Reference Number:  H-00274

21)  Hayes, Rev. Edward J., Hayes, Rev. Msgr. Paul J. and Drummey, James J.  Catholicism & Society:  Marriage, Family, and Social Issues.  Norwood, Massachusetts:  C.R. Publications, 1996.

      Reference Number:  H-00275

22)  Johnson, Elizabeth A.  She Who Is:  The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse.  New York, New York:  The Crossroads Publishing Company, 1999.

      Reference Number:  J-00033

23)  Kempis, Thomas A.  The Imitation of Christ.  New York, New York:  Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1970.

      Reference Number:  K-00052

24)  Komonchak, Joseph A., Collins, Mary and Lane, Dermot A.  The New Dictionary of Theology.  Wilmington, Delaware:  Michael Glazier Inc.

      Reference Number:  K-00053

25)  Methodist-Catholic Dialogues:  Thirty Years of Mission and Witness.  New York, New York:  The General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns of the United Methodist Church, Washington D.C.:  United States Catholic Conference, 2001.

    “In this short overview of the thirty years of dialogues…we hope to provide a resource to introduce the theological dialogues [aimed at serving this unity we experience in spirituality and mission on the local level]…These dialogues deal with the careful, and often technical, discussions that are necessary if we are to achieve the full communion in faith, sacramental life, and witness together as churches for which we pray.”

      Reference Number:  00929

26)      Moral Theology Today:  Certitudes and Doubts.  Bralntree, Massachusetts:  Pope John Center, 1984.

Reference Number:  01209

27)  Mulligan, James J.  Theologians and Authority Within the Living Church.  Bralntree, Massachusettes:  Pope John Center, 1986.

Reference Number:  M-00196

28)  Musurillo, Herbert A.  The Fathers of the Primitive Church.  New York, New York:  The New American Library, 1966.

“In an age when Christian religions are engaged in a bold quest for unity, the teachings of the primitive Church take on new importance.  For the writings of the early Fathers are part of every Christian's heritage.  Professor Herbert A. Musurillo had selected newly translated the best and most contemporary of the primitive Christian writings.  Illustrated with photographs that he took on field trips to the sites of early Christian life, this volume is both an introduction and a guide to a period when the events of the New Testament were a burning presence among men of great faith.”

Reference Number:  M-00195

29)  O’Meara, Thomas, O.P.  Theology of Ministry: Completely Revised Edition.  New York, New York:  Paulist Press, 1999.

      Reference Number:  O-00044

30)      Osborne, Kenan OFM.  The Christian Sacraments of Initiation, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist.  Mahwah, New Jersey:  Paulist Press, 1987.

"Brings together contemporary theological insights into the unity of the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist which together form the introduction to Christian sacramental life.  They express and make present the much deeper and more fundamentally reality of Jesus as the prime sacrament and the Church as the fundamental sacramental expression in which all individual sacraments find their basis.  Fr. Osborne presents the best biblical, ecumenical and modern sacramental thinking for creating a sacramental theology rooted in the thinking of the Second Vatican Council.  It combines the theological with the important spiritual and liturgical dimensions of sacramental preparation, and is designed for those engaged both in teaching sacraments and in preparing others for their reception."

31)  Osborne, Kenan OFM.  Ministry:  Lay Ministry in the Roman Catholic Church its History and Theology.  New York, New York:  Paulist Press, 1993.

    “Explores the rich and consistent history of lay ministry in the Roman Catholic Church since the first witness in the Bible.  Kenan Osborne, a well-known theologian, combines his personal insights in contemporary spirituality to address the major issues that lay men and women face within the church structures at various periods of time.  Has the role of the lay person in the Roman Catholic Church been diminished or supported over the centuries?  Ministry examines the historical evidence thoroughly and focuses on three important factors.  First, a critical examination of the discipleship of every follower of Jesus.  Next, a discussion regarding the gradual de-emphasis of non-cleric and non-religious in the church.  Finally, Osborne discusses the gradual emergence of the lay person into the mainstream of discipleship.”

      Reference Number:  O-00045

32)  Proclaiming the Truth of Jesus Christ:  Papers from the Vallombrosa Meeting.  Washington D.C.:  United States Catholic Conference, 2000.

    “Presentations from and a summary of the doctrinal questions raised and conclusions reached during the February 1999 meeting at the Vallambrosa Center in Menlo Park, Calif., of a delegation from the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith and members of the doctrinal commissions and/or conference presidents or their representatives from North America and Oceania.  This compendium includes the full list of meeting participants and is from the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine.”

      Reference Number:  00930

33)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 1.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1968.

      Reference Number:  R-00088

34)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 2.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1968.

      Reference Number:  R-00089

35)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 3.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1969.

      Reference Number:  R-00090

36)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 4.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1969.

      Reference Number:  R-00091

37)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 5.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1970.

      Reference Number:  R-00092

38)  Rahner, Karl, Ernst, Cornelius & Smyth, Kevin.  Sacramentum Mundi:  An Encyclopedia of Theology Vol. 6.  New York, New  York:  Herder and Herder, 1970.

      Reference Number:  R-00093

39)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine The Happy Life Answers to Skeptics Divine Providence and Problems of Evil Soliloquies.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1948. 

Reference Number:  S-00192

40)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  Saint Justin Martyr.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1948. 

Reference Number:  S-00200

41)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Basil Ascetical Works.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1950. 

Reference Number:  S-00194

42)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  Tertullian Apologetical Aworks Minucius Felix Octavius.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1950. 

Reference Number:  S-00195

43)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1951. 

Reference Number:  S-00196

44)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine Letters 1-82.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1951. 

Reference Number:  S-00197

45)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  Salvian Governance of God Letters Books to the Church.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1947. 

Reference Number:  S-00198

46)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  The Apostolic Fathers.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1947. 

Reference Number:  S-00199

47)  Schopp, Ludwig.  The Fathers of the Church:  St. Agustine Augustine Immortality of Soul Magnitude of Soul on Music Advantage of Believing Faith in Things Unseen.  New York, New York:  CIMA Publishing Company Inc., 1947. 

48)  St. Romain, Philip.  Catholic Answers to Fundamentalists’ Questions.  Liguori, Missouri:  Liguori Publications, 1971.

    “Have you heard what they’re saying about Catholics?  The Catholic Church is not a Christian organization…Practicing Catholics are going to hell…Catholics believe that salvation comes from Mary…The doctrine of papal infallibility began in 1870…These statements were made by a nationally know TV preacher.  Most Christians know better that to give credence to such claims.  But what are they to think of all the other questions that biblical Fundamentalists raise about the Catholic faith?  Do Fundamentalists have an “in” with God and a handle on history that the rest of us lack?  This book, written for Catholics, as well as questioning Fundamentalists, offers clear, accurate answers to a great many questions that sincere Christians ask about the Catholic Church.  The questions and answers cover these six basic areas of Catholic faith and practice:  Scripture and Tradition, Teaching Authority and Papacy, Salvation, The Mass and Holy Communion, Devotions to Mary and the Saints, Human Origins and Destiny.  Is Catholic Christianity really faithful to Sacred Scripture?  If you have ever been challenged about this, or have simply wondered about it, this book is for you.”

      Reference Number:  S-00156

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