Five Books for Catholics

The books discussed in this episode are:

1. On the Apostolic Preaching by St. Irenaeus of Lyon
2. The Mystery Hidden for Ages in God by Fr. Paul Quay SJ
3. Instructing Beginners in Faith by St. Augustine
4. On Perfection by St. Gregory of Nyssa
5. The Ascetic Life by St. Maximus the Confessor

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Mass: The Presence of the Sacrifice of the Cross by Charles Journet
2. Cajetan Responds: A Reader in Reformation Controversy by Jared Wicks SJ
3. Aquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist by Reinhard Hütter
4. Francisco de Vitoria: Political Writings translated and edited by Anthony Padgen
5. Aquinas's Summa Theologiae and Eucharistic Sacrifice in the Early Modern Period by Reginald Lynch OP
6. Meeting Christ in the Sacraments by Colman E. O'Neill OP

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The works discussed in this episode are:

1. On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great
2. Vindicating the Filioque: The Church Fathers at the Council of Florence by Fr. Thomas Crean OP
3. Ascetic Pneumatology from John Cassian to Gregory the Great by Thomas L. Humphries Jr.
4. On The Trinity (De Trinitate), Book 11 by St. Augustine
5. The Masses by Anton Bruckner, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, directed by Eugen Jochum

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The books discussed in this episode are

1. Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion by Mons. Ronald Knox
2. An Invitation to the Spirit Filled Life: The Promise, the Power, Gifts, the Fruit by Charles Whitehead
3. A Key to Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church by Vincent Walsh
4. Riding the Wind: Learning the Ways of the Spirit and Still Riding the Wind: Learning the Ways of the Spirit by Fr. George T. Montague S.M.
5. In the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques Philippe

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil
2. Homilies on the Six Days of Creation [Hexameron] by St. Basil
3. On Christian Ethics by St. Basil
4. The Long Rules by St. Basil
5. Letters (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by St. Basil

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
2. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark'
3. Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark
4. All the Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark
5. Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics by Michael Gorman
2. The One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics by Norris W. Clarke
3. Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction by Edward Feser
4. Aquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation (De ente et essentia) by Joseph Bobik
5. Metaphysics by Aristotle, translated with introduction and notes by C.D.C. Reeve

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Great Encyclicals: Volume One, The Social Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. Clarke
2. The Great Encyclicals: Volume Two, The Spiritual Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. Clarke
3. The Church Speaks to the Modern World: The Social Teachings of Leo XIII edited by Étienne Gilson
4. Catholic Social Teaching: A Volume of Scholarly Essays edited by Gerard V. Bradley and E. Christian Brugger
5. On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law by F. Russell Hittinger, edited by Scott Roninger

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
2. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
3. Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
4. The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
5. The Eschatological Person: Alexander Schmemann and Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue by Andrew T.J. Kaethler

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ by Pope Francis
2. Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis
3. Misericordiae vultus and Misericordia et misera by Pope Francis
4. Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis
5. The Mind of Pope Francis: Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s Intellectual Journey by Massimo Borghesi

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