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The recordings recommended in this episode are:

1. Complete Symphonies Rundfunk-Symponieorchester Saarbrücken, conducted by Stanisław Skrowaczewski
2. Symphony No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gunther Wand
3. Symphony No. 7 Vienne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Böhm
4. Symphony No. 8 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Marek Janowski
5. Symphony No. 9 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Confessions translated with introduction and notes by Thomas Williams
2. The Conversion of Augustine by Romano Guardini
3. Augustine: Conversion to Confessions by Robin Lane Fox
4. A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions edited by Kim Paffenroth and Robert Peter Kennedy
5. Augustine the Bishop by Frederick van der Meer ...and a bonus recommendation...
6. The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Mirari vos, Quanta Cura (print edition), Immortale Dei, Libertas (print edition) by Gregory XVI, Pius IX, Leo XIII
2. Religious Liberty and Contraception by Fr. Brian Harrison
3. We Hold These Truths and More: Further Catholic Reflections on the American Proposition : The Thought of Fr. John Courtney Murray, S.J. and Its Relevance Today by Donald J. D’Elia and Stephen M. Krason
4. Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity: The Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom by David L. Schindler and Nicholas J. Healy Jr....and for readers of French...
5. La liberté religieuse et la tradition catholique. Un cas de développement doctrinal homogène dans le magistère authentique (6 vols.) by Fr. Basile Valuet
6. Gregoire XVI, Pie IX et Vatican II. Études sur la Liberté Religieuse dans la Doctrine Catholique by Bernard Lucien
7. La liberté religieuse : Déclaration Dignitatis humanae personae edited by Jérôme Hamer OP and Yves Congar OP ...and for readers of Italian...
8. La fatica della libertà: l'elaborazione della Dichiarazione Dignitatis humanae sulla libertà religiosa del Vaticano II by Silvia Scatena

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Purgation and Purgatory by St. Catherine of Genoa
2. Life Everlasting and the Immensity of the Soul by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP
3. On Purgatory: The Members of the Church Suffering by St. Robert Bellarmine
4. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
5. Saved in Hope (Spe salvi) by Benedict XVI...see also...
6. Manual of Indulgences by Apostolic Penitentiary

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The works discussed in this episode are Bruckner's:

1. Requiem, Psalms 114 and 112 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, directed by Łuckasz Borowicz
2. The Masses Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, directed by Eugen Jochum
3. Motets Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short
4. Te Deum Chor des Bayrischen Rundunks, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Bernard Haitink
5. Psalm 150 Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, directed by Helmuth Rilling

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Catechism of the Catholic Church by John Paul II
2. The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections by Trent Horn
3. The Apostolic Fathers
4. Teaching with Authority: How to Cut Through Doctrinal Confusion & Understand What the Church Really Says by Jimmy Akin
5. Pope Peter: Defending the Church's Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis by Joe Heschmeyer

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
2. The Musical Shape of the Liturgy by William Peter Mahrt
3. Graduale Romanum
4. Medieval Music and the Art of Memory by Anna Maria Busse Berger
5. That All May Sing (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by Justine Ward

In addition, the recordings of Gregorian chant by Dom Joseph Gajard, Mary Berry, and the Benedictine monks of Norcia were recommended.

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The Council of Florence by Joseph Gill
2. Personalities of the Council of Florence by Joseph Gill
3. The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy by. A. Edward Siecienski
4. The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortescue
5. Rome and the Eastern Churches: A Study in Schism by Aidan Nichols OP
6. Christian Unity. The Council of Ferrara-Florence 1438/39 – 1989 edited by Giuseppe Alberigo
7. The Councils of the Church: A Short History by Norman Tanner

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. Celestial Hierarchy by Pseudo-Dionysius
2. The Angels and their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church by Jean Daniélou SJ
3. Angels and Demons: A Catholic Introduction by Serge-Thomas Bonino OP
4. World Invisible: The Catholic Doctrine of the Angels by Fr. John Saward
5. Angels and Demons in Art by Rosa Giorgi

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The books discussed in this episode are:

1. The poem "One dark night" (En una noche oscura) by St. John of the Cross
2. The Ascent of Mount Carmel (Prologue, Diagram, and Picture) by St. John of the Cross
3. The Spiritual Canticle by St. John of the Cross
4. The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross
5. The Ascent of Mount Carmel and The Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of the Cross
6. The Impact of God: Soundings from St. John of the Cross by Iain Matthew
7. St. John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry by Gerald Brenan

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