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These "Classics of Catholic Tradition" are
uniformly bound in dark blue buckram cloth, gold stamped on the spines
and front boards, handsewn and published without dust jackets.
Orders for "Classics of Catholic Tradition" are handled,
NOT by Ignatius Press, but by Loome Theological Booksellers. ONLY order
these through Loorne. See bottom of this page.
Explanation of the Rule of St. Augustine
Hugh of St. Victor
Translated by Dom Aloysius Smith, C.R.L.
Known in the Middle Ages as a "Second Augustine," Hugh of St.
Victor remains one of the truly great interpreters of the Augustinian
spiritual tradition. Here The Rule of St. Augustine is printed with Hugh's
commentary.
135 page, Sewn Hardcover, $25. 00
The Scale of Perfection
Walter Hilton
Introduction by Evelyn Underhill
The Scale of Perfection is regarded as the most complete and balanced
treatise on the interior life that the late Middle Ages produced. The
heart of Hilton's teaching is that the answer to spiritual difficulties
is to adapt the Church's spiritual teaching to the life of the Christian
in the world.
533 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $40. 00
Ten Reasons
St. Edmund Campion, S.J.
This is the text in which Campion openly challenged Protestant divines
to dispute with him the grounds of Catholicism. Seized by the English
authorities almost immediately after the book's publication, Campion was
martyred on December 1, 15 8 1. This edition of Ten Reasons reprints the
original Latin together with Fr. Rickaby's English translation.
152 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $30. 00
The Life of Sir Thomas More
William Roper
This is the earliest biography of St. Thomas More, written by the son-in-law
of Thomas More, here supplemented by the "Letters of Sir Thomas More
to and from Margaret Roper."
207pages, Sewn Hardcover, $30.00
The Art of Contemplation
Ramón Lull
Translated by E. Allison Peers
This book, one of the great classics of Christian mysticism, aims not
so much to move the heart to contrition and the eyes to tears as to teach
men to love, to teach men to pray.
124 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $25.00
Revelations and Prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden
Translated by Dom Ernest Graf, O.S.B.
"The Angelic Discourse" is divided into three "lessons"
for each day of the week and is fbllowed here by four extraordinary prayers
composed by St. Bridget.
98 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $25.00
The Devotions of St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury
Edited by Clement CJ. Webb
This volume contains Anselm's Proslogion, as well as his meditations,
prayers, and a selection of his letters of spiritual direction translated
by Clement CJ. Webb, of Oxford University.
187pages, Sewn Hardcover, $25.00
The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicity
Translated by W.H. Shewring
This is a bilingual Latin-English edition of one of the earliest Christian
martyrologies, printed here with with four sermons of St. Augustine on
Sts. Perpetua and Felicity.
91 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $25.00
Sermons of St. Bernard on Advent & Cluistmas
Introduction by Y.C. Hedley, O.S.B.
Nineteen of St. Bernard's sermons, all of them related to the mysteries
of Advent and Christinas: two on Advent, four on the Virgin Mary, three
for Christmas Vigil, five for Christmas day, two on the Circumcision and
three on the Epiphany.
189 pages, Sewn Hardcover, $30.00
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G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was one of the finest Christian authors and apologists
of the past two hundred years. Raised as an agnostic, he embraced Christianity as a young man, ultimately entering the Catholic Church
in 1922. He wrote hundreds of essays, as well as novels, short stories, poetry, apologetics, literary
criticism, and nearly everything else imaginable. Dale Ahlquist, president and co-founder of the American
Chesterton Society and author of
G.K Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense, writes, "Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism,
history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology. His style is unmistakable, always marked
by humility, consistency, paradox, wit, and wonder. His writing remains as timely and as timeless
today as when it first appeared, even though much of it was published in throw away paper." Read more
about the life and work of this remarkable thinker, author, and apologist.
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Nothing To Hide: Secrecy, Communication and Communion in the Catholic Church
by Russell Shaw
Shaw, the former communications director for the U.S. Bishops, discusses the abuse of secrecy in the Church, the scandals it has caused and the serious
problem of mistrust that exists in the credibility of the Church. He is not concerned with the legitimate secrecy that is necessary to protect confidentiality and people's reputations, but
with the stifling, deadening misuse of secrecy that has done immense harm to communion and community in the Church in America. Shaw raises such questions as: What kind of Church do we want our Church to be, open or closed? What kind of Church should it be? And how much secrecy is compatible with having
such a Church? As Pope Benedict XVI has stated, "The consequence is clear: we cannot communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with one another." The Church is a communion, not a political
democracy, and thus openness and accountability are even more crucial for the life of the Church than they are in a democracy. In a talk he gave many years before he became the current Pope,
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had this to say about the reality of ecclesial communion: "Fellowship in the Body of Christ and receiving the Body of Christ means fellowship with one another. This
of its very nature includes mutual acceptance, giving and receiving on both sides, and readiness to share one's goods ... In this sense, the social question is given quite a central place
in the theological heart of the concept of communion." This is a beautiful vision of the Church. Shaw's aim in his book is to make a contribution to realizing this vision in the concrete circumstances
of the present day, by helping to end the culture of secrecy, especially within American Catholicism, and replacing the destructive culture with an open, accountable community of faith.
Read more about Nothing to Hide.
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