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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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Dogma And Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to
Daily Life (2nd Ed)
by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
This volume is an unabridged edition of Dogma and Preaching, a work that appeared in a much-reduced form in English, in 1985. The new book contains twice as much material as first
English edition. "Dogma", for many people, is a bad word. For the well-informed believer, it shouldn't be. Dogmas are truths revealed by God, which should enlighten the minds,
guide the choices, and gladden the hearts of Jesus' disciples, including pastors, deacons, and lay teachers. But, as Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), notes in the foreword
to this book, "The path from dogma to proclamation or preaching has become very troublesome." Finding ways to relate the content of the Church's dogmas to everyday life can be
challenging for today's preachers and teachers. Some people find the task so daunting that they leave dogma out. As a result, they wind up presenting something other than the
Church's faith and speak in their own name, offering perhaps unwittingly merely their own, subjective ideas, rather than the Word of God. In Dogma and Preaching, the theologian
and priest Joseph Ratzinger provides (1) a theory of preaching for today; (2) application of this theory to some themes for preaching drawn from the Church's dogmas; (3) meditations
and sermons based on the liturgical year and the communion of saints; and (4) some thoughts regarding the decade after the Second Vatican and Christianity's seeming irrelevance.
Ratzinger insists that sound preaching should rest on three pillars... Read more!
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