the_rev Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Beside the bible and the catechism what is the essential Catholic LIbrary that every single Catholic should read?
zunshynn Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Veritatis Splendor Ut Unum Sint Evangelium Vitae Code of Canon Law Lumen Gentium Ad Gentes I'm drawing blanks... there's too much good stuff. How big of a library are you talking about?
Guest Eremite Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 The Imitation of Christ The Soul of the Apostolate The Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori A Short History of the Catholic Church Radio Replies
the_rev Posted July 25, 2005 Author Posted July 25, 2005 I'm not sure, I'm talking about books by saints, priests, etc.
zunshynn Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 [quote name='MilesChristi' date='Jul 24 2005, 09:08 PM']Introduction to the Devout Life [right][snapback]657822[/snapback][/right] [/quote] OOOH OOOH! Yes! Yes! I can't believe I forgot that one. Sorry St. Francis.
Fides_et_Ratio Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 By Pope Benedict XVI (/Ratzinger): "Called to Communion" "Behold the Pierced One" "Feast of Faith" "God is Near Us" "The Spirit of the Liturgy" By John Paul II (/Karol Wojtyla): "Love and Responsibility" "Theology of the Body" "Fides et Ratio" (encyclical) "Veritatis Splendor" (I echo the sentiments above) "Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma" by Ludwigg Ott "True Devotion to Mary" by St. Louis de Montfort "The Teaching of Christ" by Bishop Donald Wuerl "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas A Kempis "Dark Night of the Soul" by St. John of the Cross (actually... anything by a Saint)
argent_paladin Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Crocker's Triumph Weigel's A Witness to Hope Code of Canon Law Neuhaus's The Catholic moment The documents of Vatican II and Humanae Vitae and the Encyclicals of JP2 Cardinal Newman: Apologia Pro Vita Sua and On the Development of Doctrine Chesterton: Orthodoxy, Everlasting Man and What's wrong with the world CS Lewis: Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Miracles, etc Tolkien: Lord of the Rings The Way of the Pilgrim (Russian Orthodox) St. Therese of Lisieux- Story of a Soul Butler's Lives of Saints Liber Usualis (Gregorian Chant collection) Dante's Divine Comedy St. Anthony of the Desert by Athanasius History of the Church by Eusebius Also see: [url="http://sycophants.info/libros.html"]http://sycophants.info/libros.html[/url] And [url="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/5C4ICD8F2NPM/ref=cm_bg_lm/103-8630144-2869414"]this [/url] is quite a good guide.
EcceNovaFacioOmni Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 A Pilgrim's Journey by St. Ignatius of Loyola.
Brother Adam Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 [s]Crocker's Triumph[/s] Read a Compact History of the Catholic Church Weigel's A Witness to Hope [s]Code of Canon Law[/s] Reference, yes, read it through, no. Neuhaus's The Catholic moment The documents of Vatican II and Humanae Vitae and the Encyclicals of JP2 Cardinal Newman: Apologia Pro Vita Sua and On the Development of Doctrine Chesterton: Orthodoxy, Everlasting Man and What's wrong with the world - [b]We so totally agree[/b] CS Lewis: Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Miracles, etc [b] Mere Christianity[/b] Tolkien: Lord of the Rings - [b] You better believe it[/b] The Way of the Pilgrim (Russian Orthodox) St. Therese of Lisieux- Story of a Soul Butler's Lives of Saints Liber Usualis (Gregorian Chant collection) Dante's Divine Comedy [b] Yes![/b] St. Anthony of the Desert by Athanasius History of the Church by Eusebius Check out my Top 100 and top 10 on the FFM webstie under "OutReach"
FutureSoror Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Wellll.... I guess I have a lot of reading to do!
Oik Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 So many awesome sugestions. Think of how much that could be read! The Philokalia (ask Apotheoun for a good translation).
DannyBoy Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Dominus Iesus (Pope Benedict XVI) Salt of the Earth (Pope Benedict XVI) The Following Titles by St. Escriva: The Stations of the Cross The Way Furrow The Forge Christ is Passing By (a collection of homilies) Holy Rosary Introduction to Christianity (Pope Benedict XVI) Witness to Hope (Weigel) Letters to a Young Catholic (Weigel) I second lumen gentium; especially article five (focus on the Laity) I also second Intro to the Devout Life Disagree with CS Lewis titles, sorry "Brother" True Devotion to Mary (St. Montfort) Dei Verbum An Ordinary Christian: The Life of the Blessed Pier Giogio Frassati (Maria Dilorenzo) Umberto Echo's The Name of the Rose
mariology21 Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 [quote name='Oik' date='Jul 25 2005, 03:48 PM']So many awesome sugestions. Think of how much that could be read! [right][snapback]658510[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Yes. Now if I could just find time to read all the books I have on my list!! ~Jen
jiyoung Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 i think we should get a phatmass library-type system going...because i'm too poor to buy all these books, and i wouldn't know where to find them for borrowing anyway.
toledo_jesus Posted July 25, 2005 Posted July 25, 2005 Harry Potter and the novelizations of all the Star Wars books. : actually, I would say Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. one a day
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