This is the definitive scholarly statement on the discipline of priestly celibacy in the Church East and West. What Cochini shows through patristic sources and conciliar documentation is that from the beginning of the Church, although married men could be priests, they were required to vow to celibacy before ordination, meaning they intended to live a life of continence. He provides extensive documentation, a bibliography and an index.
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Saint Thomas’s Own Concise Version of His Summa Theologica. Here, then, is not only St. Thomas’s concise statement of the key elements of his thought, but a handy reference source for the essential truths of the Catholic Faith.
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Fr. Faber inspires here a reverential awe and love for God's greatest work, the compendium of all miracles, and Queen of the Sacraments. Affirms that the Blessed Sacrament is the picture of God, the Magnet of souls and the very life of the Church. Includes great insights into the Theology of Transubstantiation (a doctrine often denied today), and describes Our Lord's 5 Eucharistic Sufferings and the reparation we should make.
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An amazing picture of the Catholic Faith, showing its reasonableness, comprehensiveness, beauty and charm. Written to serve as a source book for sermons, a thorough explanation of the catechism, and a complete statement of the entire Faith. Pure, unadulterated Catholic doctrine with a clarity and thoroughness that are truly amazing!! This is the authoritative Council of Trent catechism.
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Modernism is a heresy condemned by Pope St. Pius X (1903-1914), yet it is the predominating error in the Catholic Church since Vatican II (1962-1965). This book exposes its errors, called by St. Pius X the "synthesis of all heresies." St. Pius X commended the author of this catechism, expressing the hope it would receive wide circulation.
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A goldmine of information with over 5,000 entries! Clear, brief, authoritative, easy to use. Facts, definitions, clear distinctions and the Church's traditional teaching without speculation, trendy opinions, compromise or dissent. Belongs in every Catholic home, school & parish!
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Illustrated and Explained for Children, Converts and Adults. An extraordinary short catechism. For classroom, converts or adult review! Includes doctrine, Scripture, Bible History and illustrative pictures. Simple, clear, holy, profound and great!
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The historical evidence in the Bible itself of the founding of the Church, her structure, and the continuity of belief dating back to apostolic times. This book puts forth the scriptural evidence for Catholic doctrine, and the lack therein for contrary teaching.
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Our young people having heard scarcely a word of truth about their Catholic religion from inside the Church, are yet required constantly to respond to the onslaught of fundamentalist Protestant attempts to convert them. What chance do they have? This little book gives them a chance, it gives them in fact a decided advantage.
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The best brief outline of our Faith we know. Penetrating explanations of all essential truths of the Faith. Written as a high school textbook, it is excellent even for college work and is geared also for adult reading as are all Fr. Laux's books. Fr. Laux is always brief, clear, thorough, undated and interesting!
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354 pages of famous dogmatic Church pronouncements: The Athanasian Creed, Oath against Modernism, Interpretation of Sacred Scripture, Condemnation of the Modernists, Papal Infallibility, etc. Fully indexed; excellent reference!
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This handbook or collection (enchiridion) of articles (symbols in Latin) of faith and morals has enjoyed universal appeal and approbation since the pontificate of Blessed Pope Pius IX.
The Enchiridion has been updated periodically; the edition being offered here by PCP is that issued in 1957
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We have never seen a book that compresses so much sound doctrine into so brief and readable a book. Amazing. A complete treatise on all the dogmatic truths of our religion that can be fully digested over the course of few evenings. With matchless clarity and concision, Fr. Leo von Rudolff, OSB, explains every doctrine from Creation to the Last Judgment, omitting nothing of importance.
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Explains the basic tenets of the Catholic Faith and why we hold them. Delves into the historical background of virtually everything people find hard to understand about our Religion, such as priestly celibacy, sacred images, the Church and the Bible, the primacy of Peter, Communion under one kind, invocation of the Saints, etc.
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Recognized as the greatest summary of Catholic dogma ever put between two covers. A one-volume encyclopedia of Catholic doctrines. Tells exactly what the Church teaches on any particular topic. Tells when the pronouncement was made and gives the sources from Scripture, Church Councils, Papal statements and the Fathers and Doctors of the Church.
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Famous encyclical condemning Freemasonry. How it attacks the Church, undermines religion, weakens marriage, harms society, leads to paganism, etc. Says, "Let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect."
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This classic work by the great French poet and writer, Paul Claudel, is a soaring meditation on the profound Christian truths of the Apostle's Creed. Claudel, a deeply spiritual Catholic poet who meditated at length on what the Church taught him, is filled with ecstasy and wonder as he celebrates his faith, his hope and his love.
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Refutes every aspect of the deadly error that one religion is as good as another and that a person has a moral right to choose whichever religion suits him best. Cuts through the foggy religious thinking rampant today!
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The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, prophesied by St. Malachy as "the light in the heavens." 30 of his greatest encyclicals: Freemasonry, Christian Marriage, etc. Reads like chapters of one mighty book! Sheds the light of Faith on virtually all major problems we face today. Belongs in every Catholic home.
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One of the great Catholic textbooks in ethics written in the Thomistic Scholastic tradition. Used for years to form college students. Based on what man can know by reason alone, it covers Natural Law, conscience, lying, capital punishment, contraception, divorce, war, animal rights, private property, etc., etc. Helps one see through today's moral confusion. Great!
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