Free ebook: Commentary on St. Luke, collected out of the Fathers by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by St. John Henry Newman

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• Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels, Collected out of the Works of the Fathers by S. Thomas Aquinas: St. Luke, new edition, translated by John Henry Newman (Oxford, London: John Henry Parker, 1874). Available in 2 volumes:
  • Volume I may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • Volume II may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• The first edition (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: J. Rivington, 1843) is also available in 2 parts:
  • Part I may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
  • Part II may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• Both parts of the first edition are available in a single pdf file at Saints’ Books, with part II beginning of page 393 of the pdf file; and its entire text may be read online, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels, through this page at e-Catholic 2000, beginning with the preface by J.H.N.
• An edition of the work may be read online on this page at the collection St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception; and through this page (together with other commentaries on the gospel according to St. John), beginning with chapter I, at the Aquinas Study Bible.
• An expanded version of the work, with additional Prooemium and bracketed portions translated by Joseph Kenny, O.P., is available on this page (Latin-English parallel texts) at the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception. It is reproduced through this page, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels, beginning with prologue, at Biblia Clerus.
  • [N.B., The translator is identified to be Blessed John Henry Newman in many sources, including on this page of the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception.]

In belated observance of the Feast of Saint Luke the Evangelist. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“Many have been at pains to set forth the history of what time has brought to fulfilment among us, following the tradition of those first eye-witnesses who gave themselves up to the service of the word. And I too, most noble Theophilus, have resolved to put the story in writing for thee as it befell, having first traced it carefully from its beginnings, that thou mayst understand the instruction thou hast already received, in all its certainty.” (St. Luke i, 1-4)

Online text: “The Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful”, by Pope John Paul II (with related texts)

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• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Christifideles Laici” on the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World, by Pope John Paul II, December 30, 1988. May be read online ar the Holy See and at IntraText.

See also these related texts:

• “Guiding Principles of the Lay Apostolate: Address to the Second World Congress of the Lay Apostolate”, by Pope Pius XII, October 5, 1957. May be.read online (on this page) at the EWTN Library and at Papal Encyclicals Online.
• “The Place of Eucharistic Adoration in the Apostolate of the Laity in Light of Magisterial Teaching”, by Jessica Leach (2014). Thesis for the degree of Master of Philosophy (School of Philosophy and Theology), University of Notre Dame Australia. Available in pdf format at University of Notre Dame Australia.
• “Reflections on John Paul II’s Theology of the Laity: 20th Anniversary of Christifideles Laici (1989)”, by Peter N.V. Hai. Available in pdf format at Australian Catholic University.
• “The Role of the Laity: An Examination of Vatican II and Christifideles Laici”, by Carl E. Olson. May be read online at Ignatius Insight: may be Part I and Part II. According to the text, “A slightly different version of this article appeared in the September/October 2000 issue of The Catholic Faith magazine.”
• The Theology of the Laity, by Fr. John Saward. Part 1 may be read online on this page, and Part 2 may be read on this page, at Christendom Awake. [Other works by Fr. Saward may be found on this page of Christendom Awake.]
• “The Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Light of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, Christifideles Laici”, by Bishop Josef Clemens. Available in pdf format at the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

On the Feast of Saint Gerald of Aurillac; and on the occassion of the canonization of John Henry Cardinal Newman. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

Texto en linea: “Conciencia y Verdad”, por Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

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• “Conciencia y Verdad”, por Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Humanitas, 01 Mayo 2005. Discurso presentado en el X Seminario de Obispos, febrero de 1991, en Dallas, Texas. Disponible en esta pagina de Vivir la Fe Catolica; y en  Humanitas, Amigos es decir Testigos, Analisis Digital, y Almudi.org.

The text is also available in English:

• “Conscience and Truth”, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Keynote address presented at the 10^th Workshop for Bishops, February 1991, in Dallas, Texas.
  • The complete text may be read online on this page of the Catholic Education Resource Center (CERC), on this page of the EWTN Library, on this page of the Catholic Information Network (CIN), and, under the heading “If You Want Truth, Respect the Conscience of Every Person: Conscience and Truth”, in the Google Books preview of Faith and Politics: Selected Writings, by Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI, with a Foreword by Pope Francis (San Francisco Ignatius Press, 2018), which is available for sale on this page of Ignatius Press.
  • A substantial selection, “Conscience and Truth”, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Communio 37 (Fall 2010): pp. 529-538, is available in pdf format (on this page) at Communio: International Catholic Review, reprinted with permission from On Conscience, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007), which is available for sale on this page of Ignatius Press, and on this page of the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

Por la Fiesta de Virgen del Pilar y la víspera de la canonización del cardenal John Henry Newman. Para más libros, por favor ingrese a la lista de los libros electrónicos gratis (Ordenados por título) y la lista de los libros gratis (Agrupados por tema).

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“[P]odemos ahora comprender correctamente el brindis de Newman antes por la conciencia y sólo después por el Papa. El Papa no puede imponer a los fieles católicos ningún mandamiento solo porque él lo quiere o porque lo considera útil… El significado auténtico de la autoridad doctrinal del Papa consiste en el hecho de que él es el garante de la memoria. El Papa no impone desde fuera sino que desarrolla la memoria cristiana y la defiende.

“Por ello, el brindis por la conciencia ha de preceder al Papa, porque sin conciencia no tiene ningún papado. Todo el poder que él tiene es poder de la conciencia: servicio al doble recuerdo, sobre el que se basa la fe y que tiene que ser continuamente purificada, ampliada y defendida contra las formas de destrucción de la memoria, que está amenazada tanto por una subjetividad que ha olvidado el propio fundamento, como por las dificultades de un conformismo social y cultural.”

[And if the grammar is wrong, pray correct me. Gracias!]

Online text: “John Paul II on Capital Punishment”, by Kevin E. Miller

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• “Mercy, Justice, and Politics: John Paul II on Capital Punishment”, by Kevin E. Miller (2011). Dissertation submitted to Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2011. Available in pdf format at Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University.

See also these related texts:

• “Catholicism & Capital Punishment”, by Avery Cardinal Dulles, First Things 112 (April 2001): pp. 30-35. May be read online (on this page) at First Things.
• “Pope John Paul II, Vatican II, and Capital Punishment”, by Howard Bromberg, Ave Maria Law Review, vol. 6, no. 1 (2007): pp. 109-54. Available in pdf format on this page at the University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository, and on this page at the International Center on Law, Life, Faith and Family.

Posted for the World Day against the Death Penalty. For other legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“As I live, saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way, and live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways…  For when the just shall depart from his justice, and commit iniquities, he shall die in them. And when the wicked shall depart from his wickedness, and shall do judgments and justice, he shall live in them.” (Ezechiel xxx, 11)

“For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil… Do that which is good: and thou shalt have praise from the same. For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God: and avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.” (Romans xiii, 3-4)

“Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. For example, if a Catholic were to be at odds with the Holy Father on the application of capital punishment or on the decision to wage war, he would not for that reason be considered unworthy to present himself to receive Holy Communion… There may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty…” (Memorandum of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, made public in July 2004)

Online text: “Newman’s Grammar of Assent and Contemporary Skepticism”, by Anselm Ramelow

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• “Knowledge and Normality: Bl. John Henry Newman’s Grammar of Assent and Contemporary Skepticism”, by Anselm Ramelow, O.P., Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 11, No. 4 (2013): pp. 1081–114. Available at Academia.edu, uploaded by Anselm Ramelow.

On the Feast of Abraham the Patriarch, Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Blessed John Henry Newman. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“We believe that at the beginning of everything is the eternal Word, with Reason and not Unreason… We rejoice that we can know God! And we try to help others see the reasonableness of faith, as Saint Peter in his First Letter explicitly urged the Christians of his time to do, and with them, ourselves as well (cf. 3:15)!

“We believe in God… But… in what God? Certainly we believe in the God who is Creator Spirit, creative Reason, the source of everything that exists, including ourselves… This creative Reason is Goodness, it is Love… God has taken on a human face. He has loved us even to the point of letting himself be nailed to the Cross for our sake, in order to bring the sufferings of mankind to the very heart of God…

“[I]t is important to state clearly the God in whom we believe, and to proclaim confidently that this God has a human face… Only this God saves us from being afraid of the world and from anxiety before the emptiness of life. Only by looking to Jesus Christ does our joy in God come to fulfilment and become redeemed joy.”

(Pope Benedict XVI, Homily at Islinger Feld, Regensburg)

Online text: “Encyclical on the Council of Chalcedon”, by Pope Pius XI

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• Encyclical on the Council of Chalcedon “Sempiternus Rex Christus”, by Pope Pius XII, 8 September 1951. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture and on this page of the EWTN Library; and available in pdf format and may be read online at the Holy See.

On the anniversary of the opening of the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon. For more legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God…. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: and we saw his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth… And of his fulness we all have received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, grace and truth by Jesus Christ. No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” (St. John i, 1-2, 14, 16-18)

“So, following the saintly fathers, we all with one voice teach the confession of one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ… truly God and truly man… begotten before the ages from the Father as regards his divinity, and in the last days the same for us and for our salvation from Mary, the virgin God-bearer as regards his humanity… acknowledged in two natures… a single person and a single subsistent being… one and the same only-begotten Son, God, Word, Lord Jesus Christ”. (Council of Chalcedon, Definition of the Faith)

Libro gratis: “Ofrecimiento del Santísimo Rosario”, por José Ruiz de Sorzano

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• Ofrecimiento del Santísimo Rosario, Segun el Uso de la Sagrada Religion de Nuestro Padre Santo Domingo de Guzman, por Don José Ruiz de Sorzano (Madrid: Imprenta de Aguado, 1823). Disponible en Internet Archive, con una secunda copia en Internet Archive, y Google Books.

Por La Fiesta de la Virgen del Rosario (Nuestra Señora de la Victoria) en rito romano, y el aniversario del Batalla de Lepanto (7 de octubre de  1571). Para más libros, por favor ingrese a la lista de los libros electrónicos gratis (Ordenados por título) y la lista de los libros gratis (Agrupados por tema).

“Por estos misterios santos de que hemos hecho recuerdo, te pedimos, ¡oh María!, de la Fe santa, el aumento, la exaltación de la Iglesia; del Papa el mejor acierto. Que el gentil conozca a Dios. Que todos los pecadores tengamos arrepentimiento. Que los enfermos tengan la salud. Que en el purgatorio logren las ánimas refrigerio. Y que este santo sacrificio tenga efecto tan completo en toda la cristiandad, que alcancemos por su medio, el ir a alabar a Dios en tu compañía en el cielo. Amén.” (De las Siervas de los Corazones Traspasados de Jesús y María)

[And if the grammar is wrong, pray correct me. Gracias!]

Livre gratuit: “Saint Bruno et l’Ordre des Chartreux”, par l’Abbe F.-A. Lefebvre

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• Saint Bruno et l’Ordre des Chartreux, par l’Abbe F.-A. [Francois Antoine] Lefebvre (Paris, Libraire catholique internationale de l’Oeuvre de Saint-Paul, 1883). Le Tome Premier est disponible sur Internet Archive et Open Library, Internet Archive (copie 2e), Bibliothèque Saint Libère, et Google Books. Le Tome Second est disponible sur Internet Archive, Google Books, et Bibliothèque Saint Libère.

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(And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci!)

Online text: “The Call to Teach”, by Dr. Jamie F. Arthur

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• The Call to Teach: Expectations for the Catholic Educator in Magisterial Teaching, by Jamie F. Arthur, Ph.D., June 23, 2015 (Manassas, Virginia: The Cardinal Newman Society, 2015). The Cardinal Newman Society’s Catholic Education Report. May be read online, and available in pdf format, at The Cardinal Newman Society.

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Free ebook: “The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi; and a Sketch of the Franciscan Order”

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• The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi; and a Sketch of the Franciscan Order, by a Religious of the Order of Poor Clares, with emendations and additions by Very Rev. Pamfilo da Magliano, O.S.F., published with the approbation of the Most Rev. John McCloskey, D.D. (New York: P. O’Shea, 1867). Available in pdf, epub, kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with another copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. Also available at HathiTrust Digital Library and Google Books.

For the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi in the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).