See these legally free ebooks:

  • Select Treatises of St. Athanasius in Controversy with the Arians, 7th edition, freely translated, with an appendix [of annotations], by John Henry Cardinal Newman (London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1897). In 2 volumes.
    • Volume I, containing the translated treatises, may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, is available at Internet Archive and Internet Archive (2nd copy).
    • Volume II, which contains “Annotations on Theological Subjects in the foregoing Treatises” is available at Internet Archive.

See also the texts listed on the page God and Christ, as well as on the posts ” Online ebook: “The Mysteries of the Life of Jesus”, by Dr. Michelle K. Borras“, “Free ebook: “Our Divine Saviour and Other Discourses”, by Bishop J.C. Hedley (10th anniversary post)“, and “Free ebook: The Life of Jesus Christ, by Rev. Walter Elliott“.

On the Feast of the Annunciation in the one true and Catholic Church. For other texts and ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title), the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject), the List of Worth-It Catholic Books & eBooks, and the main page of the Catholic eBooks Project. Oremus:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, oh Lord, Thy grace into our hearts that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ Your Son was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

“[T]he Angel Gabriel was sent from God… [t]o a virgin… and the name of the virgin was Mary. And the Angel… said to her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women… Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name, Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High… The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God… And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word.” (St. Luke i, 26, 27, 28, 31-32, 35, 38, formatting supplied)

“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. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made… 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, 1-3, 14, 16-18)

“Christ Jesus… being in the form of God, thought it not robbery, to be himself equal to God: But debased himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in shape found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath exalted him, and hath given him a name which is above every name: That in the name of Jesus, every knee should bow of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians ii, 5-11)