Catholic Soldiers, by sixty chaplains and many others, edited by Charles Plater, S.J. (London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1919). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven, against all impiety and injustice of those men that detain the truth of God in injustice. Because that which is known of God is manifest in them. For God hath manifested it to them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made: his eternal power also and divinity: so that they are inexcusable.” (Romans i, 18-20)
Life of St. Stephen Harding: Abbot of Citeaux and Founder of the Cistercian Order, by J.B. Dalgairns, edited by Blessed John Henry Newman, new edition with notes by Herbert Thurston, S.J. (London, Leamington: Art and Book Company; New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1898). With Imprimatur. Available at the HathiTrust Digital Library; and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2nd copy at Open Library and Internet Archive.
See also this earlier edition, edited by Blessed John Henry Newman before he was received into the one true Church:
“A tribute to John Paul II’s ‘Letter to Artists’, as read by students at John Paul the Great Catholic University… to commemorate his canonization to sainthood, and as a gift to Christian artists throughout the world. Many of the students reading are… students who have taken up the Pope’s invitation to pursue the arts.”
“John Paul II’s Letter to Artists and the Force of Beauty”, by James Matthew Wilson, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Volume 18, Number 1 (Winter 2015): pp. 46-70. Available online at Project Muse and at Questia (both accessible to subscribers only). With a review and excerpts in “Beauty and Reality”, by Rod Dreher (September 29, 2015) at The American Conservative.
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“The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew. The sun, when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the Most High… And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world… The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high… Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
“By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment… The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof… At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein… There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
“What shall we be able to do to glorify him: for the Almighty himself is above all his works… Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful. Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.”
“To admire the icons and the great masterpieces of Christian art in general, leads us on an inner way, a way of overcoming ourselves; thus in this purification of vision that is a purification of the heart, it reveals the beautiful to us, or at least a ray of it. In this way we are brought into contact with the power of the truth… [T]he true apology of Christian faith, the most convincing demonstration of its truth against every denial, are the saints, and the beauty that the faith has generated. Today, for faith to grow, we must lead ourselves and the persons we meet to encounter the saints and to enter into contact with the Beautiful…
“The experience of the beautiful has received new depth and new realism. The One who is the Beauty itself let himself be slapped in the face, spat upon, crowned with thorns; the Shroud of Turin can help us imagine this in a realistic way. However, in his Face that is so disfigured, there appears the genuine, extreme beauty: the beauty of love that goes “to the very end”… The icon of the crucified Christ… imposes a condition: that we let ourselves be wounded by him, and that we believe in the Love who can risk setting aside his external beauty to proclaim, in this way, the truth of the beautiful…
“Dostoyevsky’s often-quoted sentence: ‘The Beautiful will save us’… is referring… to the redeeming Beauty of Christ… If we know him, not only in words, but if we are struck by the arrow of his paradoxical beauty, then we will truly know him, and know him not only because we have heard others speak about him. Then we will have found the beauty of Truth, of the Truth that redeems. Nothing can bring us into close contact with the beauty of Christ himself other than the world of beauty created by faith and light that shines out from the faces of the saints, through whom his own light becomes visible.”
“’Veritatis Splendor’ un anno dopo: Appunti per un bilancio (I)” di Mgr. Angel Rodriguez Luño, Acta Philosophica, vol. 4, fasc. 2 (1995): pagg. 223-260. Disponibile in formato pdfsu questa pagina di Acta Philosophica.
“Veritatis Splendor” un anno dopo: Appunti per un bilancio (II)”, di Mgr. Angel Rodriguez Luño, Acta Philosophica, vol. 5, fasc. 1 (1996): pagg. 47-75. Disponibile in formato pdfsu questa pagina di Acta Philosophica.
“Guai a coloro che chiamano bene il male e male il bene, che cambiano le tenebre in luce e la luce in tenebre, che cambiano l’amaro in dolce e il dolce in amaro… Perciò, come una lingua di fuoco divora la stoppia e una fiamma consuma la paglia, così le loro radici diventeranno un marciume e la loro fioritura volerà via come polvere, perché hanno rigettato la legge del Signore degli eserciti, hanno disprezzato la parola del Santo di Israele.” (Isaia v, 20, 24)
“Se io dico al malvagio: Tu morirai! e tu non lo avverti e non parli perché il malvagio desista dalla sua condotta perversa e viva, egli, il malvagio, morirà per la sua iniquità, ma della sua morte io domanderò conto a te. Ma se tu ammonisci il malvagio ed egli non si allontana dalla sua malvagità e dalla sua perversa condotta, egli morirà per il suo peccato, ma tu ti sarai salvato.
“Così, se il giusto si allontana dalla sua giustizia e commette l’iniquità, io porrò un ostacolo davanti a lui ed egli morirà; poiché tu non l’avraiavvertito, morirà per il suo peccato e le opere giuste da lui compiute nonsaranno più ricordate; ma della morte di lui domanderò conto a te. Se tuinvece avrai avvertito il giusto di non peccare ed egli non peccherà, eglivivrà, perché è stato avvertito e tu ti sarai salvato” (Ezechiele iii, 18-21)
[And if the grammar is wrong , please correct me. Grazie.]
Vous êtes à Jésus-Christ, par R.P. [Joseph] Rickaby, S.J., traduit par M. Jary (Paris, Tournai: Etablissements Casterman, 1911). Avec Imprimatur. Disponible dans Internet Archive.
Dieu, notre refuge et notre force, regardez le peuple qui crie vers Vous ; et, par l’intercession de la Glorieuse et Immaculée Marie toujours Vierge, Mère de Dieu, avec Saint Joseph, son très chaste Epoux, Saint Michel Archange, Saint Jean Baptiste, Vos Saints Apôtres Pierre et Paul, André, et tous Vos Saints, écoutez avec bienveillance et miséricorde, les prières que nous Vous adressons pour la conversion des pécheurs, pour la liberté et le triomphe de notre Sainte Mère l’Eglise. Par le même Christ notre Seigneur. Amen.
(And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci.)
The Humanity of Christ, an Example for Authentic Christian Living in Thomas Aquinas (Master’s Thesis), by Godwin Nduaguibe. Submitted to St. Michael’s College and the University of Toronto. Copyright Godwin Nduaguibe 2013. Available in pdf format at the University of Toronto Libraries.
“And the Angel being come in, 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, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David, his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, And of his kingdom there shall be no end.’
“And Mary said to the Angel: ‘How shall this be done, because I know not man?’ And the Angel answering, said to her: ‘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.’ And the Angel departed from her.”
“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. In him was life: and the life was the light of men… And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were 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 came by Jesus Christ.”
The De La Salle Hymnal, for Catholic Schools and Choirs, by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (New York: La Salle Bureau, 1913). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive. The hymns may be read online at Hymnary.org.
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne that towered high above me, the skirts of his robe filling the temple. Above it rose the figures of the seraphim… And ever the same cry passed between them, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts; all the earth is full of his glory. The lintels over the doors rang with the sound of that cry, and smoke went up, filling the temple courts.” (Isaiah 6:1-4)
“Tradition as a Vehicle of Christian Doctrine”, by Rev. Charles B. Garside, M.A., in The Sacrifice of the Eucharist, and Other Doctrines of the Catholic Church, Explained and Vindicated (London: Burns and Oates, 1875), pp. 201-220. May be read online at Internet Archive. The larger text, which has an Imprimatur, is available in pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive.
“Friends, though it were we ourselves, though it were an angel from heaven that should preach to you a gospel other than the gospel we preached to you, a curse upon him! I repeat now the warning we gave you before it happened, if anyone preaches to you what is contrary to the tradition you received, a curse upon him!” (Galatians i, 8-9)
“The apostasy must come first; the champion of wickedness must appear first, destined to inherit perdition… the conspiracy of revolt is already at work… Stand firm, then, brethren, and hold by the traditions you have learned, in word or in writing, from us. So may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, so may God, our Father… encourage your hearts, and confirm you in every right habit of action and speech.” (II Thessalonians ii, 3, 7, 14-16)
Lessons in Logic, by Professor William Turner, S.T.D. (Washington, D.C.: Catholic Education Press, 1911). Available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.
