“The Ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council”, by Dr. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI), translated by Stephen Wentworth Arndt, Communio, Volume 13, No. 3 (Fall 1986): pp. 239-252. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review. What appears to be the same text, under the title “The Ecclesiology of Vatican II”, may be read online on this page of the EWTN Library, which describes it as the author’s “Lecture of at the opening of the Pastoral Congress of the Diocese of Aversa, Italy (15 September 2001)”.
Iota Unum: A Study of Changes in the Catholic Church in the XXth Century, by Romano Amerio, 2nd edition (Kansas City, MO: Angelus Press, 1996). The paperback may be purchased on this page of Loreto Publications, and at Angelus Press. Selected chapters may be read online at SSPX Asia (courtesy of the Angelus Press, Kansas City, MO 64109). [Note, the last website contains materials whose critical view of the Second Vatican Council may merit reconsideration through the hermeneutic of reform and continuity proposed by Pope Benedict XVI.]
“The Second Vatican Council: Difficulties of Its Interpretation”, by Walter Cardinal Brandmüller, former President of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, translated by Giuseppe Pellegrino. Address Given to the Ecclesia Mater School, August 2019]. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org, and on this page of Stilum Curiae.
See also these texts discussing various aspects of the Council’s teaching and legislation:
Apostolic Letter “Spiritus et Sponsa” on the 40th Anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy “Sacrosanctum Concilium”, by Saint John Paul the Great / Pope John Paul II, 04 December 2003. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
Apostolic Letter “Vicesimus Quintus Annus” on the 25th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Conciliar Constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” on the Sacred Liturgy, by Saint John Paul the Great / Pope John Paul II, 4 December 1988. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org, and at the Holy See.
“Benedict XVI’s ‘Hermeneutic of Reform’ and Religious Freedom”, by Martin Rhonheimer, Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Fall 2011): 1029–54. Available in PDF format on this page of the St. Paul Center. and at the University of Arizona [Parts of the text were previously published online in English at Chiesa. A response by Thomas Pink, “Rhonheimer on religious liberty: On The ‘hermeneutic of reform’ and religious liberty in Nova et Vetera”, may be read online on this page of Rorate Coeli]
“The “Hermeneutic of Reform” and Religious Freedom”, by Martin Rhonheimer, translated by Joseph T. Papa. May be read online on this page of www.chiesa, which provides the subtitle “Continuity or discontinuity: how did Vatican II understand the Church’s relation with the modern world?”
Will Many Be Saved?: What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, by Professor Ralph Martin, S.T.D. [Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Archdiocese of Detroit] (Grand Rapids: Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012). The ebook and/or the printed book may be purchased at Verbum and Amazon.
“The major interest of the Ecumenical Council is this: that the sacred heritage of Christian truth be safeguarded and expounded with greater efficacy… Its intention is to give to the world the whole of that doctrine which, notwithstanding every difficulty and contradiction, has become the common heritage of mankind—to transmit it in all its purity, undiluted, undistorted…
“What is needed at the present time is a new enthusiasm, a new joy and serenity of mind in the unreserved acceptance by all of the entire Christian faith, without forfeiting that accuracy and precision in its presentation which characterized the proceedings of the Council of Trent and the First Vatican Council… that this doctrine shall be more widely known, more deeply understood, and more penetrating in its effects on men’s moral lives…. that this certain and immutable doctrine, to which the faithful owe obedience, be studied afresh and reformulated in contemporary terms. For this deposit of faith, or truths which are contained in our time-honored teaching is one thing; the manner in which these truths are set forth (with their meaning preserved intact) is something else…
“It is… an overwhelming source of grief to us to know that, although Christ’s blood has redeemed every man that is born into this world, there is still a great part of the human race that does not share in those sources of supernatural grace, which exist in the Catholic Church. And yet the Church sheds her light everywhere. The power that is hers by reason of her supernatural unity redounds to the advantage of the whole family of men… Such, venerable brethren, is the aim of the Second Vatican Council. It musters the Church’s best energies and studies with all earnestness how to have the message of salvation more readily welcomed by men.” (Pope St. John XXIII, Opening Address To the Council, 11 October 1962)
The Book of the Holy Rosary: Popular Doctrinal Exposition of Its Fifteen Mysteries, Mainly Conveyed in Select Extracts from the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, with an Explanation of Their Corresponding Types in the Old Testament: A Preservative Against Unbelief, by Rev. Henry Formby (London: Burns, Oates, & Company, 1872). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive.
The Excellence of the Rosary: Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin, by Rev. M. J. [Math Josef] Frings (New York: Joseph F. Wagner , 1912). With Imprimatur. May be read online on this page of Story of a Soul. May be read online, and available various formats, at Project Gutenberg (epub, mobi) and Internet Archive (pdf, epub, mobi).
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.
Rosa Mystica: The 15 Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary and Other Joys, Sorrows and Glories of Mary: illustrated with copies of the rosary frescoes of Giovanni di San Giovanni and other artists, by Kenelm Digby Best (London: R. & T. Washbourne; St. Louis, Mo : B. Herder, 1904). Available in various formats at Open Library and Internet Archive.
A Scriptural Rosary for Peace and for the Family: The Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries, compiled by Father Bernard Mulcahy, O.P., (New Haven, CT: Catholic Information Service, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2008). Part of The Veritas Series “Proclaiming the Faith in the Third Millennium”, general editor Father Juan-Diego Brunetta, O.P. Available in PDF format (on this page) of the Catholic Information Service.
El Secreto Admirable del Santo Rosario, de San Luís María Grignion de Montfort. Disponible en Dulce Corazon de Maria.
“And in the sixth month, the Angel Gabriel was sent from God… To a virgin…. 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…. 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. (Gospel according to St. Luke, i, 26-35)
“… when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb: and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: And she cried out with a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? …. [B]lessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord.” (Gospel according to St. Luke, i, 41-45)
“And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon… and the Holy Ghost was in him… And when his parents brought in the child Jesus… [Simeon] also took him into his arms, and blessed God… and said to Mary, his mother: Behold, this child is set for the ruin, and for the resurrection of many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradicted. And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of many hearts thoughts may be revealed.” (Gospel according to St. Luke, i, 25-45)
“And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple, and there were lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake, and great hail. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars” (Apocalypse xi, 19 – xii, 1)
The Writings of Saint Francis of Assisi, newly translated into English with an Introduction and Notes by Father Paschal Robinson, O.F.M. [1870-1948] (Philadelphia: The Dolphin Press, 1906). May be read online on this page of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars Australia, and on this page of e-Catholic 2000 . May also be read online at the Online Library of Liberty, where it also available in pdf and kindle/mobi formats, and at Sacred Texts. [Caution: These latter two websites also contain non-Catholic texts, which readers without the requisite learning/guidance, sanctity, and need are counseled to avoid.]
“No hay evangelización verdadera, mientras no se anuncie el nombre, la doctrina, la vida, las promesas, el reino, el misterio de Jesús de Nazaret Hijo de Dios…. [E]l anuncio no adquiere toda su dimensión más que cuando es escuchado, aceptado, asimilado…. aquellos cuya vida se ha transformado entran en una comunidad que es en sí misma signo de la transformación, signo de la novedad de vida: la Iglesia, sacramento visible de la salvación… Finalmente, el que ha sido evangelizado evangeliza a su vez…” (Papa San Pablo VI, “Evangelii Nuntiandi“, 22-24)
“No podemos olvidar que la Iglesia es mucho más que un camino de salvación: es el único camino. Y esto no lo han inventado los hombres, lo ha dispuesto Cristo: el que creyere y se bautizare, se salvará; pero el que no creyere, será condenado (Mc XVI, 16)…. Este dogma de fe integra la base de la actividad corredentora de la Iglesia, es el fundamento de la grave responsabilidad apostólica de los cristianos.” (San Josemaria Escriva, “El fin sobrenatural de la Iglesia”)
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Fifth Instruction “For the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, Art. 36): “Liturgiam Authenticam” on the Use of Vernacular Languages in the Publication of the Books of the Roman Liturgy, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 28 March 2001. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org, on this page of the EWTN Library, and at the Holy See.
Note 1. The text is appropriately read with:
“Liturgiam Authenticam: Background and Overview”, L’Osservatore Romano, Weekly Edition in English, 30 May 2001, page 13, which may be read online on this page of the EWTN Library; and
“Translations and the Consultation of the Nova Vulgata of the Latin Church”, by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, 5 November 2001, in Notitiae, vol 37, Nov-Dec. 2001, which may be read online on this page of the EWTN Library [Note: This appears to be a response to the “Letter and Critique on Liturgiam Authenticam”, by the Catholic Biblical Association Board, 11 October 2001, which may be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org.]
Note 2. The implementation of the norms of Liturgiam Authenticam is subject to the legislative changes made in the following text:
Apostolic Letter in the form of Motu Proprio “Magnum Principium” Quibus nonnulla in can. 838 Codicis Iuris Canonici immutantur, by Pope Francis, 03 September 2017. The Motu Proprio, together with the “Note on canon 838 of the Code of Canon Law” and the “Comment on the Motu Proprio” by the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, may be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org.
See also these related texts:
Apostolic Constitution “Veterum Sapientia” on the Promotion of the Study of Latin, by Pope John XXIII (February 22, 1962). May be read online on this page of Adoremus.
“Found in Translation: The ‘Sacral Vernacular’ of the New English Translation of the Roman Missal”, by Father U. M. Lang, Adoremus Bulletin Online Edition, Vol. XVI, No. 6 (September 2010). Available on this page at Adoremus: Society for the Sacred Liturgy.
“Liturgical Translations and Two Instructions in Perspective”, by George Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, 4 February, 2014. Available in pdf format on this page of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. May be read online on this page of the EWTN Library, which states that it was an address delivered at a conference held at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome, on 18-20 February 2014 marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s constitution on the liturgy “Sacrosanctum Concilium” with the theme “Gratitude and commitment to a great movement of ecclesial communion”.
The Vernacular as Sacred Language? A Study of the Principles of Translation of Liturgical Texts (Master’s Thesis), by Andrew J. Hess (Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 2019). Available in pdf format on this page of the OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts: nor your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts. And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.” (Isaias lv, 8-11)
See also these texts on spiritual combat or spiritual warfare:
Christian Faith and Demonology, commissioned by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, June 26, 1975. From L’Osservatore Romano, English Edition, July 10, 1975, pp. 6-10. May be read online at the Holy See.
The Spiritual Combat; Together with The Supplement and the Path of Paradise, by Laurence [Lorenzo] Scupoli, a new translation (London, Oxford, Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1875). Part of the Library of Spiritual Works for English Catholics. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive. Also available at Google Play Books.
“The Mother of My Lord”; or, Explanation of the Hail Mary, by Rev. Ferreol Girardey, C.Ss.R. [1839-1930] (St. Louis, Mo., Freiburg, London: B. Herder, 1916). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive.
See also the following related text(s):
The Coming Home Journal: Mary, Mother of God. Available in PDF format (on this page) of the Coming Home Network International. [Contains, among others, the following articles: “Our Lady’s Gentle Call to Peace” by Joan Tussing, “Who is Mary of Nazareth?” by Kenneth J. Howell, Ph.D., “What is Devotion to Mary?” by Mark Miravalle, “Martin Luther’s Devotion to Mary” by Dave Armstrong, “Hail Mary” by Lynn Nordhagen, “Mary and the Problem of Christian Unity” by Kenneth J. Howell, and “What About Marian Apparitions?” by Mark Miravalle.]
Dogmatic Theology VI. Mariology; A Dogmatic Treatise on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, by Joseph Pohle, translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis, Mo.: Herder, 1914). With Imprimatur. Available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries, Book contributor: Wellesley College Library). 1919 edition with Imprimatur also available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Kelly – University of Toronto).
Encyclical “Redemptoris Mater” on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church, by Pope St. John Paul II, 25 March 1987. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture, and at the Holy See.
Selections from Three Works: A Treatise on Laws and God the Lawgiver; A Defence of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith; A Work on the Three Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity, by Francisco Suarez, S.J., translated by Gwladys L. Williams, Ammi Brown, and John Waldron with certain revisions by Henry Davis, S.J., edited and with an Introduction by Thomas Pink (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2015). First published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1944). May be read online, and available in pdf format, at the Online Library of Liberty.
See also these texts and ebooks by or about the author:
“De Legibus of Francisco Suarez”, by Heinrich A. Rommen, Ll.D., Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 24, Issue 1 (1948): pp. 70-81. Available in pdf format at Notre Dame Law Review.
Defense of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith against the Errors of Anglicanism[Defensio Fidei Catholicae et Apostolicae contra Errores Anglicanae Sectae], Books 1 to 6, by Francisco Suarez, S.J., translated by Dr. Peter L.P. Simpson (electronically published, 2011; with note dated March 2012). 1,025 pages. Available in pdf format on Dr. Simpson’s website Aristotelophile.
Francisco Suárez: Metaphysics, Politics and Ethics / Metafísica, Política e Ética / Metafísica, Política y Ética: Proceedings of the 1st International Colloquium, Thinking the Baroque in Portugal (June 26th-28th, 2017), edited by Mário Santiago de Carvalho, Manuel Lázaro Pulido, and Simone Guidi (Coimbra University Press, 2020). With articles in English, Francais, Italiano, Spanish, e Portugues. Available in pdf format at the Coimbra University Press, which states: “This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. According to the Introduction, “The 1st International Colloquium was a collaboration of the Center for Studies in Philosophy (CEFi) at the Portuguese Catholic University of Porto and the Institute for Philosophical Studies (IEF) of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Coimbra… and was an initiative of Professor Manuel Lázaro Pulido of the Portuguese Catholic University.”
“The Law of War in Francisco Suárez: The Civilizing Project of Spanish Scholasticism”, by Dr. Paulo Emílio Vauthier Borges de Macedo, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ – RFD, Vol. 2, No 22 (July / December 2012). 25 pages. Available in pdf format in English e Portugues at the Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ.
