Online text: “Newman, the Councils, and Vatican II”, by Dr. Ian Ker

See this online text:

• “Newman, the Councils, and Vatican II”, by Dr. Ian Ker, Communio, Volume 28, No. 4 (Winter 2001): pp. 708-728. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.

See also the texts listed on the webpage Church and Ecclesiology, the 11 October 2012 post “Online texts: Documents of the Second Vatican Council; and on its Interpretation and Application“, the 11 October 2017 post “Online texts: The original schemas (drafts) of Vatican II“, and the 30 September 2021 post “Online text: Instruction on Vernacular Languages in the Roman Liturgy, by the Congregation for Divine Worship“; as well as the following texts discussing (from both approbative and critical viewpoints) the Council in general:

• “The Body, the Family, and the Order of Love: The Interpretive Key to Vatican II”, by José Granados, Communio, Volume 39, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2012): pp. 201-226. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “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.
• “Vatican II’s Catholicity: A Christological Perspective on Truth, History, and the Human Person”, by Antonio López, Communio, Volume 39, No.1 (Spring-Summer 2012): pp. 82-117. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.

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 Body and the Bride of Christ: The Church as One Unique Transcendent Subject”, by Roch Kereszty, Communio, Volume 46, No. 2 (Summer 2019): pp. 268-287. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “Christian Personalism and the Debate Over the Nature and Ends of Marriage”, by Nicholas J. Healy Jr., Communio, Volume 39, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2012): pp. 186-200. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “Family and the Identity of the Person”, by David S. Crawford, Communio, Volume 39, No.1 (Spring-Summer 2012): pp. 169-186. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “Freedom, Truth, and Human Dignity: An Interpretation of Dignitatis Humanae on the Right to Religious Liberty”, by David L. Schindler, Volume 40.2 (Summer-Fall 2013).  Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “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?”
• “The Orations of the Vatican II Missal: Policies for Revision”, by Lauren Pristas, Communio, Volume 30, No. 4 (Winter 2003): pp. 621-653. Available in pdf format though this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• “Subsistit In: Full Identity or Discontinuity?”, by Brian Kusek (2016). School of Divinity Master’s Theses and Projects, 16. Available in pdf format at the University of St. Thomas.
• “Toward a Culture of Life: The Eucharist, the ‘Restoration’ of Creation, and the ‘Worldly’ Task of the Laity in Liberal Societies”, by David L. Schindler, Volume 29.4 (Winter 2002): pp.679-690. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• Vatican II and the Church’s ‘Openness to the World’”, by Professor Margaret H. McCarthy, Ph.D., Communio, Volume 39, No. 1 (Spring-Summer 2012): pp. 227-268. Available in pdf format through this page of Communio: International Catholic Review.
• 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.

On the Feast of Pope Saint John XIII in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. 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.

“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)

Online text: “Faith and Reason: What Relationship?”, by Prof. Vittorio Possenti

See this online text:

• “Faith and Reason: What Relationship?”, by Professor Vittorio Possenti, Zeszyty Naukowe KUL, Vol. 59, No. 1 (2016): pp. 3-16. Available in pdf format through this abstract page in the Zeszyty Naukowe KUL archive at the Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II / John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.

See also the texts and ebooks listed on the index page Philosophy, as well as the following related texts:

• Dialogue of Cultures: Platonic Tradition and Contemporary Thomism / Kultūrų dialogas: platoniškoji tradicija ir šiuolaikinis tomizmas: Selection of Scientific Articles, compiled by Professor Dr. Dalia marija Stančienė (Klaipedia, 2015) (©Klaipeda University, 2015, ©D.M. Stančienė, 2015). Available in pdf format on this page at Klaipeda University.
• Encyclical “Aeterni Patris” On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy, by Pope Leo XIII (promulgated on 4 August 1879). Available at EWTN Library and The Summa.info.
• Encyclical Letter “Fides et Ratio” on the Relationship between Faith and Reason, by Pope St. John Paul II (14 September 1998). May be read online (on this page) at the Holy See, and on this page of the University of Notre Dame; and available in PDF format (on this page) at Catholic Pages.
• “Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections” (also known as the Regensburg Lecture or the Regensburg Address), lecture delivered by Pope Benedict XVI at his meeting with the representatives of science at the University of Regensburg on 12 September 2006 (part of his Apostolic Journey to München, Altötting and Regensburg on 9-14 September 2006) (© 2006, Libreria Editrice Vaticana). The text may be read online at the Holy See and available in pdf format at The Catholic Church of England and Wales and at The Catholic Church of England and Wales (catholicnews.org.uk).
• Faith and Reason according to Benedict XVI: Six Key Texts: Subiaco, Regensburg, Paris, London, Berlin (Opus Dei Information Office, 2017). Available in ePub format and Mobi format, and may be downloaded at iTunes iBooks and Google Play Books, through Opus Dei. Also available at Google Books.
• “Husserl, Thomas and Thomists: Edith Stein’s Approach to ‘Faith and Reason’ in An Attempt to Contrast Husserl’s Phenomenology and the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas (1929) and Finite and Eternal Being (1935)”, by Richard Bernier. Available at Academia.edu.
• “The Primacy of Faith and the Priority of Reason: A Justification for Public Recognition of Revealed Truth”, by Fr. David Pignato, S.T.D., The Saint Anselm Journal, Vol 12, No. 2 (Spring 2017): pp. 52-65. Available in pdf format through the Saint Anselm Journal archives at Saint Anselm College.
• “Socrates or Muhammad? Joseph Ratzinger on theDestiny of Reason”, by Lee Harris, The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 1, Article 9 (February 2007): pp. 76-86. Available in pdf format on this page of The Linacre Quarterly.

On the Feast of Saint Dionysios the Areopagite in the Maronite 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.

“Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: Ye men of Athens… What…  you worship without knowing it, that I preach to you. God, who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth… who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; .. hath made of one, all mankind… That they should seek God, if haply they may feel after him or find him: although he be not far from every one of us. For in him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts xvii, 22-28, 34)

“[T]here is a twofold order of knowledge… [I]n addition to things to which natural reason can attain, mysteries hidden in God are proposed to us for belief which, had they not been divinely revealed, could not become known… [A]lthough faith is above reason, nevertheless, between faith and reason no true dissension can ever exist, since the same God, who reveals mysteries and infuses faith, has bestowed on the human soul the light of reason; moreover, God cannot deny Himself, nor ever contradict truth with truth…” (First Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution “Dei Filius”)

“[W]e can see the profound harmony between what is Greek in the best sense of the word and the biblical understanding of faith in God. Modifying the first verse of the Book of Genesis… John began the prologue of his Gospel with the words: “In the beginning was the λόγος”… Logos means both reason and word – a reason which is creative and capable of self-communication, precisely as reason. John thus spoke the final word on the biblical concept of God…. A profound encounter of faith and reason is taking place…” (Pope Benedict XVI, 2006 Regensburg Address)

Online text: Instruction on Vernacular Languages in the Roman Liturgy, by the Congregation for Divine Worship

See this online text:

• 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.
• “Careful Not to Debase the Words”, by Fr. Uwe Michael Lang (originally published in L’Osservatore Romano). May be read online on the post “Fr. Uwe Michael Lang on Vernacular Translations”, May 16, 2012 at the New Liturgical Movement, and on the post “Mass in the Vernacular, Yes. But at Least It Should Be Translated Well”, by Sandro Magister, May 14, 2012, at www.chiesa.espressonline.it.
• “The Catechetical Role of the Liturgy and the Quality of Liturgical Texts: The Current ICEL Tradition”, by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis (now Fr. Simeon, OCSO), Ph.D., Communio, Volume 20, No.1 (Spring 1993): pp. 63-83 (©Communio International Catholic Review). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio.
• “A Critique of the English Translations of the Roman Canon with a Comparative Study of Their Implications” (Masteral Thesis), by Giorgio Nulley (School of Philosophy and Theology, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2015). Available in pdf format at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
• “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.
• “Joseph Ratzinger’s Trinitarian Theology of Culture”, by Professor Tracey Rowland, Ph.D., Communio, Volume 48.2 (Summer 2021): pp. 280-306 (©Communio International Catholic Review). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio.
• “Language in the Roman Rite Liturgy: Latin and Vernacular”, by Francis Cardinal Arinze, Prefect for the Congregation of Divine Worship. Keynote Address at the Gateway Liturgical Conference,
  St Louis, Missouri, November 11, 2006. May be read online on this page of of Catholic Culture.org, on this page of the EWTN Library, on the 17 November 2006 post “Cardinal Arinze’s Keynote Address to the Gateway Liturgical Conference” of Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, and on the 23 November 2006 post “Text of Arinze’s speech and views of the London Oratory” at the New Liturgical Movement.
• “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.
• “Very Members Incorporate: Reflections on the Sacral Language of Divine Worship”, by Dr. Clinton Allen Brand, Antiphon, vol. 19, no. 2 (2015): pp. 132–154. Available in pdf format through this page of Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter.

See also these media of the Divine Liturgy / Holy Qurbana / Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered wholly or partly in the English vernacular:

• In the Byzantine Rite (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church):

• In the Roman Rite, Ordinariate Use (Latin Church):

• In the Roman Rite, Ordinary Form (Latin Church):

• In the Syriac Rite (Syro-Malankara Catholic Church):

On the Feast of Saint Jerome in the Roman Rite, and on the secular observance of International Translation Day. 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.

“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)

Free ebook: “Catholic Christianity: or, The Reasonableness of Our Religion”, by Rev. O.R. Vassall-Phillips

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• Catholic Christianity: or, The Reasonableness of Our Religion, by Rev. Oliver Rodie Vassall-Phillips, C.Ss.R. [1857-1932] (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: R. & T. Washbourne, 1916). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. 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.

Free ebooks: “Holy Mass: The Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Roman Liturgy”, by Rev. Herbert Lucas (in 2 volumes)

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• Holy Mass: The Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Roman Liturgy, by Rev. Herbert Lucas, S.J. [1852-1933] (St. Louis: B. Herder; London: Manresa Press, 1914). With Imprimatur.
  • Volume 1 may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats, at Internet Archive and Internet Archive (2d copy).
  • Volume 2 may be read online, and is available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats at Internet Archive.

See also the texts and ebooks listed on the pages Liturgy and Sacraments, and on the Project’s 08 July 2020 post “Worth-it ebook: “The Genius and Timeliness of the Traditional Latin Mass”, by Peter Kwasniewski“, as well as these related texts:

• The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass; Dogmatically, Liturgically and Ascetically Explained, 3^rd edition, by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Gihr, translated from the sixth German edition (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1908). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library. An earlier edition (Freiburg im Breisgau, Vienna, Munich, Strassburg, St. Louis: B. Herder, 1902) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library, with another imprint (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1902) available at Internet Archive and Open Library. An excerpt from a 1918 edition, “The Saints of the Canon of the Mass”, reprinted from The Catholic Voice, is available in PDF format through this page of Sancta Missa.
• Nothing Superfluous: An Explanation of the Symbolism of the Rite of St. Gregory the Great, by the Rev. James W. Jackson, FSSP (Lincoln, NE: Redbrush, 2016). With Imprimatur. The printed book (softcover/paperback) may be purchased   on this page of Fraternity Publications. The paperback and the ebook (which may be read for free by Amazon Kindle subscribers) may be available at Amazon. [See also this review by Peter Kwasniewski “Nothing Superfluous — A Masterful Spiritual Guide to the Traditional Mass” (September 12, 2016) at the New Liturgical Movement.]

On the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Pius X in the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. 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.

Free ebook: “Jesus Christ, the Son of God”, by Archbishop Alban Goodier

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• Jesus Christ, the Son of God, by the Most Rev. Alban Goodier, S.J. [1869-1939], Archbishop of Bombay (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1920). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats at Internet Archive.
  • The 4^th impression (London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1920) is available in pdf format at the Bellarmine Forums [Note: This copy is skewed 90 degrees. Note 2: The website hosting this second copy manifests an overly negative attitude to the Second Vatican Council that merits correction with the hermeneutic of reform and continuity proposed by the faithful pontiff Benedict XVI. Therefore, please read more recent texts on the website with prayerful caution.]

See also the texts and ebooks listed on the page God and Christ, as well as the following texts:

• The Divinity of Christ, by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.  (London, Edinburgh: Sands & Company; St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1906). With Imprimatur. Part of the Westminster Lectures (Second Series), edited by the Rev. Francis Aveling. Available in various formats at Open Library and Internet Archive.
• The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Demonstratively Proved from Scripture, from Tradition, and from Some of the Writings of the Most Eminent Catholic and Protestant Authors Who Have Treated on this Subject; in Twenty-Seven Letters Addressed to the Rev. Charles Le Blanc, by Verax, a Catholic Layman, identified as M.D. Talbot (London: T. Jones; C. Dolman; J. Brown; P. and M. Andrews, 1843). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive, with a second copy at Internet Archive.
• Dogmatic Theology IV. Christology: A Dogmatic Treatise on the Incarnation, by Joseph Pohle, translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis: Herder, 1916). With Imprimatur. Available at Internet Archive. The 2^nd edition (1913) is also available on Open Library and Internet Archive.
• “His Only Son”: The Truth of the Divinity of Christ, by William F. Robison, S.J. (St. Louis, Mo.; London: B. Herder, 1918). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats (pdf, text, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive.
• Jesus Christ, the Word Incarnate: Considerations Gathered from the Works of the Angelic Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas, by Roger Freddi, S.J., translated from the Italian by F.J. Sullvan, S.J. (St. Louis, Mo. : B. Herder, 1904). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats at Internet Archive with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.
• Our Divine Saviour and Other Discourses, 3rd edition, by the Right Rev. J.C. Hedley, OSB, Bishop of Newport (London: Burns & Oates; New York: Benzinger, 1905). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Feast of the Transfiguration of our divine Lord Jesus Christ in His 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.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was 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.” (Gospel according to St. John i, 1, 14)

“And whilst he prayed, the appearance of his countenance was altered: and his raiment became white and glittering… And… there came a cloud, and overshadowed them… And a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, hear him.” (Gospel according to St. Luke ix, 29, 34-35)

Online text: “On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition”, by Prof. José Granados

See this online text:

• “From Flesh to Flesh: On the Sacramental Meaning of Tradition”, by Professor Rev. José Granados, D.C.J.M., translated by Michael J. Miller, Communio, Volume 44, No. 4 (Winter 2017). Available in pdf format through this page of Communio.

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Online audiobook & ebook: “The Seventh & Tenth Commandments”, by Dr. Peter Kreeft

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• The Seventh and Tenth Commandments: Economic and Political Morality, by Dr. Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT: Catholic Information Service—Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001-2021). With Imprimatur. Part of The Luke E. Hart Series: Basic Elements of the Catholic Faith (General Editor, Father John A. Farren, O.P.
  • The audiobook may be streamed through this page and is available in mp3 format on this page of the Knights of Columbus.
  • The ebook may be purchased following these directions through this page, and is available in pdf format this page, of the Knights of Columbus.

See also the following related text(s):

Worth-it ebook: “The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity”, by Cardinal Burke

See this worth-it book and ebook:

• Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity, by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (San Diego: Catholic Action for Faith and Family; San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012). The ebook is available at Barnes & Noble. The printed book is available on this page of The Marian Catechist Apostolate.
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Posted on the Octave of Corpus Christi, the Vigil of the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Feast of Saint John of Sahagun and Saint Maximus of Naples.

Online text: Exhortation on the Eucharist “Sacramentum Caritatis”, by Pope Benedict XVI

See this online text:

• Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis” on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission, by Pope Benedict XVI, 22 February 2007. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture.org, on this page of EWTN Library, on this page of Crossroads Initiative, and at the Holy See  (© Copyright 2007 – Libreria Editrice Vaticana). Excerpts may be read online on this page as part of Volume 13 (also available in pdf format) of Sacred Architecture (Institute for Sacred Architecture, 2007), at the Institute for Sacred Architecture.

On the Second Sunday after Pentecost, the External Solemnity of Corpus Christi, and the Feast of Saint Norbert of Xanten, in the Roman Rite. 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.