Online text: “St. Thomas More, Christopher St. German, and the Schism of King Henry VIII”, by Samuel Gregg

Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Image from Wikipedia

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• “Legal Revolution: St. Thomas More, Christopher St. German, and the Schism of King Henry VIII”, by Samuel Gregg, Ave Maria Law Review, vol. 5, issue 1 (2007): pp. 173-206. Available in pdf format (on this page) at Ave Maria Law Review.

On the Feast of St. Thomas More in the Roman Rite.

“We have passed God’s scrutiny, and he has seen fit to entrust us with the work of preaching; when we speak, it is with this in view; we would earn God’s good opinion, not man’s, since it is God who scrutinizes our hearts.” (I Thess. ii, 4)

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Online ebook: “Life of St. Stephen Harding”, edited by Blessed John Henry Newman

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• 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 2^nd 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:

• The Cistercian Saints of England: St. Stephen, Abbot, 3^rd ed. (London: James Toovey, 1845). Available at HathiTrust Digital Library, at Google Books, and (with some pages accessible to members only) at Forgotten Books; and available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Feast of Saint Stephen Harding. 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).

Online ebook: “From Fetters to Freedom: Trials and Triumphs of Irish Faith”, by the Rev. Robert Kane

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• From Fetters to Freedom: Trials and Triumphs of Irish Faith, by the Rev. Robert Kane, S.J. (New York, London, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915). Available in various format (pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, etc.) at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive; and also available at Forgotten Books.

On the Memorial of Saint Patrick in the Roman Rite; and with fervent prayer for once-holy Ireland and her once-faithful people. 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).

“I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors Moreover, you have endurance and have suffered for my name, and you have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: you have lost the love you had at first. Realize how far you have fallen. Repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.” (Revelation ii, 2-5)

Online ebook: “Selections from Pope, Dryden, and Various Other British Catholic Poets”

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• Selections from Pope, Dryden, and Various Other British Catholic Poets, Who Preceded the Nineteenth Century; With Biographical and Literary Notices of Those and Other British Catholic Poets of Their Class, Comprising a Brief History of British Catholic Poetry from an Early Period; Designed Not Only for General Use, But Also as a Text-Book or Reader, and a Prize-Book, for the Higher Classes in Catholic Educational Institutions, by George Hill (New York: The Trow & Smith book Manufacturing Co., 1868). The work also states that it was “Examined and Approved by Competent Catholic Authority”. Available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library; and at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.

On the Feast of Saint David of Wales. 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).

“May all the wealth of Christ’s inspiration have its shrine among you; now you will have instruction and advice for one another, full of wisdom, now there will be psalms, and hymns, and spiritual music, as you sing with gratitude in your hearts to God.” (Colossians iii, 16)

Online ebook: “The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket”, by John Morris

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• The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, second and enlarged edition, by John Morris, S.J. (London: Burns and Oates; New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1885). Legally available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive; and also available at the HathiTrust Digital Library.

On the Feast of Saint Thomas Becket in the Roman Rite. 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).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Free ebook: “A History of the Somerset Carthusians”, by E. Margaret Thompson

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• A History of the Somerset Carthusians, by E. Margaret Thompson, with illustrations by L. Beatrice Thompson (London: John Hodges, 1895). May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, text, etc.) at Internet Archive.

On the Feast of Saint Bruno of Cologne in the Roman Rite. 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). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Free ebooks: “The Church of Old England”, in 4 volumes, by Cardinals Vaughan & Manning et al.

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• The Church of Old England: Being a Collection of Papers Bearing on the Continuity of the Church in England, and on Attempts to Justify the Anglican Position, edited by Rev. W. H. Cologan (London: Catholic Truth Society)
  • Volume I (1890) is available in multiple formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive (N.B., This includes the essays “The Popes and the English Church” by Rev. W. Waterworth and “A Voice from the Dead” by the Count de Montalambert)
  • Volume II (1895) is available in multiple formats at Internet Archive (N.B., This includes the essay “Henry VIII and the English Monasteries”, by Cardinal Manning)
  • Volume III (1894) is available in multiple formats at Internet Archive (N.B., This includes the essay “The Conversion of England (England’s Conversion by the Power of Prayer”, by Cardinal Vaughan, and “The Truth about the Reformation”)
  • Volume IV (1894) is available in multiple formats at Internet Archive (N.B., This includes the essay “The Faith of the Ancient English Church concerning the Blessed Virgin” by the Very Rev. Provost Northcote)

On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Walsingham in the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham and in the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (24 September). In solidarity with our brethren from the Anglican tradition, who even now stand for truth and tradition against error and novelty, we sing the hope so beautifully expressed by Father Frederick William Faber:

Faith of our fathers! Mary’s prayers
Shall win our country back to thee;
And from the truth that comes from God,
England shall then indeed be free.

Faith of our fathers, holy faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

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).

Free ebook: “The Condition of Catholics under James I: Father Gerard’s Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot”, edited by John Morris

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• The Condition of Catholics under James I: Father Gerard’s Narrative of the Gunpowder Plot, edited by John Morris (London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1871). May be read book online, and available in various formats, on Project Gutenberg.

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).

O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen. (From Sancta Missa)

Online ebook: “Apologia Pro Vita Sua”, by Cardinal Newman

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• Apologia Pro Vita Sua, by Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

The 1864 edition, entitled Apologia Pro Vita Sua; Being a Reply to a Pamphlet Entitled “What, then, does Dr. Newman mean?”, is available in various formats at Open Library and Internet Archive (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864), as well as at Project Gutenberg and Many Books.net (London: J. M. Dent & Sons; New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.). An incompletely proofread copy based on this edition may be read online at the Modern History Sourcebook.

The 1865 edition or later variants thereof, entitled Apologia Pro Vita Sua; Being a History of His Religious Opinions, may be read online (here) at Newman Reader (London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908), and is available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library (London: Longmans, Green, 1895), at Many Books.net (London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1990), at Internet Archive and Open Library (London, New York: Longmans, Green, 1888), and at  Internet Archive and Open Library (London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1882).

An MP3 audiobook of the 1865 edition is available at Libri Vox.

Note that the 1865 edition and its post-1865 variants are chiefly distinguished by the removal of express mentions of Charles Kingsley (whose attack on Cardinal Newman was tellingly refuted with the Apologia), which required the renumbering of chapters and the writing of new prefatory material; whereas the 1864 edition had recounted in length the Kingsley-Newman exchange. The 1865 preface explained the differences in more detail. Please see Modern History Sourcebook for a useful summary of the different editions.

The combined or Oxford edition, entitled Newman’s Apologia Pro Vita Sua, The Two Versions of 1864 & 1865; Preceded by Newman’s and Kingsley’s Pamphlets, with an Introduction by Wilfrid Ward (London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York, Toronto, Melbourne, Bombay: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913), may be read online (here) at Newman Reader, and is available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Memorial of Blessed John Henry Newman (Cardinal Newman). Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

e-Livre gratuit: “Le Cardinal Manning et Son Action Sociale”, par l’Abbe Jules Lemire

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• Le Cardinal Manning et Son Action Sociale, deuxieme edition, par l’Abbe Jules Lemire (Paris: Victor Lecoffre, 1894). Avec approbation. Disponible dans Internet Archive et Open Library, avec 2e copie dans Internet Archive et Open Library.

En souvenir de Henry Edward Cardinal Manning (15 juillet 1808 – 14 janvier 1892) et Hilaire Belloc (27 juillet 1870 – 16 juillet 1953). Pour plus de livres gratuits, vous pouvez accéder à la liste des eBooks gratuits (par titres) et la liste des eBooks gratuits (regroupées par sujet).

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!)