Online ebook: “Confraternity Bible: New Testament and Supplemental Commentary”

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• Confraternity Bible: New Testament and Supplemental Commentary; featuring The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: a Revision of the Challoner-Rheims Version (1941), also known as The New Testament, Confraternity Edition, and its companion work by the Catholic Biblical Association, A Commentary on the New Testament (1942). May be read online on this page of Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine (28 December 2017 snapshot of the sadly defunct website Confraternity Bible), which states: “This transcription was made with the understanding that the original copyrights for these two works were not renewed and that they have since entered the Public Domain.”
  • [N.B., Although there are other editions of the Confraternity Bible online, we have not indexed links to them as we are uncertain of their copyright status.]

On the Feast of Pope St. Damasus I in the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject).

“Then there are other assailants of Holy Scripture who misuse principles… in order to overturn the fundamental truth of the Bible and thus destroy Catholic teaching handed down by the Fathers… They refuse to allow that the things which Christ said or did have come down to us unchanged and entire through witnesses who carefully committed to writing what they themselves had seen or heard…; yet of it one wrote: “He who saw it has borne witness, and his witness is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, and you also may believe” (Jn. 19:35).” (Pope Benedict XV, Encyclical “Spiritus Paraclitus”, 26-27)

“Those divinely revealed realities which are contained and presented in Sacred Scripture have been committed to writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. For holy mother Church, relying on the belief of the Apostles (…), holds that the books of both the Old and New Testaments in their entirety, with all their parts, are sacred and canonical because written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author and have been handed on as such to the Church herself.” (Second Vatican Council, Dogmatic Constitution “Dei Verbum”, 11)

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Free ebook: “The Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God”, by J.D. Bryant

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• The Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God: A Dogma of the Catholic Church, by J.D. Bryant, M.D. (Boston: P. Donahoe, 1855). With episcopal approbation. [N.B., The index page states the author’s full name to be John Delavan Bryant.] May be read online, and available in various formats (mobi/kindle, epub, pdf, etc.), at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. Also available on this page at Hathi Trust Digital Library.

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception in the one true Church. 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). 

“And the Lord God said to the serpent… I will establish a feud between thee and the woman, between thy offspring and hers; she is to crush thy head, while thou dost lie in ambush at her heels.” (Genesis iii, 14-15)

Online ebook: “The Preparation of the Incarnation”, by Henry James Coleridge

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• The Preparation of the Incarnation, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J. (London: Burns and Oates, 1885). Available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive and Open Library. Also available at Forgotten Books (with some pages limited to members).

On the First Sunday of Advent in the Roman Rite, 2019. For other online texts and 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: “Sermons Delivered before Mixed Congregations”, by Henry B. Altmeyer

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• Sermons Delivered before Mixed Congregations: Embracing Apologetics, Catholic Faith and Christian Morals, Intended for Infidels, Protestants and Catholics, by Henry B. Altmeyer [d. 1930] (Huntington, W. Va.: Standard Printing & Publishing Company, 1911). With Imprimatur. Available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive, and a 3rd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library; and also available at HathiTrust Digital Library.

See also these related ebooks:

• The Bible and the Rule of Faith, by Abbe Louis Nazaire Bégin, translated by G.M. Ward (London, Burns and Oates; Quebec: John Barrow, 1875). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• The Book of Armaments: Defending Your Catholic Faith, by Gary Michuta (Eastern Catholic Re-Evangelization Center). 284 pages. Available in PDF format (on this page) at the Saint Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church, and at Scribd.com.
• Catholic Apologetics Guide 101: Scriptural Reference for Catholic Apologetics, by Godwin Delali Adadzie or GADEL (Ghana: Sts. Peter and Paul Catechism Ministry, 2007-2009). Available in PDF format on this page of the Saint Patrick’s Basilica ebooks library; on this page of Stay Catholic. Also available at Scribd (linked by this page of Are Catholic Christian?); at WattPad; at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive (3 February 2015 snapshot of the defunct Sts. Peter and Paul Catechism Ministry website, which has moved to Cathoolic); and on the old webpage of the Sts. Peter and Paul Catechism Ministry.
• The Catholic Controversy, by Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey, O.S.B.  (London: Burns and Oates, 1886). May be read online at Good Catholic Books. The 3^rd revised and augmented edition, with an excellent translator’s preface (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers; London: Burns and Oates, 1909) (Library of St. Francis De Sales, volume III) is available in various formats at Internet Archive.
• Catholic Controversy: a Reply to Dr. Littledale’s Plain Reasons, by Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder, 1837-1907 (London: Burns and Oates, 1881). Available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: MSN; Book contributor: Kelly Library, University of Toronto). The 1889 edition (London: Burns & Oates; New York: Benziger Brothers, 1889) is available on Open Library and Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: National Institute for Newman Studies; Book contributor: Saint Mary’s College of California).
• The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist: demonstrably proved from Scripture, from Tradition, and from the writings of some of the most eminent Catholic and Protestant authors who have treated on the subject; in sixteen letters, with notes and appendices, addressed to the Lord Bishop of Exeter; and dedicated by permission to His Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, Bohemia, etc., by M.D. Talbot (London: T. Jones, 1844). Available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• The Catholic Understanding of Justification, Sanctification, and Grace Compared with the Protestant, by Msgr. Lawrence Moran and Ronald J. Eldred. 98 pages. Available in PDF format through this page of Reasons to Believe: Catholic Apologetics.
• The Chief Points of Difference between the Catholic and Protestant Creeds, by Rev. F. Laun (New York: Joseph F. Wagner, 1915). With Imprimatur. May be read online or downloaded in multiple formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• The Faith of Catholics: On Certain Points of Controversy, Confirmed by Scripture, and Attested by the Fathers of the Five First Centuries of the Church, Volume 1, 3^rd enlarged edition, compiled by Revs. Joseph Berington and John Kirk, revised and recast by the Rev. James Waterworth, with Preface, corrections, and additions by the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (Ratisbon, Rome, New York, Cincinnati: Frederick Pustet & Co., 1909). Available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Internet Archive. The 2nd edition (1885) is available at Internet Archive.
• The Faith of Catholics: On Certain Points of Controversy, Confirmed by Scripture, and Attested by the Fathers of the Five First Centuries of the Church, Volume 2, 5^th revised and enlarged edition, compiled by Revs. Joseph Berington and John Kirk, revised and recast by the Rev. James Waterworth, with Preface, corrections, and additions by the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (Ratisbon, Rome, New York, Cincinnati: Frederick Pustet & Co., [1910]). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Internet Archive. The 2^nd edition (1884) is available at Internet Archive.
• The Faith of Catholics: On Certain Points of Controversy, Confirmed by Scripture, and Attested by the Fathers of the Five First Centuries of the Church, Volume 3, 5^th revised and enlarged edition, compiled by Revs. Joseph Berington and John Kirk, revised and recast by the Rev. James Waterworth, with Preface, corrections, and additions by the Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (Ratisbon, Rome, New York, Cincinnati: Frederick Pustet & Co., [1910]). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats at Open Library and Internet Archive. The 2^nd edition (1884) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• The Path which Led a Protestant Lawyer to the Catholic Church, by Peter H. Burnet (New York, London: D. Appleton and Company, 1860). May be read online, and available in pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, djvu, txt, and Daisy formats, at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd (inferior) copy at Open Library and Internet Archive; and at Hathi Trust Digital Library. Another edition (New York, Benziger Brothers, 1871 [c1859]) is available at Hathi Trust Digital Library. [N.B., This work provides a proof of the Catholic Faith using the method of legal investigation. The summary by the New York Times (10 March 1860) states that the author “resolved… to pursue the investigation [of Catholic and Protestant claims] for himself, which he did for about a year and a half, the result being his full conversion to the Roman Catholic faith.”] [N.B.2, In indexing this work, we do not endorse the author’s problematic views on secular matters.]

On the Feast of Saint Edmund Campion. For other online texts and 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!

Online text: “The Feast of Christ the King”, by Pope Pius XI

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• Encyclical “Quas Primas” on the Feast of Christ the King, by Pope Pius XI (December 11, 1925). May be read online on this page at New Advent (transcribed by Paul Halsall, © 2017 by Kevin Knight), on this page of Catholic Culture, on this page accessible through the EWTN Library’s index of encyclicals, and at the Holy See.

See also these texts related to the authority of Our Lord in Church and over State, over reason and will, amid temporal enemies unto its everlasting triumph:

• Catholic Church and Christian State: A Series of Essays on the Relation of the Church to the Civil Power, Volume 1, translated, with the permission of the author, from the German of Dr. Joseph Hergenröther (London: Burns and Oates, 1876). May be read online, and available in pdf, djvu, epub, kindle/mobi, Daisy, and txt formats, at Internet Archive, with a 2nd copy on this page and a 3rd copy of this page, and at Open Library.
• Catholic Church and Christian State: a Series of Essays on the Relation of the Church to the Civil Power, Volume 2, translated, with the permission of the author, from the German of Dr. Joseph Hergenröther (London: Burns and Oates, 1876). May be read online, and available in pdf, djvu, epub, kindle/mobi, Daisy, and txt formats, at Internet Archive.
• The Catholic Church and the Counter-Faith: A Study of the Roots of Modern Secularism, Relativism, and De-Christianity, by Philip Trower (Family Publications, 2006; Philip Trower, 2014). It may be read online (version 7 January 2014) on this page though the page of Philip Trower at Christendom Awake .
• Christ’s Kingdom on Earth: or, The Church and Her Divine Constitution, Organization, and Framework, Explained for the People, by Rev. James L. Meagher (New York: Russell Bros., 1892). With Imprimatur. Available in multiple formats at Internet Archive and Open Library.
• Encyclical Letter “Veritatis splendor”, by Pope St. John Paul II (6 August 1993). Available at the Holy See and at IntraText. [According to Wikipedia: “The encyclical is one of the most comprehensive and philosophical teachings of moral theology in the Catholic tradition”]
• Jesus Christ, the King of Our Hearts: Elevations on the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, by Very Rev. Alexis M. Lépicier (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, Published 1921). With Imprimatur. Available in multiple formats at Internet Archive, Open Library, and Forgotten Books.
• The Return of the King: Discourses on the Latter Days, by Henry James Coleridge, S.J. (London: Burns and Oates, 1915). May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive.  The 1894 edition is also available at Internet Archive, and the 1883 edition at Internet Archive.

On the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite. For other online texts and legally free ebooks, you may access the List of Free eBooks (Arranged by Title) and the List of Free eBooks (Grouped by Subject). Viva Cristo Rey!

“Yours is to be the same mind which Christ Jesus shewed. His nature is, from the first, divine, and yet he did not see, in the rank of Godhead, a prize to be coveted; he dispossessed himself, and took the nature of a slave, fashioned in the likeness of men, and presenting himself to us in human form; and then he lowered his own dignity, accepted an obedience which brought him to death, death on a cross. That is why God has raised him to such a height, given him that name which is greater than any other name; so that everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth must bend the knee before the name of Jesus, and every tongue must confess Jesus Christ as the Lord, dwelling in the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:5-7)

“If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven and on earth; if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion; if this power embraces all men, it must be clear that not one of our faculties is exempt from his empire. He must reign in our minds, which should assent with perfect submission and firm belief to revealed truths and to the doctrines of Christ. He must reign in our wills, which should obey the laws and precepts of God. He must reign in our hearts, which should spurn natural desires and love God above all things, and cleave to him alone. He must reign in our bodies and in our members, which should serve as instruments for the interior sanctification of our souls, or to use the words of the Apostle Paul, as instruments of justice unto God.” (Pope Pius XI, Encyclical “Quas Primas”)

Online media: “Mary’s Victory over All Heresies”, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider

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• “Mary’s Victory over All Heresies”, lecture by the Most. Rev. Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Astana, Kazakhstan, delivered on 20 October 2016 in Washington, D.C.
  • The text of the lecture is available in pdf format (on this page) at The Paulus Institute for the Propagation of the Sacred Liturgy.
  • The following videos may be viewed at the LifeSiteNews Youtube channel: the complete lecture (45:05), the highlights of the lecture (7:37), and the Q&A of Bishop Schneider at the event (23:25).

Posted on the Memorial of Pope Leo I (St. Leo the Great) in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, and belatedly for the anniversary of the opening of the 3^rd Council of Constantinople (7 November 680 AD).

“The Catholic faith is indeed not the private property of the pastor of a parish, nor of the bishop of a diocese, and not even of a pope… The Catholic faith is greater. It precedes and it transcends the pastors of the Church because they also are the first ones who have to obey the faith–exemplarily… The Catholic faith belongs to all times, to all places, and to all generations of Catholics, starting with the Apostles and going through all the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church, and all the saints we know…

“Nowadays we can [see] the introduction of some changes and ruptures in the presentation of the truths regarding doctrine and morals… To hide and to mask such changes, there are used such seductive expressions as ‘paradigm shift’ or ‘hermeneutic of continuity,’ even when the obvious sense of the changes contradicts the constant belief and the constant practise of the Church… In such situations, you should say ‘I know my Catholic faith. I will not permit [myself] to be confused by whomever. For the sake of this faith, I am willing to die’”

“The Catholic faith cannot admit a change, or a rupture, or a reinterpretation into another signification than it has been constantly believed and taught throughout 2000 years… Our paradigm is Christ–the same yesterday, today and forever. There is no shift of paradigm…” (Bishop Athanasius Schneider, from the LifeSiteNews highlights of his prerecorded video lecture at the 2018 Catholic Identity Conference)

Free ebook: “A Thought from Dominican Saints for Each Day of the Year”

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• A Thought from Dominican Saints for Each Day of the Year, translated by a Sister of Charity (New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis: Benziger Brothers, 1886). Available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats at Internet Archive; and available at HathiTrust Digital Library. A reprint may be purchased at Amazon UK.

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Free ebook: “Biblical Treasury of the Catechism”, compiled by Rev. Thomas E. Cox

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• Biblical Treasury of the Catechism, 3^rd edition, compiled and arranged by the Rev. Thomas E. Cox (New York: William H. Young & Company, 1900). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.), at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library, and a third copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. Also available at Forgotten Books (with some pages accessible only to members).

On the Feast of Saint Charles Borromeo in the Roman Rite. Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints!

Online ebook: “Meditations for Every Day in the Year”, edited by Rev. Roger Baxter

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• Meditations for Every Day in the Year; Collected from Different Spiritual Writers, and Suited for the Practice Called “Quarter of an Hour’s Solitude”, edited by Rev. Roger Baxter, S.J., revised by Rev. P. Neale, S.J. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1884). With ecclesiastical approbations. Available in various formats (mobi/kindle, pdf, epub, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library. A different imprint is also available at Internet Archive.
• An earlier edition with older orthography, Meditations for Every Day in the Year; Collected from Different Spiritual Writers, first written in Latin by N.B., translated into English by E.M., in the year 1669, and now revised by Rev. R. Baxter (Georgetown, D.C.: Joseph Milligan, 1823), is available at Internet Archive and at HathiTrust Digital Library.

On the Feast of All Saints in the Roman Rite.

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: “The Excellence of the Rosary”, by Rev. M. J. Frings

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• 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).

In belated observance of the Feast of Our Lady of Victory (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary) in the Roman Rite; and in belated remembrance of the Battle of Lepanto. 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).