Free ebook: “Reasons for a Return to Catholic Unity”, by Dr. James Kent Stone

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• The Invitation Heeded: Reasons for a Return to Catholic Unity, by James Kent Stone, S.T.D. [1840-1921] (London: Burns, Oates & Co., 1870). May be read online and available in pdf, epub, mobi and other formats at Internet Archive. A different impression (New York: Catholic Publication Society; Boston: Patrick Donahoe; Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1870) is also available at Internet Archive and Internet Archive (2^nd copy).

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• “Catholic”: An Essential and Exclusive Attribute of the True Church, by Monsignor Thomas John Capel (New York: Wilcox & O’Donnell Co.; D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1884). Includes, in appendices, the Treatise of St. Cyprian on the Unity of the Church (251 A.D.); the 18th of the Catechetical Instructions of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (347 A.D.); the letter of St. Pacien, Bishop of Barcelona, on the name ‘Catholic’ (373 A.D.); and remarks by the Protestant author Lord Macaulay. May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library., with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. No Imprimatur, but the author is domestic prelate of Pope Leo XIII, and its content is Catholic.
• The Catholic Church the True Church of the Bible, by Very Rev. C. J. O’Connell (St. Louis, MO, Freiburg (Baden), London: B. Herder, 1913). With Imprimatur. Available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library; and also available at HathiTrust Digital Library.
• The Catholic Controversy, by Saint Francis de Sales, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey, O.S.B.  (London: Burns and Oates, 1886). May be read online on this page of 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 Doctrine as Defined by the Council of Trent: Expounded in a Series of Conferences Delivered in Geneva, Proposed as a Means of Reuniting All Christians, by Adrien Nampon, translated from the French, with the approbation of the author, by a member of the University of Oxford (Philaelphia: Peter F. Cunningham & Son, 1869). With the approbation of various bishops. Available in various formats at Internet Archive, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.

Posted for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on the Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales (in the Latin and Syriac sui iuris churches) and of the Blessed Martyrs of Pratulin, in earnest prayer that our separated brethren may be converted from schism and heresy to divine and Catholic truth. 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.

Online text: “The Procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son”, by Dr. Joseph Pohle

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• “The Procession of the Holy Ghost from the Father and the Son” on pages 168–191 of The Divine Trinity: A Dogmatic Treatise, by the Rev. Joseph Pohle, Ph.D., D.D., authorized English version with some abridgment and numerous additional references, by Arthur Preuss. With Imprimatur. Volume II of the Dogmatic Theology series of Professor Joseph Pohle and Arthur Preuss. The 2^nd edition (St. Louis, Freiburg, London: B. Herder, 1915) is available at the Hathitrust Digital Library; and in pdf, epub, kindle, and other formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive.

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Online text: “On the Procession of the Holy Spirit”, by Msgr. John F. McCarthy

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• “On the Procession of the Holy Spirit”, by Msgr. John F. McCarthy, Living Tradition, No. 66 – September 1996. Available in pdf format on this page of Living Tradition: Organ of the Roman Theological Forum.

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Free ebook: “History of Dogmas: The End of the Patristic Age”, by J. Tixeront

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• History of Dogmas, Volume 3: The End of the Patristic Age, by J. Tixeront [Joseph Tixeront], translated by H. L. B. [Henry L. Brianceau] (London, Freiburg (Baden) and St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1910). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Internet Archive and Internet Archive (2d copy).

St. John Damascene. Image from Wikipedia

On the Memorial of the ancient Doctors of the Church: St. John of Damascus (in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite) and St. Peter Chrysologus (in the Extraordinary Form of 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).

“I have still much to say to you, but it is beyond your reach as yet. It will be for him, the truth-giving Spirit, when he comes, to guide you into all truth. He will not utter a message of his own; he will utter the message that has been given to him; and he will make plain to you what is still to come. And he will bring honour to me, because it is from me that he will derive what he makes plain to you. I say that he will derive from me what he makes plain to you, because all that belongs to the Father belongs to me.” (St. John xvi, 12-15)

Online ebook: “Reasons for the Faith Against Muslim Objections (and one objection of the Greeks and Armenians)”, by Saint Thomas Aquinas

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• De Rationibus Fidei: Reasons for the Faith Against Muslim Objections (and one objection of the Greeks and Armenians), to the Cantor of Antioch, by Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. (1264 AD), translated by Joseph Kenny, O.P..
  • May be read online (on this page) at Dominican House of Studies Priory of the Immaculate Conception; at the Wayback Machine (1 January 2013 snapshot from the website of Fr. Joseph Kenny, O.P.); and at Catholic Apologetics Information.
  • The reprint by St. Francis Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4 (August 2010) is available in PDF format at the Wayback Machine (5 June 2016 snapshot of the relevant page at St. Francis Magazine.
  • [N.B., St. Francis Magazine, which has many resources for evangelizing Muslims, appears to be non-Catholic in provenance; while Catholic Apologetics Information appears to espouse a hermeneutic of discontinuity. Please approach other materials thereon with prayerful caution.]

Posted on the Feast of St. John of Damascus, with fervent prayer that all Muslims may at last be converted to our divine Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and be baptized into His body, the one true and Catholic Church, for the glory of God and their eternal salvation.

Free ebook: “The Orthodox Eastern Church”, by Dr. Adrian Fortescue

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• The Orthodox Eastern Church, 2^nd edition, by Adrian Fortescue, Ph.D., D.D. (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1908). May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, mobi/kindle, epub, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library., with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library. The 1^st edition (1907), with illustrations by the author, is available at Internet Archive and Open Library.

On the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle 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).

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 Roman Primacy, A.D. 430-451”, by Rev. Luke Rivington (with Imprimatur)

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• The Roman Primacy, A.D. 430-451, by Rev. Luke Rivington (London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899). With Imprimatur. May be read online, and available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle,  djvu, text, etc.) at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Internet Archive and Open Library.
  • See also the same author’s The Primitive Church and the See of Peter, with an Introduction by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster (through our 30 June 2013 post)

On the Memorial of Pope St. Leo the Great in the Ordinary Form of 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)

e-libro en linea: Carta Encíclica «Veritatis splendor», del Papa San Juan Pablo II

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• Carta Encíclica «Veritatis splendor» sobre Algunas Cuestiones Fundamentales de la Enseñanza Moral de la Iglesia, del Papa San Juan Pablo II (6 de agosto 1993). Disponible en esta pagina de la Santa Sede; en esta pagina de ACI Prensa; en esta pagina del Archidiocesis de Valencia.

En la fiesta de San Alfonso Maria de Ligorio y del Papa San Esteban I en la forma extraordinaria del rito romano. Para más libros, por favor ingrese a la lista de los libros electrónicos gratis (Ordenados por título) y la lista de los libros gratis (Agrupados por tema).

Oh Dios, refugio y fortaleza nuestra, mira propicio al pueblo que clama a Ti: y, por intercesión de la gloriosa e Inmaculada Virgen María, Madre de Dios, y del Bienaventurado San José, su esposo, y de tus Santos apóstoles Pedro y Pablo, y de todos los santos, escucha misericordioso y benigno las preces que te dirigimos por la conversión de los pecadores y por la libertad y exaltación de nuestra Santa Madre la Iglesia. Por el mismo Jesucristo, nuestro Señor. (de Subsidios Liturgicos)

[And if the grammar is wrong, pray correct me. Gracias!]

Online text: “The Divine Will and the Human Will of Jesus Christ”, by Leonard Tony Farauanu

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• “The Divine Will and the Human Will of Jesus Christ: The Answer of St. Maximus the Confessor and St. Thomas Aquinas to Monothelitism”, by Leonard Tony Farauanu, Studia Theologica VIII, 4/2009, pp. 237–249. Available in PDF format (on this page) at Studia Theologica.

On the Memorial of Pope St. Martin I in the Ordinary Form of 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 Jesus Christ, true God and true Man!

Online text: “Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania”, by Grazina Miniotaite

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• Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania: A Story of Peaceful Liberation, by Grazina Miniotaite. Available in PDF format at the Albert Einstein Institution.

On the Feast of Saint Casimir in the Roman Rite; and on the anniversary of the coronation of Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania as King Władysław II Jagiełło of Poland. 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)