See these online texts and ebooks (I) by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger / Pope Benedict XVI and (II) about him and his thought, previously indexed on the Project.
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A Letter Addressed to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, on Occasion of Mr. Gladstone’s Recent Expostulation, by Saint John Henry Newman (London: B.M. Pickering, 1875). May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub and other formats, at Internet Archive.
Catholic Church: Where Are You Heading? Theologian Dániel Fülep’s interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana Astana, Kazakhstan, July 2018, translated by Gábor Sallai, edited and published by Dániel Fülep (Budapest, 2018). Available in pdf format at the Magyar Elektronikus Konyvtar. This text states: “The texts can be freely copied, distributed or otherwise used, subject to proper acknowledgement of the source.”
See these historic papal prayers for the consecration of the world to Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary Theotokos:
Epistula Apostolica “Carissimis Russiae Populis” ad Universos Russiae Populos, by Pope Ven. Pius XII (1952). The English translation is included on this page of the EWTN Library.
Prayer of Consecration to Mary, by Saint John Paul the Great (Pope John Paul II) (1982). Reprinted in Soul Magazine, March-April 1982. Included on this page of the University of Dayton.
Consecration of the Modern World to Our Lady of Fátima, “We entrust, O Mary, and consecrate the whole world to your Immaculate Heart!”, by Pope John Paul II, 13 May 1982, renewed at the closing Mass of the Synod of the Bishops on Penance & Reconciliation, 16 October 1983. Included on this page of the EWTN Library.
Consecration of all Individuals and Peoples of the World (in union with the Bishops of the World), by Pope John Paul II, 25 March 1984. May be read online on this page of Catholic Culture, and included on this page of the EWTN Library.
Consecration of the Church and World to the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Pope John Paul II, December 8, 1990. May be read online on this page of the EWTN Library. [According to the text, this is the prayer before the Roman Icon “Salus Populi Romani.”]
“Maiorum Traditio: A Patristic Remedy for Modernist Woes”, by Fr. Joseph Carola, S.J. [2021]. 26th Annual Peter Richard Kenrick Lecture on 23 September [2021]. The text is available in pdf format at the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary. The video of the lecture is available as a Youtube video linked by the Kenrick-Glennon Seminary.
“But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach a gospel to you besides that which we have preached to you, let him be anathema… For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man… but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (Galatians i, 8, 11-12)
“[K]eep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding the profane novelties of words and oppositions of knowledge falsely so called. Which some promising, have erred concerning the faith.” (I Timothy vi, 20-21)
“What Jesus Christ was yesterday, and is to-day, he remains for ever. Do not be carried aside from your course by a maze of new doctrines” (Hebrews xiii, 8-9)
“Dearly beloved, taking all care to write to you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write to you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.” (St. Jude i, 3)
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 (2nd copy).
“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 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 3rd 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.
“The Promotion of Doctrine by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Light of Pastor Bonus and Canon 754” (Dissertation), by the Very Rev. Christopher J. Beaudet, J.C.D. (2010). Available in pdf format at the Catholic University of America.
See also these related texts:
Draft of a Dogmatic Constitution [on] Defending Intact the Deposit of Faith, by the Preparatory Theological Commission for the Second Vatican Council, translated by Fr. Joseph A. Komonchak (2012). Available in pdf format (on this page) at In Verbo Veritatis.
“Natural Law and Canon Law”, by Stephan Kuttner, in Natural Law Institute Proceedings, Vol. 3, edited by Professor Edward F. Barrett, with a Foreword by Reverend John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C. (Notre Dame, Indiana: College of Law, University of Notre Dame, 1950). Available in pdf format through this page of the University of the Notre Dame.
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