Online text: “The Humanity of Christ”, by Godwin Nduaguibe

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• The Humanity of Christ, an Example for Authentic Christian Living in Thomas Aquinas (Master’s Thesis), by Godwin Nduaguibe. Submitted to St. Michael’s College and the University of Toronto. Copyright Godwin Nduaguibe 2013. Available in pdf format at the University of Toronto Libraries.

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“And the Angel being come in, said to her: ‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women… Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name, Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the most High, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David, his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, And of his kingdom there shall be no end.’

“And Mary said to the Angel: ‘How shall this be done, because I know not man?’ And the Angel answering, said to her: ‘The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God…’ And Mary said: ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to thy word.’ And the Angel departed from her.”

(St. Luke i, 28, 31-35, 38. In-text quotation marks supplied.)

“In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. In him was life: and the life was the light of men… And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth… And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”

(St. John i, 1-4, 14, 16-17)

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Online ebook: “The Life Everlasting”, by Peter Kreeft

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• The Life Everlasting, by Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, 2001). With Imprimatur. The ebook may be read online (here) and available in pdf format (here), and the audiobook is available in mp3 format (here) through this page, at the Catholic Information Service of the Knights of Columbus.

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“Time went on; the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; the rich man died too, and found his grave in hell. And there, in his suffering, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he said, with a loud cry, Father Abraham, take pity on me; send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, My son, remember that thou didst receive thy good fortune in thy life-time, and Lazarus, no less, his ill fortune; now he is in comfort, thou in torment. And, besides all this, there is a great gulf fixed between us and you, so that there is no passing from our side of it to you, no crossing over to us from yours.” (St. Luke xvi, 22-26, red lettering supplied)

Online ebook: Catechism of the “Summa Theologica” of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful, by Rev. Thomas Pègues

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• Catechism of the “Summa Theologica” of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the Use of the Faithful, by Rev. Thomas Pègues, O.P., adapted from the French by Aelred Whitacre, O.P. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1922). With Imprimatur, and with the Benediction of Pope Benedict XV. Available in pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc. formats at Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive, and a 3^rd copy at Internet Archive. Also available in pdf format (here) at Saints’ Books; and may be read online (on this page) at the library of the Jacques Maritain Center.
• [N.B.1, This work reproduces the arguments of the Summa in question-and-answer format, with references to the relevant sections of that work. We submit that it is best read after reading an introductory work like The Spirit of Thomism by Etienne Gilson or the essay “Faith and Reason in the Theology of St. Thomas” by Victor Flanagan, O.P.; and it should be read with a copy of the Summa on hand.]
• [N.B.2, This book appears to be in the public domain under the law of the United States. However, as we do not know the year of the passing of the translator, we do not know if it is in the public domain in other countries. Please check the relevant laws.]

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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)

Livre en ligne: “La Théologie de Saint Paul”, 1e partie, par F. Prat

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• La Théologie de Saint Paul, 1e partie, 6e edition, par F. Prat, S.J. (Paris: Beauchesne, 1909). Avec Imprimatur. Disponible dans Internet Archive.

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“Si l’on considère attentivement l’expérience de saint Paul, on comprend que la transformation qu’il a connue… trouve son fondement dans la participation au mystère de la Mort et de la Résurrection de Jésus Christ, et se présente comme un chemin graduel de configuration à Lui.” (Pape Benoît XVI)

[And if the grammar is wrong, please correct me. Merci!]

Online ebook: “The Catholic Church the True Church of the Bible”, by C. J. O’Connell

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• 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.

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“[O]ur separated brethren… are not blessed with that unity which Jesus Christ wished to bestow.. For it is only through Christ’s Catholic Church, which is “the all-embracing means of salvation,” that they can benefit fully from the means of salvation…

“[W]hen the obstacles to perfect ecclesiastical communion have been gradually overcome, all Christians will at last, in a common celebration of the Eucharist, be gathered into the one and only Church in that unity which Christ bestowed on His Church from the beginning. We believe that this unity subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time.” (Second Vatican Council, Decree on Ecumenism “Unitatis redintegratio”, 3, 4)

Online text: “The Catholic Understanding of Justification”, by Msgr. Lawrence Moran and Ronald J. Eldred

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• 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.

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“But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:11)

Online ebook: “The Catholic Church the Way of Salvation as Revealed in the Holy Scriptures”, by Rev. Augustine F. Hewit

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• The King’s Highway: or, The Catholic Church the Way of Salvation as Revealed in the Holy Scriptures, 2^nd edition, by the Rev. Augustine F. Hewit, of the Congregation of St. Paul (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1879). Available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive; and also available at Google Books and HathiTrust Digital Library.
• The 3^rd edition (New York: Catholic Book Exchange, 1893) is available at Internet Archive; and it is also available (albeit with pages restricted to members) at Forgotten Books, with a second copy at Forgotten Books.
• The 1^st edition (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1874) is available at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Internet Archive; and it is also available at HathiTrust Digital Library, with another copy at HathiTrust Digital Library, as well as at Google Books.

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“[A] man cannot see the kingdom of God without being born anew…. [N]o man can enter into the kingdom of God unless birth comes to him from water, and from the Holy Spirit” (St. John iii, 3, 5)

“A man’s body is all one… so it is with Christ. We too, all of us, have been baptized into a single body by the power of a single Spirit… we have all been given drink at a single source, the one Spirit.” (I Corinthians xii, 12-13)

“All you who have been baptized in Christ’s name have put on the person of Christ” (Galatians iii, 27)

“Christ is the head of the Church, he, the Saviour on whom the safety of his body depends… Christ shewed love to the Church when he gave himself up on its behalf. He would hallow it, purify it by bathing it in the water to which his word gave life; he would summon it into his own presence, the Church in all its beauty, no stain, no wrinkle, no such disfigurement; it was to be holy, it was to be spotless… It is unheard of, that a man should bear ill-will to his own flesh and blood; no, he keeps it fed and warmed; and so it is with Christ and his Church; we are limbs of his body; flesh and bone, we belong to him” (Ephesians v, 23, 25-27, 29-30)

Online ebook: Catena Aurea on St. John’s Gospel, by St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by John Henry Newman

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• Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels, Collected out of the Works of the Fathers by S. Thomas Aquinas: St. John, New Edition (Oxford, London: James Parker, 1874). Available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Open Library and Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Open Library and Internet Archive. Also available at HathiTrust Digital Library.
  • [N.B., The translator is identified to be Blessed John Henry Newman in many sources, including on this page of the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception.]
• An earlier edition, Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels, Collected out of the Works of the Fathers by S. Thomas Aquinas, Volume IV, St. John (Oxford: John Henry Parker; London: J. Rivington, 1845), 631 pages, is available in various formats at  Internet Archive, with a 2^nd copy at Open Library and Internet Archive; and available in pdf format (on this page) at Saints’ Books. Also available at HathiTrust Digital Library, with a 2^nd copy at HathiTrust Digital Library.
• What is identified as the 1841 edition (the copyright page of which, however, says mccclxv or 1845) is printed in 2 parts.
  • Volume IV, Part I, concerning Chapters i to x of the gospel according to St. John, is available at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Open Library and Internet Archive, along with a 3^rd copy at Open Library and Internet Archive, as well as 4^th copy at Open Library and Internet Archive. It is also available at HathiTrust Digital Library, with a 2^nd copy at HathiTrust Digital Library, and a 3^rd copy at HathiTrust Digital Library; and at Google Books.
  • Volume IV, Part II, concerning chapters xi to xxi, is available online at Internet Archive and Open Library, with a 2^nd copy at Internet Archive and Open Library; and at HathiTrust Digital Library, with a 2^nd copy at HathiTrust Digital Library.
  • The entire 1841 edition may be read online, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels (1841), through this page at e-Catholic 2000.
• An edition of the work may be read online on this page at the collection St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception; and through this page (together with other commentaries on the gospel according to St. John), beginning with chapter I, at the Aquinas Study Bible.
• An expanded version of the work, with additional Prooemium and bracketed portions translated by Joseph Kenny, O.P., is available on this page (Latin-English parallel texts) at the collection of St. Thomas Aquinas’ Works in English maintained at the Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception. It is reproduced through this page, together with the catenae aureae on the other gospels, beginning with the proemium and chapter I, at Biblia Clerus (the contents of which may be downloaded through this page).
• The ebook is offered for sale at Barnes & Noble.

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“It is the same disciple that bears witness of all this and has written the story of it; and we know well that his witness is truthful. There is much else besides that Jesus did; if all of it were put in writing, I do not think the world itself would contain the books which would have to be written.” (St. John xxi, 24-25)

Free ebook: “The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell and Heaven”, by Martin von Cochem

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• The Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Hell and Heaven, by Father Martin von Cochem, O.S.F.C. (New York, Concinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers). Available in various formats at Internet Archive and Open Library, and in pdf format at the University of Toronto Libraries; and may be read online at Catholic Tradition. It may also be found at Forgotten Books, but with some pages accessible only to members.

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“Then the King will say to those who are on his right hand, Come, you that have received a blessing from my Father, take possession of the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the foundation of the world… Then he will say to those who are on his left hand, in their turn, Go far from me, you that are accursed, into that eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels… And these shall pass on to eternal punishment, and the just to eternal life.” (St. Matthew xxv, 34, 41, 46)

Free ebook: “The Happiness of Heaven”, by Rev. F.J. Boudreaux

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• The Happiness of Heaven, 3^rd edition, by Rev. F.J. Boudreaux, S.J. (London: Burns & Oates, 1881). Available in various formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, etc.) at Internet Archive and may be read online at Google Books. An earlier edition (Baltimore, New York: John Murphy Company), with 1870 approbation, is also available at Internet Archive.
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  An edition of the same work, its author stated to be a Father of the Society of Jesus (Baltimore: John Murphy & Company; New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1871), is available at Manybooks.net,  Internet Archive, and Project Gutenberg, and may be read online at Google Books, Bible Hub, and Read Central. Yet another edition whose its author is stated to be a Father of the Society of Jesus (London: Burns & Oates) may be read online at Google Books.

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“At present, we are looking at a confused reflection in a mirror; then, we shall see face to face; now, I have only glimpses of knowledge; then, I shall recognize God as he has recognized me. Meanwhile, faith, hope and charity persist, all three; but the greatest of them all is charity.” (I Corinthians xii, 12-13)