“The Sacramental Consummation of the Moral Life According to St. Thomas Aquinas”, by Thomas P. Harmon, Ph.D., New Blackfriars, Vol. 91, No. 1034 (July 2010), pp. 465-480. Available at Academia.edu, uploaded by Dr. Harmon.
The Christian Directory, Guiding Men to Their Eternal Salvation. In Two Parts: the First Whereof Appertains to Resolution; the Second Treating of the Obstacles and Impediments Which Hinder It, and How They May Be Removed; to Which is Prefixed, a Better Method for Their Use, by the Rev. Robert Parsons, Priest of the Society of Jesus, carefully revised, corrected, and enlarged, with life of the author (Dublin, London: James Duffy, 1861). Available at Google Play Books, and in pdf format at the Bellarmine Forums (linked by this index of Free Traditional Catholic Books).
[Note: While the latter websites contain many valuable materials written before 1958, the more contemporary texts contain opinions on the Second Vatican Council that require correction with the hermeneutic of continuity and reform propounded by the faithful pontiff Benedict XVI. Readers are advised to approach the said texts with prayerful caution.]
“Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who enter by it. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way, which leadeth to life: and few there are who find it!
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you shall know them… Every tree that yieldeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.
“Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
“Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many wonderful works in thy name? And then will I profess unto them: I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.
“Every one, therefore, that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.
“And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.”
Grace, Predestination and the Salvific Will of God: New Answers to Old Questions, by Fr. William Most. The printed book (Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press, 2004) is available for a worth-it price at Barnes & Noble.
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Divine Love Made Flesh: The Holy Eucharist as the Sacrament of Charity, by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke (San Diego: Catholic Action for Faith and Family; San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012). The ebook is available at Barnes & Noble. The printed book is available on this page of The Marian Catechist Apostolate.
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Donum Habituale: Grace and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in St. Thomas Aquinas (Dissertation), by John M. Meinert, Ph.D. (Washington, DC, 2015). Available in pdf format on this page of CUA University Libraries, at Academia.edu, and at Google Scholar.
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This text has no Imprimatur, but the author is associated with faithful institutions like Emmaus Academic and the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, and a brief examination in light of authoritative documents showed no problematic content. Therefore, we humbly think it may be read by persons other than trained theologians in a state of sanctifying grace.
That said, we think it is best read by those who know the authentic Christian doctrines on God the Holy Spirit and on grace. Interested readers are referred to the texts listed on the Project pages Catechisms and Explanations of The Faith, God and Christ and Grace and Salvation; particularly, from the last page, Dr. Joseph Pohle’s comprehensive Grace, Actual and Habitual. (Note that the said work’s discussion of actual grace is rather Molinist, but then a theological explanation need not be efficacious, only sufficiently orthodox.)*]
“I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.” (St. John xv, 5)
“[W]hen he is come, he will convince the world of sin and of justice and of judgment… when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will teach you all truth.” (St. John, xvi, 8, 13)
“[H]e that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him: and in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.” (I John iii, 24)
A Defence of Catholic Principles in a Letter to a Protestant Clergyman; to which is added, an Appeal to the Protestant Public, by the Servant of God Rev. Demetrius A. Gallitzin [born Prince Dimitri Dmitrievich Gallitzin, 1770-1840],
The text, together same author’s Letter to a Protestant Friend on the Holy Scriptures , is reprinted in the volume The Writings of Demetrius Augustin Gallitzin (Fitzwilliam, NH: Loreto Publications, 2011). The printed book may be purchased on this page of Loreto Publications, and on this page of Sunrise Marian Distribution.
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The ebook of the fourth edition, corrected and enlarged with ther permission of the author (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1880) may be read online, and is available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
An earlier impression of the same edition (New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1837) is available at Google Books and Google Play Books.
The ebook of the third edition (Dublin: D. Wogan, 1823) is available at Google Play Books . [Note: This is a very poorly scanned copy of the third edition].
A still earlier edition (Pittsburgh: S. Engles, 1816) is available at Internet Archive.
The Sinner’s Guide, by Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P., a new and revised translation by a Father of the same Order (New York: P.J. O’Shea, 1890). With Imprimatur; and containing approbatory letter of Pope Gregory XIII. May be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
Another translation is also available:
The Sinner’s Guide, in Two Books; Book I. Containing a Full and Ample Exhortation to the Pursuit of Virtue, with Instructions and Directions How to Become Virtuous; Book II. The Doctrine of Virtue, with Necessary Instructions and Advice for Making a Man Virtuous, by the Rev. F. Lewis of Granada, Provincial of the Order of St. Dominick, in the Kingdom of Portugal, translated from the Spanish (Philadelphia: Henry. McGrath, 1844). With the favorable recommendation of the Bishop of Philadelphia. Available in pdf format on this page of Saints’ Books; and may be read online, and available in pdf, mobi, epub, and other formats, at Internet Archive.
Baptism and Confirmation, by Dr. Peter Kreeft (New Haven, CT: Knights of Columbus Supreme Council – Catholic Information Service, 2018). With Imprimatur. Part of the Luke E. Hart Series Basic Elements of the Catholic Faith, edited by Father John A. Farren, O.P. Available in pdf format on this page of the Knights of Columbus.
A Manual of Apologetics, by Franz Xavier Jos. Koch, translated by A.M. Buchanan, revised and edited by Rev. Charles Bruehl (New York, J. F. Wagner, 1915). With Imprimatur. Available at Internet Archive (Digitizing sponsor: Google) and Open Library., with a 2nd copy at Internet Archive, and a 3rd copy at Internet Archive; and also available at Forgotten Books (some pages of which may be accessed only by members) and HathiTrust Digital Library.
Will Many Be Saved?: What Vatican II Actually Teaches and Its Implications for the New Evangelization, by Professor Ralph Martin, S.T.D. [Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Archdiocese of Detroit] (Grand Rapids: Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2012). The ebook and/or the printed book may be purchased at Verbum and Amazon.
See also these related free or online texts/ebooks and media:
“Balthasar and Salvation: What Does He Really Teach?”, by Ralph Martin, Josephinum Journal of Theology, Vol 21, no. 2 (2014): pp. 1-29. Available in pdf format on this page of Renewal Ministries.
A Critical Examination of Key Claims Karl Rahner Makes About His Thesis of the Anonymous Christian, by Brantly C. Millegan (2015). School of Divinity Master’s Theses and Projects. 10. Available in pdf format on this page at University of St. Thomas Research Online.
Eschatology; or, The Catholic Doctrine of the Last Things: A Dogmatic Treatise, by Joseph Pohle, translated by Arthur Preuss (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1918, c1917). With Imprimatur. Volume XII of Fr. Pohle’s Dogmatic Theology series. Available on multiple formats at Internet Archive and Open Library (Digitizing sponsor: MSN, Book contributor: Kelly Library, University of Toronto).
“Fewness [of those saved]: One Hundred and One Texts”. A collection of quotes from the Sacred Scriptures and the Saints. May be read online on this page of Saints’ Quotes.
“Of the Small Number of Those that are Saved”, by Jean Croiset, May be read online on this page of Endeavoring Catholic Perfection, and at Wikisource. A different translation with Early Modern orthography may be read on pages 159–175 of A Spiritual Retreat for One Day in Every Month (1698?), the microfilm copy of which is available in pdf, epub, mobi, and other formats at Internet Archive.
O radix Jesse qui stas in signum populórum, super quem continébunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabúntur: veni ad liberándum nos, jam noli tardáre. (Text from Divinum Officium)
