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Cornelius a'Lapide's Commentary on St. Matthew Vol One
Cornelius a Lapide created a Scripture Commentary so complete and scholarly that it was practically the universal commentary in use by Catholics (often available only in 30 some Latin volumes) for hundreds of years.
These Commentaries have never been fully translated before. Extensive discussion of Greek & Hebrew word meanings included.
Leather hardcover with satin ribbon, size 9.25" x 6.25", 604 pages
The complete and unabridged commentary of Cornelius a Lapidé on the Catholic Epistles of Saints John and Jude
Cornelius a Lapide created a Scripture Commentary so complete and scholarly that it was practically the universal commentary in use by Catholics (often available only in around 30 Latin volumes) for hundreds of years.
This set boasts the following features:
- Leather Covers & Satin Ribbons
- Never Fully Translated Before
- Sewn Binding & Headbands
- Extensive discussion of Greek & Hebrew word meanings
by St Bernard of Clairvaux
For over forty years Bernard of Clairvaux composed works of theology and spiritual reflection. He became the counsellor of kings, nobles, popes, and scholars. He advocated a strong, reformed papacy and was the spiritual leader of the early twelfth-century European Church.
Often overlooked, these short works by Bernard may well give readers their truest insight into the saint's sermons as his monks heard them. The Parables explore the spiritual meaning of Scripture directly and dramatically. The Sentences likely represent his sermon style before he polished his work for publication.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 464 pages
Nursery Book of Bible Stories
by Amy Steedman
From the scores of beautiful and thrilling tales in the Bible, celebrated British author Amy Steedman has collected three dozen that are sure to delight young children.
With the confidence of a master storyteller practiced in holding the attention of even the most restless child, she weaves tales of Noah and Moses, Solomon and David, and Daniel in the lion’s den. She leads young listeners to marvel at prophesies of the coming Savior, to be charmed by the gentle goodness of His boyhood, and be dazzled by the scores of miracles that proved He is the Messiah coming to save Israel … and to save, as well, every little child who hears these stories!
Continuing with stories about events after the Resurrection, Miss Steedman takes young readers along with Peter, Paul, and the Apostles as they carry the Good News to the ends of the Earth, and she even gives them a glimpse, with St. John, of the marvels promised for the end of time!
Today, too many religious books for young children trivialize the story of salvation and its many tales of mystery and majesty!
Not these classic read-aloud stories that have proven their worth for over a century now!
These stories are suited to the unlimited understanding of young children; but they’re proportioned as well to the immense powers of imagination which remain uncrippled in little children, leaving them for the meantime still able and willing to believe in the truth of good things, and in marvels they may not yet understand.
Now is the time to read Amy Steedman’s remarkable Bible stories to your child … to plant in their souls these sweet seeds of truth and beauty. Be patient! Not too long from now, you’ll find them blooming into a mature and abiding faith in Jesus.
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 247 pages
Wonder Stories of God's People
by Rev. P. Henry Matimore
This second volume in the Madonna Series, intended for the fourth grade, follows on from the Bible stories found in its predecessor, A Child’s Garden of Religion Stories. Where that volume focused on the early portions of the Old Testament, including the stories of Creation, of Abraham and of the Exodus, this one begins with Jacob and his son Joseph, then jumps ahead to the stories of Samson and David, Job, Daniel and Esther. Likewise, where the first volume presented the birth and early life of Christ, here we find the stories of His Miracles as well as His Passion and Death. Finally we end with several stories of the Saints, from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes.
This book has been printed in full colour with a hardcover binding because of its beautiful illustrations!
Hardcover, size 5.83" x 8.27", 368 pages
Our Debt to the Catholic Church
by Fr. Henry G. Graham
Most Protestants never think twice about using the Bible to attack the Catholic Church. But do they know where the Bible comes from? In Where We Got the Bible, Fr. Henry Graham explains in intimate detail the canons of the Old and New Testaments and how the Catholic Church assembled them through infallible pronouncements, councils, and force of Tradition—something Protestants find hard to grapple with. In addition, this book details the history of the Bible after the assembly of the canon and how the Catholic Church preserved it. Some people do not know that Martin Luther and other Protestants removed books from the Bible. The Catholic Church, however, preserves and maintains the original Scriptures—the very ones Martin Luther grew up learning and studying!
Most of all, Where We Got the Bible is a vindication of the role of the Bible in the Church's life. The Sacred Scriptures are truly the inspired Word of God through the Holy Spirit's action in individual authors across time. However, it takes the Holy Spirit's guidance and inspiration through the action of the Church, assembled in college and under the authority of the Roman Pontiff, to make the determinations about just what really belongs in Scripture. Finally, the force of Sacred Tradition is what binds this together and keeps the orthodox Biblical canons intact throughout the centuries. Learn all this and more in this handy, precise, and short treatise.
Fr. Henry Grey Graham was a priest and author from the 20th century. His works, such as What Faith Really Means and Where We Got the Bible, exhibit his clear and understandable style.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.25", 176 pages
This first volume in the Madonna Series of study readers was intended for the third grade. Here we find stories from the early portions of the Old and New Testaments, beginning with Genesis and Exodus, and continuing through the Birth of Jesus to his early days of preaching. The volume closes with a selection of stories about the saints. In the second volume in the Madonna Series, Wonder Stories of God’s People, the stories of the Old and New Testament are carried on with Jacob, Joseph, Samson and David, and the Miracles, Passion and Death of Our Lord, finishing once again with select stories of the saints. Then in the last of the three volumes, Heroes of God’s Church, are found exclusively stories of the saints.
5.83" x 8.27" paperback 294 pages
The Nature, History, Authorship and Content of the Holy Bible with Selections from and Commentaries on the Various Books
by Fr John Laux, M.A.
Fr. John Laux's timeless text thoroughly explains the philosophical and theological foundations of Catholic doctrine regarding God's inspired Word, as well as going through a book-by-book analysis of the Bible. In Introduction to the Bible, readers uncover the truths of Sacred Scripture and associated commentaries covering the Historical, Doctrinal, and Prophetic books of the Old and New Testaments.
First published in 1932, it is nevertheless not dated; the information contained here remains as valid as the traditional Catholic teaching it presents.
Recommended for 11th grade students and up.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 334 pages
by Saint Gregory the Great
Translated by Nora Burke
No matter the stage, the career of Saint Gregory the Great was marked consistently by excellence. Appointed Prefect of Rome around the age of thirty, Gregory forsook his worldly success in favor of monastic silence and communion with God, establishing at his ancestral home the Monastery of St. Andrew. There, in the words of Pope Benedict XVI, he lived a “life of permanent dialogue with the Lord in listening to his word.” Providentially, Gregory was called in turn to leave the monastery for the See of Peter; there, his deep understanding of the Divine Word stood him in excellent stead—perhaps nowhere more tangibly than in his preaching.
Selected from his work of forty homilies on the Gospels (Homilia XL in Evangelia) and translated by Nora Burke, Saint Gregory’s Parables of the Gospel comprises an even dozen sermons on the parables of the Hidden Treasure; the Laborers in the Vineyard; the Marriage Feast; the Ten Virgins; the Talents; the Sower; the Great Harvest; the Barren Fig Tree; the Great Banquet; the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin; the Rich Man and Lazarus; and the Good Shepherd.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 180 pages
A Story of Daniel The Prophet
by Brother Edward Overstreet, C.S.C.
Daniel was born more than 600 years before the birth of Jesus. When he was a teenager, the Jewish nation was conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar, and Daniel was taken to Babylon as a hostage. Because of his wisdom, he was selected to become an advisor to the King of Babylon. Daniel put God first in his life, and was obedient and faithful to God’s laws—even when doing so put his own life in danger. When the king had Daniel thrown into a lions’ den, God saved Daniel. Reading this story can encourage us to follow in the footsteps of Daniel the prophet, who trusted in God and showed great courage when he placed the laws of God above the demands of an earthly ruler.
Level 3
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 145 pages
Father James Wathen, OSJ - Small booklet - 40 Pages
This small book was written to encourage the Catholic layman to read Holy Scripture regularly.
"The Scriptures are an inexhaustible treasure-trove of revelation,
mystery, and wisdom; and the people need the fruits of scholarly
learning and research. But, mainly, the scholar’s work is on "fine
points," facets and minutiae which few can begin to appreciate.
Rather, this is to encourage everyone to resort to the Scriptures as
the ideal book of devotion, instruction, and moral guidance
which it was meant to be."
edited by Daniel M. Clough, M.A.
This book is compiled according to the magnificent pattern established by Thomas Aquinas in the Catena Aurea. It is a well researched and thoughtfully composed listing of the Commentary of the saints and Fathers and Doctors of the Church who have written of the first three chapters of Genesis. Unlike aLapide, there is no commentary or analysis of the scripture from the compiler himself but it is a remarkably well done listing of what has been written by the greatest of commentators themselves and although there are some differences of opinion among the saint's writings here, yet, the whole of their accumulated commentary presents a remarkably unified picture of the 'mind of the Church' from the earliest times through the centuries on the first (and arguably most important) three chapters of God's Words to men.
Man is a contingent and limited being with a fallen nature, yet, because he is made in the image and likeness of God, his aspirations to knowledge are limitless since, once created, the duration of his being is endless. Man’s nature is seeking perfection in both knowledge and in being that can only be found in union with that which is not contingent or limited in any fashion—God.
Religion is the knowledge that man seeks, but which he cannot discover on his own. True religion rests upon one thing, God’s authority, and is revealed to men by three methods, Creation, Tradition and Scripture.
Daniel Clough compiles in this volume the teachings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church of God on all three things:
Tradition, Scripture, and Creation. Here are the deepest thoughts of the greatest saints and scholars on the origins and ends (the Alpha and the Omega) of the world.
In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In these two statements from God lie the origins, the genesis, of all knowledge that the heart of man desires. This series of commentaries on the first three chapters of the book of Genesis is the place to begin our profound inquiry into that knowledge that will be completed, God
willing, in the beatific vision.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 264 pages
by Frederick Justus Knecht
This book is a great introductory Bible study all by itself - for it brings out the Catholic teachings that are hidden in Sacred Scripture! A famous book - one which received recommendations from 14 bishops when first published and which went through at least 16 editions - this commentary is not a work for scholars; but rather a very practical book for the ordinary Catholic.
Written with a view to re-enchanting post-Reformation Catholics with a love for Sacred Scripture and drawing out the multiple connections between the Scriptures and Catholic faith and morals, A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture is both a fascinating read and an unbeatable catechetical resource for adults and children.
The author drew on all his considerable scholarship and pedagogical experience to produce one of the best Biblical commentaries available and one which has remained in print for well over a hundred years. Comprehensive, yet divided into manageable 4-5 page chapters ideal for daily reading, this is a thoroughly orthodox guide with no explaining away of miracles or shying away from difficult questions or unfashionable issues, and always with a view to addressing the essential significance of every episode for the Christian reader. It is the perfect volume for anyone wanting to immerse him-or-herself in the timeless truths of the Book of Books.
Paperback, size 9" x 6", 876 pages, Impr
A Book of Angels
Stories of Angels in the Bible
by Marigold Hunt
Angel stories from the Bible — for children!
Modern believers may be tempted to look upon angels as one of the more fanciful elements of Scripture, but this illuminating and entertaining collection of angel stories from the Bible shows that there are just too many angels for them to be metaphorical, allegorical, or unimportant.
So that children will come to know and learn to revere angels, Marigold Hunt explains what angels are (and are not!) and gathers here in one volume most of the stories of angels in the Bible, including exciting tales of:
- The fallen angels, beginning with the devil himself, tempting Adam and Eve
- The angel who barred the gates of Eden so Adam and Eve could never enter again
- The angels who announced that Sara, Abraham's aged wife, would have a baby
- The angels who tried to save Lot from destruction with the city of Sodom
- The angel who stayed Abraham's hand as he was about to sacrifice his son Isaac
- The angels in Jacob's dream who climbed the stairway to Heaven
- The angels who saved Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago from the fiery furnace
- The angel Raphael, who shielded Tobias from death, and protected his wife Sara
- The angels at the Ascension who chided the apostles for staring at the sky
- The angel Gabriel, who foretold the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist
- The choirs of angels who sang above Bethlehem when Jesus was born
- The angel who carried food to Daniel when he was imprisoned in the lion's den
- The angel who freed Peter from prison, and, of course:
- The countless angels who fill the marvelous pages of the Book of Revelation
Children will be charmed by these exciting tales.
Ages 8+
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 176 pages
Preserving Christian Publications
Since 1609 the Douay-Rheims Bible had been the longest standard Catholic text used in public readings as well as for private reflection.
This reprinted edition is the classic John Murphy Co - P. J. Kenedy and Sons 1914 edition which is based off the 1899 Douay-Rheims text. This reprint is affordable and not too elaborate, yet durable so that it can be used regularly, or purchased as gifts without being too expensive.
Features of this bible:
- Sewn hardcover, imitation leather (Skivertex) available in Black and Red
- Durable end sheets (Permalex) to provide the Bible with a long life without the cover separating from the pages.
- The use of Bible paper makes the book less bulky and more compact.
- Family Record section between the two Testaments.
- An attractive cover with a golden border surrounding the Cross.
Hardcover, size 8.25" x 5.75", 1392 pages
A Textbook of the Old and New Testaments for Catholic Schools
by Fr. George Johnson, Fr. Jerome Hannan, and Sr. M. Dominica, O.S.U.
This book is one of the finest Bible texts for grade school students. Covering both the Old and New Testaments, this history treats each book of the Bible with clarity and precision in a way suitable for students in junior high. The textbook comes complete with:
- 23 maps
- 165 enthralling pictures
- Side notes on each page
- Index
- Pronouncing Vocabulary
- Wording suitable for sixth to eighth grades
Written to a high standard, this text is geared for students in Catholic schools or homeschool. Give your students the best introduction to the Sacred Scriptures they can get with Bible History.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 590 pages
by Fr. Ignatius Schuster, D.D.
Fr. Ignatius Schuster brings the Bible to life in this powerful textbook for students in junior high. Used in Catholic schools for years, Bible History: Of the Old and New Testaments covers thoroughly and enjoyably the most famous events narrated in the Old and New Covenants. Students will have a wonderful time learning about salvation history—while growing in holiness and understanding of the Sacred Scriptures as well.
Nothing is more important to education than catechesis, and within it, there is arguably nothing more important than Scriptural competency. Give your students the best with Fr. Schuster's Bible History, a trusted mainstay for decades.
This text is suitable for use in Catholic grade schools and homeschool from sixth through eighth grades.
Paperback, size 7" x 4.5", 404 pages, 80 beautiful drawings of biblical events
Texts Usually Ignored By Bible Readers
This booklet recalls how Christ's Church existed 350 years before the New Testament was under one cover and over 1400 years before it could be printed; which completely refutes the "Bible Only" theory of today's 33,800 sects. Meanwhile the Protestant Bible itself proves the marks, attributes and basic doctrines of the ancient one-faith-fold-shepherd Church of Christ.
This booklet also has answers to 25 questions on the history of the New Testament which completely refute the "Bible Only" theory.
Booklet, size 8.3" x 5.3", 36 pages
Preserving Christian Publications
Since 1609 the Douay-Rheims Bible had been the longest standard Catholic text used in public readings as well as for private reflection.
This reprinted edition is the classic John Murphy Co - P. J. Kenedy and Sons 1914 edition which is based off the 1899 Douay-Rheims text. This reprint is affordable and not too elaborate, yet durable so that it can be used regularly, or purchased as gifts without being too expensive.
Features of this bible:
- Sewn hardcover, imitation leather (Skivertex) available in Black and Red
- Durable end sheets (Permalex) to provide the Bible with a long life without the cover separating from the pages.
- The use of Bible paper makes the book less bulky and more compact.
- Family Record section between the two Testaments.
- An attractive cover with a golden border surrounding the Cross.
Hardcover, size 8.25" x 5.75", 1392 pages
First Bible Stories for Little Catholics
Teaches children main events from the Bible such as the Beginning, the Great Flood, the Ten Commandments, and more. Complete with illustrations.
Age range 2-10
Paperback, size 6.3" x 5.2", 28 pages, Impr, 1952
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