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Free Download Marcus Moberg, "Church, Market, and Media: A Discursive Approach to Institutional Religious Change"
English | ISBN: 1474280579 | 2017 | 216 pages | PDF | 1136 KB
Marcus Moberg offers a new model of religion and religious life in the post-war era, through focusing on the role of markets and media as vectors of contemporary social and cultural change – and therefore institutional religious change. While there is wide agreement among sociologists of religion that there this area is transforming on a global scale, there is less agreement about how these changes should best be approached and conceptualized.

Free Download Living the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Vol. 4: Paths of Prayer By Christoph Schönborn
2003 | 130 Pages | ISBN: 0898709563 | EPUB | 1 MB
Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, the editor of the monumental Catechism of the Catholic Church, a world wide best seller, provides a brief and profound commentary on the fourth part of the Catechism, the Paths of Prayer. Schonborn gives an incisive, detailed analysis of the Paths of Prayer, providing a specific meditation for each week of the year on how to develop a deeper life of prayer, as explained in the Catechism. Through these 52 meditations, Schonborn’s hope is for the reader not just to have a better grasp of Catholic prayer in its various forms, with a special emphasis on the Lord’s Prayer. This book will aid one’s growth in a greater love of and devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ.

Free Download Living the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Vol. 3: Life in Christ By Christoph Schönborn; Michael J. Miller
2001 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 0898708354 | EPUB | 1 MB
"Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, the editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, provides a brief commentary on the third part of the Catechism, "Life in Christ". Schonborn gives an analysis of living the Christian life, providing a specific meditation for each week of the year on how better to live the Catholic faith as laid out in the Catechism."–BOOK JACKET.

Free Download Living the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Vol. 2: The Sacraments By Christoph Schönborn
2000 | 137 Pages | ISBN: 0898707277 | EPUB | 1 MB
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the editor of the monumentalCatechism of the Catholic Church, a worldwide best seller, provides a brief and profound commentary on the second part of theCatechism, the sacraments. Schönborn gives an incisive, detailed analysis of the sacraments, providing a specific meditation for each week of the year on how to better live the Catholic faith with the aid of the sacraments and the Mass, and explained in theCatechism. Through these 52 meditations, Schönborn’s hope is for the reader to not just have a better grasp of the Catholic doctrine and belief, but especially to grow in a greater love of and devotion to the person of Jesus Christ."Faith is a whole. It has only one heart, one center, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God. Christ must therefore also be the center of catechesis whose object is ‘putting people…in communion…with Jesus Christ; only He can lead us to the love of the Father in the Spirit". -Cardinal Christoph Schönborn

Free Download Living the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Vol. 1: The Creed By Christoph Schönborn; David Kipp
1995 | 162 Pages | ISBN: 0898705606 | EPUB | 1 MB
Bishop Schonborn, the editor of the monumental Catechism of the Catholic Church, a worldwide best seller, provides a brief and profound commentary on the first part of the Catechism, the Creed. Schonborn gives an incisive, detailed analysis of the Creed, providing a specific meditation for each week of the year on how to better live the Catholic faith as expressed in the Creed and explained in the Catechism. Through these 52 meditations, Schonborn’s hope is for the reader to not just have a better grasp of Catholic doctrine and belief, but especially to grow in a greater love of and devotion to the person of Jesus Christ.

Free Download Sara E. Braca, "When the Church Burns Down, Cancel the Wedding: Adventures from the Other Half of Single"
English | ASIN : B0BF35JC45 | 2022 | 220 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Hilarious, inspiring, and thoroughly authentic, Sara E. Braca’s debut memoir takes readers along on her post-divorce adventures around the world, sharing a life lived fully – if untraditionally – and proving that joy can always be found in unexpected places.

Free Download Catholic Church and the Bible By Peter Stravinskas
1996 | 134 Pages | ISBN: 0898705886 | EPUB | 1 MB
Are Catholics biblical illiterates? So goes the frequent question, proving that myths die hard. But Catholics ought to be able to answer the charge made by many non-Catholics in this regard. This book is a response to Fundamentalist critics and an explanation of the Catholic biblical tradition. The Catholic Church and the Bible is a significant scriptural study guide, published from a Catholic perspective and particularly keyed to the new Catechism of the Catholic Church. The well-planned, straight forward text is clearly outlined to make information easy to find and understand. Main topics include: The Catholic understanding of the Bible God’s Word and its purpose in the Church A biblical theology of the Mass, the place of the Bible in the Sacred Liturgy A question-and-answer section that deals with pertinent and popular inquiries made by Catholics and non-Catholics alike This work should be heartily welcomed by both clergy and laity, for Father Stravinskas sheds new light on Catholic Bible study by writing with candor, clarity and scriptural backing. This is ideal for use in Catholic high schools and in parish RCIA programs. Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas is the well-known editor of the Catholic Answer magazine, is a contributing editor to the National Catholic Register, and has written over 500 articles for numerous Catholic publications. He has also authored or edited eighteen other books and has been a Professor of Theology and of Education at St. John’s University and Seton Hall. Table of Contents: The Word of the Lord The Church’s Scriptures A Biblical Theology of the Mass Mass Prayers, Biblical Prayers "What About…?" Appendix A: Catholic Biblical Resources Appendix B: Seven Principles Essential to Fundamentalism

Free Download C.S. Lewis and the Catholic Church By Joseph Pearce
2004 | 175 Pages | ISBN: 0898709792 | EPUB | 1 MB
There are many Protestants and Catholics who have been deeply affected and spirituality changed by the writings of C.S. Lewis, including many converts to Catholicism who credit C.S. Lewis for playing a significant role in their conversion. But the ironic and perplexing fact is that Lewis himself, while "Catholic" in may aspects of his faith and devotion, never became a Roman Catholic. Many have wondered why. Joseph Pearce, highly regarded literary biographer and great admirer of Lewis, is the ideal writer to try to answer that question. The relationship of Lewis to the Roman Catholic Church is an important and intriguing topic of interest to both Catholics and Protestants. Pearce delves into all the issues, questions, and factors regarding this puzzling question. He gives a broad and detailed analysis of the historical, biographical, theological, and literary pieces of this puzzle. His findings set forth the objective shape of Lewis’s theological and spiritual works in their relation to the Catholic Church. This well-written book brings new insights into a great Christian writer, and it should spark lively discussion among Lewis readers and bring about a better understanding of the spiritual beliefs of C.S. Lewis. "Joseph Pearce has tackled the great Unasked Question and produced an answer with both muscle and heart. How good an answer? Daring, authoritative, discriminating; intellectually daunting and vastly suggestive. This book is a banquet of argument so provocative, important and inviting that the master himself would find it irresistible. What wouldn’t I give to watch Lewis dig in!" -James Como, Author, Branches to Heaven: The Geniuses of C.S. Lewis

Free Download Theories of Doctrinal Development in the Catholic Church by Michael Seewald, David West
English | March 23, 2023 | ISBN: 1009272004 | 240 pages | PDF | 1.16 Mb
The contemporary Catholic Church finds itself in deep crisis as it questions which elements are essential to the Catholic faith, and which can be changed. Bringing a longue durée perspective to this issue, Michael Seewald historicizes the problem and investigates how theologians of the past addressed it in light of the challenges that they faced in their time. He explores the intense intellectual efforts made by theologians to explain how new components were added to Christian doctrine over time, and that dogma has always been subject to change. Acknowledging the historic cleavage between ‘conservatives’ who refer to tradition, and reformers, who formulate their arguments to address contemporary needs, Seewald shows that Catholic thought is intellectually expansive, enabling the Church to be transformed in order to meet the challenges of the present day. His book demonstrates how theology has dealt with the realization that there is a simultaneity of continuity and discontinuity in doctrinal matters.

Free Download P. R. Coleman-Norton, "Roman State & Christian Church Volume 1: A Collection of Legal Documents to A.D. 535"
English | ISBN: 1532666152 | 2018 | 448 pages | PDF | 45 MB
This collection of legal documents affecting the Christian Church in the Roman Empire is the first its kind in any language.