Author: A. G. Sertillanges
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: methods, conditions, spirit, life, intellectual
Number of Pages: 266
Published: 1987-05
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0813206464
ISBN-13: 9780813206462

This edition includes a new foreword by James V. Schall, S.J. Sertillanges asks in the preface of the 1934 edition of The Intellectual Life: "Do you want to do intellectual work?" He follows with the prescription: "Begin by creating within you a zone of silence, a habit of recollection, a will of renunciation and detachment which puts you entirely at the disposal of work; acquire that state of soul unburdened by desire and self-will which is the state of grace of the intellectual worker. Without that you will do nothing, at least nothing worth while." First published in 1920, thi

Authors:Giovanni Reale, John R. Catan, Richard Davies, John R
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: plato, interpretation, new
Number of Pages: 500
Published: 1997-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0813208548
ISBN-13: 9780813208541

This text sets out the history of Plato studies and illuminates many otherwise obscure passages within Plato’s dialogues. Seeking to make sense of testimonies that have often seemed to be unreliable, it aims to produce a harmonised "Theory of Principles".

Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: church, fathers, john, gospel, tractates
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 1988-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0813213606
ISBN-13: 9780813213606

Author: Roy J. Deferrari
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: church, fathers, treatises
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1958-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0813215129
ISBN-13: 9780813215129

Author: John F. Collins
Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: latin, ecclesiastical, primer
Number of Pages: 451
Published: 1985-08
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0813206677
ISBN-13: 9780813206677

Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: life, eternal, death, eschatology
Number of Pages: 307
Published: 2007-10-07
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0813215161
ISBN-13: 9780813215167

Originally published in English in 1988, Joseph Ratzinger’s Eschatology remains internationally recognized as a leading text on the "last things"--heaven and hell, purgatory and judgment, death and the immortality of the soul. This highly anticipated second edition includes a new preface by Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI and a supplement to the bibliography by theologian Peter A. Casarella. Eschatology presents a balanced perspective of the doctrine at the center of Christian belief--the Church’s faith in eternal life. Recognizing the task of contemporary eschat

Authors:Alexis de Tocqueville, Emmet J. Larkin,
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: ireland, journey, tocqueville, alexis
Number of Pages: 157
Published: 1990-05
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0813207193
ISBN-13: 9780813207193