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Episode 125: Catholic Teaching on Judaism - Interview with Gavin D'Costa
The books discussed in this episode are: Vatican II: Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims by Gavin d’Costa Catholic Doctrines on Jews after the Second Vatican Council by Gavin d’Costa From Sinai to Rome: Jewish Identity in the Catholic Church by Angela Costley and Gavin d’Costa Catholic…
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Episode 124: Prudence
The books discussed in this episode are: The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature by Fr. Roland E. Murphy OCarm De officiis (On the Duties of the Clergy) by St. Ambrose Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle Summa theologiae II-II, qq. 47-56 by St. Thomas Aquinas The Virtues by…
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Episode 123: Predestination - Interview with Taylor Patrick O'Neill
The books discussed in this episode are: The Predestination of the Saints and On the Gift of Final Perseverance by St. Augustine Summa theologiae I, q. 23 by St. Thomas Aquinas On Divine Foreknowledge: Part IV of Concordia by Luis de Molina SJ Predestination by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP…
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Episode 122: Catholic Teaching on the Right to Migrate - Interview with Antônio Lemos
The books discussed in this episode are: On the American Indians by Francisco de Vitoria OP Deliberation on the Cause of the Poor by Domingo de Soto OP Exsul Familia by Pius XII Erga migrantes caritas Christi by Pontifical Council For The Pastoral Care Of Migrants And Itinerant People Migrants…
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Episode 121: St. Anselm of Canterbury - Interview with Montague Brown
The books discussed in this episode are: Monologion by St. Anselm Proslogion by St. Anselm Cur Deus homo (Why Did God Become Man?) by St. Anselm De veritate (On Truth) by St. Anselm De concordia (The Compatibility of God's Foreknowledge, Predestination, and Grace with Human Freedom) by St. Anselm...
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Episode 120: The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The books and resources discussed in this episode are: Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Benedict XVI Light on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord by Brian E. Daley SJ The Uncreated Light: An...
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Episode 119: Early Christianity and Urban Evangelisation - Interview with Mike Aquilina
The books discussed in this episode are: Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages edited by Helen C. Evans Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome by Rodney Stark The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks The Christians as the…
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Episode 118: St. Bonaventure - Interview with Randall Smith
The books discussed in this episode are: The Journey of the Soul into God (Itinerarium mentis in Deum) by St. Bonaventure Mystical Opuscula by St. Bonaventure, translated by Jose de Vinck Simply Bonaventure: An Introduction to His Life, Thought, and Writings by Ilia Delio OSF Crucified Love:...
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Episode 117: The Short Stories of Enid Dinnis - Interview with Julia Meszaros
The book discussed in this episode is The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by Enid Dinnis. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/enid-dinnis/ For more...
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Episode 116: The Council of Trent - Interview with Nelson H. Minnich
The books discussed in this episode are: History of the Council of Trent (vol. 1) (vol. 2) (German Edition) by Hubert Jedin Trent: What Happened at the Council by John W. O’Malley SJ The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent edited by Nelson H. Minnich Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils:...
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Episode 115: Christian Maturity - Interview with Fr. John Gavin SJ
The books discussed in this episode are: On the Apostolic Preaching by St. Irenaeus of Lyon The Mystery Hidden for Ages in God by Fr. Paul Quay SJ Instructing Beginners in Faith by St. Augustine On Perfection by St. Gregory of Nyssa The Ascetic Life by St. Maximus the Confessor Five Books for...
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Episode 114: Sacrifice of the Mass - Interview with Fr. Reginald Lynch OP
The books discussed in this episode are: The Mass: The Presence of the Sacrifice of the Cross by Charles Journet Cajetan Responds: A Reader in Reformation Controversy by Jared Wicks SJ Aquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist by Reinhard Hütter Francisco de...
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Episode 113: Trinity Sunday 2025
The works discussed in this episode are: On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great Vindicating the Filioque: The Church Fathers at the Council of Florence by Fr. Thomas Crean OP Ascetic Pneumatology from John Cassian to Gregory the Great by Thomas L. Humphries Jr. On The Trinity (De Trinitate),...
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Episode 112 - The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement, Part Two - Interview with Alan Schreck
The books discussed in this episode are Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion by Mons. Ronald Knox An Invitation to the Spirit Filled Life: The Promise, the Power, Gifts, the Fruit by Charles Whitehead A Key to Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church by Vincent Walsh Riding the…
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Episode 111: St. Basil the Great - Interview with Stephen Hildebrand
The books discussed in this episode are: On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil Homilies on the Six Days of Creation [Hexameron] by St. Basil On Christian Ethics by St. Basil The Long Rules by St. Basil Letters (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by St. Basil Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from...
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Episode 110: Muriel Spark - Interview with Chrisopher J. Scalia
The books discussed in this episode are: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark' Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark All the Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark Muriel Spark: The Biography by Martin Stannard Five Books for Catholics may...
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Episode 109: Metaphysics - Interview with Michael Gorman
The books discussed in this episode are: A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics by Michael Gorman The One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics by Norris W. Clarke Scholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction by Edward Feser Aquinas on Being and Essence: A...
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Episode 108: A Tale of Two Leos: Leo XIV and Leo XIII
The books discussed in this episode are: The Great Encyclicals: Volume One, The Social Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. Clarke The Great Encyclicals: Volume Two, The Spiritual Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. Clarke The Church Speaks...
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Episode 107: Alexander Schmemann - Interview with Andrew TJ Kaetheler
The books discussed in this episode are: For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy by Fr. Alexander Schmemann O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? by Fr. Alexander Schmemann Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Fr. Alexander Schmemann The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr....
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Episode 106: Pope Francis
The books discussed in this episode are: Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ by Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium by Pope Francis Misericordiae vultus and Misericordia et misera by Pope Francis Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home by Pope Francis The Mind of…
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Episode 105: Fifth Week of Lent 2025 - Duccio di Buoninsegna's Paintings of the Passion
The book recommended in this episode is: Duccio di Buoninsegna by Cecilia Jannella Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the article at...
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Episode 104: Fourth Week of Lent - Lenten Music by Palestrina
This week's recommendation is Palestrina 6 performed by the The Sixteen. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/lenten-music-by-palestrina/ For more...
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Episode 103: Third Week of Lent 2025 - Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent
The book discussed in this episode is Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at...
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Episode 102: Second Week of Lent 2025 - T.S. Eliot's Ash-Wednesday
The book discussed in this episode is: Ash-Wednesday by T.S. Eliot. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/t-s-eliots-ash-wednesday/ For more interviews…
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Episode 101: First Week of Lent 2025 - St. Bernard's Sermons for Lent
The book discussed in this episode is: Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season by St. Bernard of Clairvaux Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at...
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Episode 100: St. John Cassian - Interview with Thomas Humphries
The books recommended in this episode are: The Institutes by St. John Cassian The Conferences by St. John Cassian On the Incarnation of Christ: Against the Heretic Nestorius by St. John Cassian Cassian the Monk by Columba Stewart John Cassian by Owen Chadwick Five Books for Catholics may receive…
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Episode 99: Learning Latin - Interview with Charles G. Kim
The books discussed in this episode are: Biblia Sacra Vulgata De imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ) by Thomas À Kempis Collationes in orationem dominicam (Sermon-Conferences on the Our Father) by St. Thomas Aquinas Sermones de tempore (Sermons for the Liturgical Year) by St. Augustine...
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Episode 98: Creation and Evolution - Interview with Matthew Ramage
The books discussed in this episode are: Faith, Science, and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge by Christopher T. Baglow Thomistic Evolution: A Catholic Approach to Understanding Evolution in the Light of Faith by Nicanor Pier Giorgio OP et al. Creation through Evolution: New Perspectives from...
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Episode 97: The Order of Love
The books discussed in this episode are: The Song of Songs, Commentary and Homilies by Origen of Alexandria On Christian Teaching (De doctrina christiana) by St. Augustine Questions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46 by St. Thomas Aquinas, edited by Robert...
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Episode 96: Learning Ancient Greek - Interview with Michael Boler
The books recommended in this episode are: Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek: A Unified Approach by Michael Boler A Reader's Greek New Testament: Third Edition by Richard J. Goodrich and Albert L. Lukaszewski A Patristic Greek Reader by Rodney A. Whitacre A Student Handbook of…
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Episode 95: Theology of Religions - Interview with Fr. Sameer Advani LC
The books discussed in this episode are: Lumen gentium and Nostra aetate by Second Vatican Council Dominus Iesus, Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church by Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Salvation Outside the Church: Tracing the History of...
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Episode 94: Pelagianism - Interview with Andrew Chronister
The books discussed in this episode are: Answer to the Pelagians I by St. Augustine The Pelagian Controversy: An Introduction to the Enemies of Grace and the Conspiracy of Lost Souls by Stuart Squires Religion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine by Peter Brown The Heart of Perfection: How…
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Episode 93: Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP - Interview with Matthew Minerd
The books discussed in this episode are: Knowing the Love of God by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP Three Conversions in the Spiritual Life by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP Providence: God's Loving Care for Men and the Need for Confidence in Almighty God by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP On Divine...
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Episode 92: Chinese Catholicism - Interview with Joshua R. Brown
The books discussed in this episode are: The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven by Matteo Ricci SJ Yang Tingyun, Confucian and Christian in Late Ming China: His Life and Thought by Nicholas Standaert Ways of Confucius and of Christ: From Prime Minister of China to Benedictine Monk by Dom...
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Episode 91: Sacramental Theology - Interview with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang
The books discussed in this episode are: The Sacramental Mystery by Fr. Paul Haffner Touched by Christ: The Sacramental Economy by Lawrence Feingold General Principles of Sacramental Theology by Roger Nutt Introduction to Sacramental Theology: Signs of Christ in the Flesh by Fr. José Granados…
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Episode 90: Fourth Week of Advent, 2024 - T.S. Eliot's Ariel Poems
The recommended book in this episode is Ariel Poems by T.S. Eliot. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at…
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Episode 89: Third Week of Advent (2024) - Saint-Saens's Christmas Oratorio
This week recommendation is a CD: the Christmas Oratorio of Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921). Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the article at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/third-week-of-advent-2024/...
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Episode 88: The Second Week of Advent, 2024
The book discussed in this episode is: The Nativity: Themes in Art by Jeremy Wood. Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/second-week-of-advent-2024/ For...
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Episode 87: First Week of Advent 2024 - St Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season
The book discussed in this episode is: Sermons for Advent and the Christmas Season by St. Bernard of Clairvaux Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed. Read the interview at...
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Episode 86: Aurel Kolnai - Interview with Graham McAleer
The books discussed in this episode are: On Disgust by Aurel Kolnai The War Against the West by Aurel Kolnai Privilege and Liberty and Other Essays in Political Philosophy by Aurel Kolnai Ethics, Value, and Reality by Aurel Kolnai The Utopian Mind and Other Papers: A Critical Study in Moral and...
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Episode 85: The Symphonies of Anton Bruckner
The recordings recommended in this episode are: Complete Symphonies Rundfunk-Symponieorchester Saarbrücken, conducted by Stanisław Skrowaczewski Symphony No. 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gunther Wand Symphony No. 7 Vienne Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Böhm Symphony…
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Episode 84: The Confessions of St. Augustine - Interview with Jared Ortiz
The books discussed in this episode are: Confessions translated with introduction and notes by Thomas Williams The Conversion of Augustine by Romano Guardini Augustine: Conversion to Confessions by Robin Lane Fox A Reader's Companion to Augustine's Confessions edited by Kim Paffenroth and Robert...
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Episode 83: Dignitatis humanae and Religious Liberty - Interview with Michael Dunnigan
The books discussed in this episode are: Mirari vos, Quanta Cura (print edition), Immortale Dei, Libertas (print edition) by Gregory XVI, Pius IX, Leo XIII Religious Liberty and Contraception by Fr. Brian Harrison We Hold These Truths and More: Further Catholic Reflections on the American...
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Episode 82: Purgatory and Prayer for the Deceased - Interview with Fr. Luke Wilgenbusch
The books discussed in this episode are: Purgation and Purgatory by St. Catherine of Genoa Life Everlasting and the Immensity of the Soul by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP On Purgatory: The Members of the Church Suffering by St. Robert Bellarmine The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Saved in Hope...
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Episode 81: The Sacred Music of Anton Bruckner
The works discussed in this episode are Bruckner's: Requiem, Psalms 114 and 112 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, directed by Łuckasz Borowicz The Masses Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, directed by Eugen Jochum Motets Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short Te Deum Chor des Bayrischen...
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Episode 80: Apologetics and Protestant Objections - Interview with Trent Horn
The books discussed in this episode are: Catechism of the Catholic Church by John Paul II The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections by Trent Horn The Apostolic Fathers Teaching with Authority: How to Cut Through Doctrinal Confusion & Understand What the...
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Episode 79: Gregorian Chant - Interview with Jennifer Donelson-Nowicka
The books discussed in this episode are: Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper The Musical Shape of the Liturgy by William Peter Mahrt Graduale Romanum Medieval Music and the Art of Memory by Anna Maria Busse Berger That All May Sing (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by Justine Ward In addition, the...
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Episode 78: The Council of Florence - Interview with Fr. Thomas Crean OP
The books discussed in this episode are: The Council of Florence by Joseph Gill Personalities of the Council of Florence by Joseph Gill The Filioque: History of a Doctrinal Controversy by. A. Edward Siecienski The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortescue Rome and the Eastern Churches: A Study…
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Episode 77: Angels
The books discussed in this episode are: Celestial Hierarchy by Pseudo-Dionysius The Angels and their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church by Jean Daniélou SJ Angels and Demons: A Catholic Introduction by Serge-Thomas Bonino OP World Invisible: The Catholic Doctrine of the Angels by…
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Episode 76: St. John of Cross - Interview with Edward Howells
The books discussed in this episode are: The poem "One dark night" (En una noche oscura) by St. John of the Cross The Ascent of Mount Carmel (Prologue, Diagram, and Picture) by St. John of the Cross The Spiritual Canticle by St. John of the Cross The Living Flame of Love by St. John of the Cross...
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