The Complete Biblical Library: New Testament Study Bible – Acts. International Editor, Thoralf Gilbrant. International and Interdenominational Bible Study System – i.e., Protestant. ©1991. Hardcover, 732 pages. Weighs 1,620 grams. Mouse not included – just to show relative size. You want this for the Greek/English Interlinear aspect. The commentary doesn’t go out of its way to be anti-Catholic – for…
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In the Light of Apollo
Italian Renaissance and Greece, Vol. 1. National Gallery, 2003. cm.23×31, pp. 583. peso 2.750 kilo. €15. Paintings, sculptures, bronze statuettes, wedding chests, medals, plaquettes, illustrated manuscripts, majolicas, and rare and valuable objects such as cameos and seals from the Medici treasures captured the magic of the Renaissance, marked by its longing for the Greek antiquity. Legendary heroes of this great…
Tesoro Italia. Il patrimonio negato
Touring Club Italiano, 2014. Hardcover, 288 color pagine. peso 1,375 grammi, oversized. €10. Review: https://www.sololibri.net/Tesoro-Italia-Il-patrimonio-negato.html
Theological Virtues: On Faith
R. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. B. Herder, 1965. Hardcover with dustjacket, 480 pages. No marks, pages yellowed on outside edges, but not inside. weighs 940 grams. €20. This book is so beautiful, such a masterpiece, that it is difficult for me to convey just to what extent. In this book, Father Garrigou-Lagrange gives a deep theological treatise on the theological virtue of…
La bellezza che salva
La bellezza che salva. L’estetica in Tommaso D’Aquino. Pablo Santiago Zambruno. EDI, 2008. Softcover, 164 pagine. Some underlining in pen in the 1st part of the book, up to page 41. €5. Dio, con l’atto d’amore che è la creazione, ha reso le creature “belle” e il caos trasformato in cosmo è un riflesso della sua bellezza; così tutte le…
Free From All Error
Authorship, Inerrancy, Historicity of Scripture, Church Teaching and Modern Scripture Scholars. Fr. William G. Most. Prow books, 1985. Paperback, 196 pages. Slight yellowing, some underlying in pencil. €5. Ideal for college students and those working within a Catholic framework, Free From All Error explains, from the perspective of Church teaching, such things as the historical accounts in the various books…
Relics. What They Are and Why They Matter
Joan Carroll Cruz. Our Sunday Visitor, 1984. Softcover, 308 pages. 8 pages of color photos with additional b/w. €5. Scripture speaks of miracles wrought through relics: a dead man was raised when Elisha’s bones touched him, and the clothing of Jesus and His apostles healed the sick. In the early Church, Masses were celebrated over the bones of the martyrs,…
Le nozze di Cana
Incidenze cristologico-mariane del primo “segno” di Gesù (Gv. 2,1-12). Aristide Serra. Edizioni Messaggero Padova, 2009. Softcover, 599 pagine. Some underlining in pencil. €15. ARISTIDE SERRA, frate sacerdote dell’Ordine dei Servi di Santa Maria, è dottore in teologia e in Scienze Bibliche. Da diversi anni è docente di Sacra Scrittura al ‘Marianum’ di Roma. Dedica particolare attenzione alle tradizioni bibliche sulla…
Io Solo Il Tuo Dio
Io Solo Il Tuo Dio. Il monoteismo nel Pentateuco. Sebastiano Pinto. Cittadella, 2016. Softcover, 160 pagine. student notes and underlining throughout. €5. Come nasce la fede in YHWH? Quando è diventato il solo Dio d’Israele? Perché esige la guerra o il sacrificio umano? Muovendo dalla lettura di alcuni testi del Pentateuco, si prende atto che monoteismo e coscienza dell’elezione procedono…
Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts
The Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts. Fr. H. O’Laverty, B.A. TAN Books, 1987 edition. Softcover, 198 pages. €5. One of the truly remarkable Catholic books the reader will ever encounter and is much more than a book about Mary. Mother of God and Her Glorious Feasts gives a complete view of the Catholic way of life and is…