Messaggero di Sant’Antonio, 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1,324 pages. Condizione: leggermente ingiallita, qualche macchia, nessuna sottolineatura. I Sermoni possono considerarsi la summa della scienza biblica e teologica e dell’azione pastorale di sant’Antonio. Un volume utile per chiunque voglia entrare in diretto contatto con la predicazione, il pensiero, la spiritualità del santo. €10.00
Category: Catholic Theology
Secret Memoirs of a Renaissance Pope, Piccolomini (Pius II, 1458-1464)
The Commentaries of Aeneas Sylvius. Trans. Florence Grragg. Folio Society, ©1988. Hardcover, 373 pages. 10 plates. Think of Siena – the Piccolomini chapel. This book gives all the background to the stories painted there as well as describing Siena’s relationship with Florence, Mantua and Milan; famous personalities such as Cardinal Bessarion is mentioned frequently, as is Ferrante, King of Naples,…
The Roots of Science and its Fruits
Peter Hodgson. Saint Austin Press, 2002. Softcover, 222 pages. This book is especially important for its exploration of the Catholic church’s unique contribution to the natural sciences. The topics covered include the role of the Christian scientist, the urgency of accepting nuclear power – and much more. €5.00
A Gospel Harmony
Using the Confraternity Edition of the New Testament. Rev. John E. Steinmueller, S.T.D. Sadlier, Inc, ©1942. Hard cover, 166 pages. Steinmueller again, so the introduction is going to be all about explaining – the Synoptic Problem and the various theories, When was Jesus Born, the Month and Day, etc. A book for anyone wanting to understand the gospels better. A…
Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, Large Print Edition
Thomas O. Lambdin. Charles Scribner’s Sons, ©1971. Hardcover, 345 pages. WITH photocopied and bound Annotated Key by H.G.M. Williamson. JSOT Manuals 3. ©1996. If you study at the Biblicum, you need this book. If you get the regular print version, you will be sorry. PLUS – you get all the answers in the separate book. €30.
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith
The Triumph of Beauty and Truth in Counter-Reformation Art. Elizabeth Lev. Sophia Institute, ©2018. Paperback, 310 pp. Desperate to restore the peace and recover the unity of Faith, Catholic theologians clarified and reaffirmed Catholic doctrines, but turned as well to another form of evangelization: the Arts. Convinced that to win over the unlettered, the best place to fight heresy was…
Caravaggio
Patrick Hunt. Haus Publishing, London, ©2004. Softcover, 162 pages. Underlining and occasional extra notes by me. Concise, all the data you need. €5.
The Fifteenth Century Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel
Recent Restorations, Volume IV. Jorge Maria Cardinal Mejia, Arnold Nesselrath e others. Vatican City State, ©2003. Softcover, 249 pages. 222 colour photographs, 7 b/w photographs, 12 diagrams. Completely dedicated to the restoration of the frescoes depicting episodes in the lives of Christ and Moses, painted on the side walls of the Sistine Chapel by some of the greatest artists of…
Enchiridion Biblicum. Documenti della Chiesa sulla Sacra Scrittura
Ediz. Bilingue (è trilinguale – anche in Greco!). Traduttore: S. Bittasi, L. Ravaglia, Curatore: A. Filippi, E. Lora, Editore: EDB, Anno edizione: 1994 Pagine: 1361 + Index, 86 pp. p., Rilegato (hardcover) A cinquant’anni dall’enciclica Divino afflante Spiritu di Pio XII, e a un secolo dalla Providentissimus Deus di Leone XII, si sono voluti raccogliere in un unico volume i…
Guida allo Studio del Greco / Guida allo Studio dell’Ebraico
Guida allo Studio del Greco del Nuovo Testamento. Carlo Buzzetti, Girolama de Luca, Giorgio Massi. Società Biblica Britannica e Forestiera, 2002. Hardcover, 441pp. Inoltre è inclusa una fotocopia pulita del libretto delle risposte. €20. Guida allo Studio dell’Ebraico Biblico. Giovanni Deiana. Ambrogio Spreafico, Jan Alberto Soggin. Urbaniana Univ. Press, 2002. Hardcover, 225pp. Usual student notes. Poor student price –…