Anthony1-min
Catholic Theology, Saints' Lives, Scripture Study, Scritto in italiano, Written in Italian

I Sermoni Sant’Antonio di Padova

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    

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Catholic Theology, Rome, Tour Guide Interest, Uncategorized

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,…

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Catholic Theology, Scripture Study

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…

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Art History, Catholic Theology, Rome, Saints' Lives, Tour Guide Interest

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…

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Art History, Catholic Theology, Tour Guide Interest

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…

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Catholic Theology, Scripture Languages, Scripture Study, Scritto in italiano, Written in Italian

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…

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Catholic Theology, Scripture Languages, Scripture Study

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 –…

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