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Annum sacrum (print edition) by Leo XIIIQuas Primas (print edition) by Pius XIMiserentissimus Redemptor by Pius XIHaurietis aquas (print edition) by Pius XIIDives in misericordia (print edition) by John Paul II
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In this episode, Dr. Shaun Blanchard discusses the Jansenist controversy, its impact, and some of the best books on the subject:
The Provincial Letters by Blaise PascalAdoration and Annihilation: The Convent Philosophy of Port-Royal by John J. Conley S.J.The Wanton Jesuit and the Wayward Saint: A Tale of Sex, Religion, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century France by Mita ChoudhuryeThe Religious Origins of the French Revolution: From Calvin to the Civil Constitution, 1560-1791 by Dale K. Van KleyJansenism: An International Anthology by Shaun Blanchard and Richard T. Yoder
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In 1640, a theological treatise entitled Augustinus was published posthumously. Its subtitle was St. Augustine’s Teaching against the Pelagians and the Massalians on The Health, Sickness, and Medicine of Human Nature. Its author was Cornelius Jansen (1585-1638), who had been a professor at the University of Leuven and Bishop of Ypres, Flanders. In it, Jansen opposed certain Jesuit theologians, such as Luis de Molina, for their conception of grace and divine predestination. He defended instead what he took to be St. Augustine’s doctrine on these matters. Before long, proponents of this school of Augustinianism were branded Jansenists by their opponents. Moreover, very soon they were widespread in France, thanks largely to one of Jansen’s like-minded friends from his student days, Jean du Vergier de Hauranne (1581-1643), better known as the Abbé de...

The books recommended in this episode are:
On God and Christ: The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius by St. Gregory NazianzusThe Wellspring of Worship by Fr. Jean CorbonThree Treatises on the Divine Images by St. John of DamascusCalled to Communion: Understanding the Church Today by Joseph RatzingerThe Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God by Gilles Emery OP
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To commemorate Trinity Sunday this year, it made sense to go through the archive, pick out the books about the Trinity that have been recommeded, and repropose them.
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The books recommended in this episode are:
I Believe in the Holy Spirit by Yves Congar OPThe Sanctifier by Archbishop Luis MartínezSumma theologiae (IaIIae, qq. 68-70) by St. Thomas AquinasCatecheses on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit by Pope FrancisIn the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques Philippe
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The books recommended in this episode are:
A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture by Scott HahnThe Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism: A New Theory of People, Exile, and Israelite Identity by Jason A. StaplesJesus and the Last Supper by Brant PitreActs and the Isaianic New Exodus by David W. PaoGod with Us: Encountering Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew by Edward Sri ...and some extra recommendations...Sin: A History by Gary AndersonWages of Cross-Bearing and Debt of Sin by Nathan Eubanka...

The books recommended in this episode are:
Our Lady of Fatima by William T. WalshThe Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de MontfortTrue Devotion to Mary by St. Louis-Marie Grignion de MontfortThe Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus LigouriCalls from the Message of Fatima by Sister Lucia of Fatima
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