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Aquinas Ethicus: The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas Vol. 1 – St. Thomas Acquinas

St. Thomas is not only the king of theologians, but the prince of moralists, and it has seemed a pity that his own words on matters of daily practice should have been so long inaccessible to the English reader. Technical Latin is not attractive to those who are unversed in it, and the student of ethics might be easily bewildered by the large admixture of speculative theology in the Summa.
In this translation the separation of ethics from theology has been carried out in the main, and the English has been made as simple as the subject-matter permits. This is volume one out of two and … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

The City of God – St. Augustine of Hippo

De Civitate Dei, in English known as The City of God, is a classic of Christian philosophy written by Augustine of Hippo in the early 5th century AD. It is one of his major works, him being considered the most influential Father of the Church in Western Christianity. The The City of God profoundly shaped Western civilization. The treatise was written to explain Christianity’s relationship with competing religions and philosophies, as well as its relationship with the Roman government, with which it was increasingly intertwined.  

The City of God

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The City of God.

ISBN: 9783849693718

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Biography of St. Augustine of Hippo

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The Ecclesiastical History of England – The Honorable Bede

Bede’s best-known work is the Ecclesiastical History of England. Completed in about 731, it consists of five books, in which he sketches the history of England from Caesar’s invasion in 55 B.C. through St. Augustine’s missions, the development of Christianity in Kent and the Council of Whitby up to his own days.

The Ecclesiastical History of England

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The Ecclesiastical History of England.

ISBN: 9783849698591

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An overview of the book (from Wikipedia):

The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, or An Ecclesiastical History of the English People is Bede’s best-known work, completed in about 731. The first of the five books begins with some geographical background … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...