Five Books for Catholics

Mar 23 2025 104 ep. 25 mins 10
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Welcome to the Five Books for Catholics podcast, where experts explain their pick of five outstanding books on an aspect of Catholic life, doctrine, or culture. Visit the website at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com

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Episode 103: Third Week of Lent 2025 - Alexander Schmemann's Great Lent

Mar 23 2025 10 mins  
The book discussed in this episode is Great Lent: Journey to Pascha by Alexander Schmemann.Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/alexander-schmemanns-great-lent/For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠⁠Sig

Episode 102: Second Week of Lent 2025 - T.S. Eliot's Ash-Wednesday

Mar 16 2025 10 mins  
The book discussed in this episode is:  Ash-Wednesday by T.S. Eliot.Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/t-s-eliots-ash-wednesday/For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠⁠Sign up ⁠to receive updates

Episode 101: First Week of Lent 2025 - St. Bernard's Sermons for Lent

Mar 09 2025 13 mins  
The book discussed in this episode is: Sermons for Lent and the Easter Season by St. Bernard of ClairvauxFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/lent-st-bernard/For more interviews like this, visit ⁠www.fivebooksforcatholics.com⁠⁠Sign u

Episode 100: St. John Cassian - Interview with Thomas Humphries

Mar 06 2025 31 mins  
The books recommended in this episode are:The Institutes by St. John CassianThe Conferences by St. John CassianOn the Incarnation of Christ: Against the Heretic Nestorius by St. John CassianCassian the Monk by Columba StewartJohn Cassian by Owen ChadwickFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Re

Episode 99: Learning Latin - Interview with Charles G. Kim

Feb 27 2025 29 mins  
The books discussed in this episode are:Biblia Sacra VulgataDe imitatione Christi (The Imitation of Christ) by Thomas À KempisCollationes in orationem dominicam (Sermon-Conferences on the Our Father) by St. Thomas AquinasSermones de tempore (Sermons for the Liturgical Year) by St. AugustineEpitome Historiae Sacrae by Fr. Charles François Lhommond...and for a Latin textook....Eccl

Episode 98: Creation and Evolution - Interview with Matthew Ramage

Feb 20 2025 32 mins  
The books discussed in this episode are:Faith, Science, and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge by Christopher T. BaglowThomistic Evolution: A Catholic Approach to Understanding Evolution in the Light of Faith by Nicanor Pier Giorgio OP et al.Creation through Evolution: New Perspectives from Thomistic Philosophy and Theology edited by Nicanor Pier Giorgio OPTheistic Evolution: A C

Episode 97: The Order of Love

Feb 13 2025 22 mins  
The books discussed in this episode are:The Song of Songs, Commentary and Homilies by Origen of AlexandriaOn Christian Teaching (De doctrina christiana) by St. AugustineQuestions on Love and Charity: Summa Theologiae, Secunda Secundae, Questions 23–46 by St. Thomas Aquinas, edited by Robert MinerThe Church Speaks to the Modern World: The Social Teachings of Leo XIII by Leo XIII a

Episode 96: Learning Ancient Greek - Interview with Michael Boler

Feb 06 2025 21 mins  
The books recommended in this episode are:Introduction to Classical and New Testament Greek: A Unified Approach by Michael BolerA Reader's Greek New Testament: Third Edition by Richard J. Goodrich and Albert L. LukaszewskiA Patristic Greek Reader by Rodney A. WhitacreA Student Handbook of Greek and English Grammar by Robert Mondi and Peter L. CorriganA Greek-English Lexicon of the

Episode 95: Theology of Religions - Interview with Fr. Sameer Advani LC

Jan 30 2025 33 mins  
The books discussed in this episode are:Lumen gentium and Nostra aetate by Second Vatican CouncilDominus Iesus, Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church by Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithSalvation Outside the Church: Tracing the History of the Catholic Response by Francis Sullivan SJChristianity and World Religions: Disputed Que

Episode 94: Pelagianism - Interview with Andrew Chronister

Jan 23 2025 31 mins  
The books discussed in this episode are:Answer to the Pelagians I by St. AugustineThe Pelagian Controversy: An Introduction to the Enemies of Grace and the Conspiracy of Lost Souls by Stuart SquiresReligion and Society in the Age of Saint Augustine by Peter BrownThe Heart of Perfection: How the Saints Taught Me to Trade My Dream of Perfect for God's by Colleen Carroll CampbellAugus