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The Correspondence of James Peter Coghlan (1731-1800).

By: Blom, Frans with Jos Blom, Frans Korsten and Geoffrey Scott. (editors).

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK., Boydell Press / Catholic Record Society.: 2007

Seller ID: 26423

ISBN: 0902832239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; xlv - 456 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. "James Peter Coghlan was the chief English Catholic printer, publisher and bookseller of the second half of the eighteenth century. It was mainly through him that the English Catholics were provided with an extensive polemical, catechetical, pastoral and devotional literature of their own". Illustrated with 12 black and white plates of reproductions. Twenty-one page 'BKS' list, 4 page select bibliography and a 16 page index of persons, selected places and institutions at the back. The book appears to have...
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The Contribution of Monastic Life to the Church and the World: Essays in Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Mount Saviour Monastery.

By: Boler, Martin and Anthony J. Cernera. (editors).

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Fairfield, Connecticut., Sacred Heart University Press.: 2006

Seller ID: 30433

ISBN: 1888112123

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13.5 cm.; viii - 199 pp. Brown cloth over boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with 14 pages of black and white photographs in a center section entitled "Mount Saviour Monastery: A Photogrpahic Record". The monastery is located in Pine City, upstate New York, about 90 kilometres due west of Binghampton and 60 kilometres south west of Ithaca. Contents: 1 - "The Meaning and Purpose of this Benedictine Moment" by Jerome Kodell, 2 - "Common Origins, 1922-1937" by Gottfried Burkhard Neunheuser, 3 - "The Influence of Maria Laach on Mount Saviour Monastery" by Mart...
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Pioneering in the West: Memories of His Life and Experiences in the West with the Franciscans.

By: Boniface OFM., Father.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia., Alverna Distributors / Evergreen Press.: 1957

Seller ID: 31591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo - 20.5 x 14 cm.; xiv - 277 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and the front board. The front paste down end paper is mapped with the missions noted. Fr. Boniface (born 1880) joined the Franciscans in 1902 entering the monastery novitiate in Amiens, France. Consecrated a priest in 1908 at the cathedral church in Quebec City, he left shortly afterwards for the "Golden West" serving mainly in that part of Alberta north of Edmonton and in the vicinity of the North Saskatchewan River. Illustrated with many black and white photographs with a short chronology of the development of th...
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Rechtsgeschichtlich-Diplomatische Studien Zu Fruhmittlealterlichen Papsturkunden

By: Boshof, Egon and Heinz Wolter

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Koln Wien, Bohlau Verlag.: 1976

Seller ID: 23914

ISBN: 3412044768

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; 157 pp. Text is in German. Footnotes, index. A clean, sturdy volume with usual library markings and attachments. ; Ex-Library
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de rots - Zestig Jaar Katholicisme in Nederland. Number 7/8, July/August 1981.

By: Bots SJ., Dr. J.

Price: $4.80

Publisher: Venlo, Netherlands., De Rots.: 1981

Seller ID: 21205

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; 192 pp. Very minor shelf wear to the covers with marginalia noted - a few pencil tick margins in the margins.
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Histoire de la spiritualité chretiénne, tome I: La spiritualité du Nouveau Testament et des Pères. (nouvelle édition revisée et augmentée).

By: Bouyer, Louis. (de l'Oratoire).

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Paris, France., Aubier.: 1956

Seller ID: 24887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

8vo - 21.5 x 13 cm.; 647 pp. The text is in French. Patterned gray/white paper over boards with red lettering on the spine and the front board. This is volume I of the 4 volume set of Bouyer's opus and was first published in 1918. Four indices are present: Index des sujets traités, Index biblique, Index des auteurs anciens, Index des auteurs modernes.The spine is darkened, the lower fore corners are bumped and the spine tips show mild wear. Otherwise the book is very clean with a tight binding. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.
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History of the Catholic Church. Third edition 1919, with maps.

By: Brother Gustavus. (Brothers of Mary).

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Clayton, Missouri., The Brothers Of Mary / Chaminade College.: 1919

Seller ID: 27753

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

12mo - 19 x 12.5 cm.; 252 pp. Green cloth over boards with black lettering on spine and front board. The approbations are those from 1915. Designed for students in the seventh and eighth grades in parochial schools. Fourteen pages of notes though more of a glossary followed by 12 page index. The library markings are a stamp on the front paste down end paper with a library catalogue number on the lower spine. The externals show mild to moderate wear to the board corners and the spine tips. Otherwise clean with a tight binding.; Ex-Library
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The Community of the Beloved Disciple: The Life, Loves, and Hates of an Individual Church in New Testament Times.

By: Brown SS., Fr. Raymond E.

Price: $6.30

Publisher: New York., Paulist Press.: 1979

Seller ID: 31343

ISBN: 0809121743

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; 204 pp. From the back cover: "This study of Johannine ecclesiology reconstructs the history of one Christian community in the first century - all of which is reflected in the Gospel and Epistles of John." Fr. Brown was the Auburn Professor of Biblical Studies at Union Theological Seminary in New York City at the time of writing and a Johannine scholar (by his own admission). Two page bibliographical index and a 4 page subject index at the back. An as-new and unused book.
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History of the Tractarian Movement.

By: Browne, Edward George Kirwan.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Dublin, Ireland., James Duffy.: 1856

Seller ID: 27886

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

8vo - 22 x 14 cm.; (5) - 388 pp. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine and blind stamped decorations on the front and back boards. A history of the Tractarian Movement, also known as the Oxford Movement, led by a group of Anglican clerics at Oxford, whereby they left the Anglican Communion and joined the Roman Catholic Church, many of them becoming members of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri due in large part to the leadership role of John Henry Newman. Browne himself was a former Anglican curate of Bawdsey in Suffolk. The large appendix contains lists of clerical converts with dates and pre...
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The Great Mantle: The Life of Giuseppe Melchiore Sarto, Pope Pius X,

By: Burton, Katherine.

Price: $11.25

Publisher: New York., Longmans, Green and Company.: 1953

Seller ID: 32095

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

8vo- 20.5 x 14 cm.; xv - 238 pp. Green cloth over boards with yellow lettering on the spine. First published in 1950, this is the fourth printing. Black and white frontis photograph of Pope Pius X. Two page bibliography and a 12 page general index. The library markings are a number in white on the lower spine, a notation on the front end papers, stamp on the title page and attactments on the back free end paper. Minor wear to the spine tips and the fore corners of the boards, otherwise clean with a sound binding. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.
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The Lives of the Saints of Egypt Together with the Principal of the European Saints According to the Roman Catholic Church.

By: Butler, Rev. Alban.

Price: $22.50

Publisher: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., C. Grate: 1863

Seller ID: 11405

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

8vo - 22 x 13.5 cm.; [2] - (2) - 302 pp. Blind stamped brown cloth on front and back boards with gilt lettering on the spine. No publisher is given or stated on title page or copyright page and no pages have been removed. The point of this particular edition was: ". . . (to present the reader) . . . . with a beautiful book in a convenient form, well-adapted for the centre-table in the parlour - where it may often be taken up by the worldly-minded . . . " This is from the Publisher's Preface (1853) and signed by C. Grate who was the publisher of the Emmitsburg Star (Pennsylvania) at the time. T...
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Jesus, Peter & the Keys: A Scriptural Handbook on the Papacy.

By: Butler, Scott; Norman Dahlgren and David Hess.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, California., Queenship Publishing.: 1996

Seller ID: 29764

ISBN: 1882972546

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xxiii - 431 pp. Introduction by Kenneth J. Howell. One 11 page appendix: "The Language of Matthew", 4 page listing of the Popes of the Catholic Church, 14 page bibliography, 13 page list of 234 questions, 6 page index of scripture citations, 4 page index of authors, 5 page index of persons, and a 6 page index of subjects. Scott Hahn describes this book as ". . . this veritable compendium is simply staggering." Minor wear to the the fore corners of the covers, else very clean with a tight binding.
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Jesus, Peter & the Keys: A Scriptural Handbook on the Papacy.

By: Butler, Scott; Norman Dahlgren and David Hess.

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Santa Barbara, California., Queenship Publishing.: 1996

Seller ID: 30242

ISBN: 1882972546

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xxiii - 431 pp. Introduction by Kenneth J. Howell. One 11 page appendix: "The Language of Matthew", 4 page listing of the Popes of the Catholic Church, 14 page bibliography, 13 page list of 234 questions, 6 page index of scripture citations, 4 page index of authors, 5 page index of persons, and a 6 page index of subjects. Scott Hahn describes this book as ". . . this veritable compendium is simply staggering." Slight scuffing to the covers, else very clean with a tight binding and appears to have been used very little if at all.
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Gentlemen-Bishops and Faction Fighters: The Letters of Bishops O Donel, Lambert, Scallan and Other Irish Missionaries

By: Byrne, Cyril J. (editor)

Price: $16.00

Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Jesperson Press.: 1984

Seller ID: 27658

ISBN: 092050227X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 22.5 x 15 cm.; xix - 376 pp. Catholicism's Formative Years in Newfoundland (1784-1829). "Bishops O Donel, Lambert and Scallan were the first three Roman Catholic bishops appointed from Ireland to Newfoundland. . . spirited men in troubled times. . . ready to heal wounds of dissention within the ranks of their church and overcome anti-Catholic sentiments. . . their staccato letters to superiors and peers reveal the new-settlement hardships, aristocratic attitudes and ecclesiastical ferment that often broke their health and threatened their lives. They had to be both 'gentlemen' and 'f...
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The Custody of the Holy Eucharist: A Historical Synopsis and Commentary. (A Dissertation).

By: Cahill, Rev. Daniel Raymond.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Washington, DC., The Catholic University of America Press.: 1950

Seller ID: 30315

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xvi - 178 pp. Gray wraps with black lettering. "Submitted to the Faculty of Canon Law of the Catholic University of America in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Canon Law." (Canon Law Studies #292). Six page bibliography, 4 page index, and a 14 page listing of studies in the field of Canon Law at the Catholic University of America. Previous owner's stamp on the tail edge of the front cover. The covers show a whisper of wear and some very light soiling, else fine. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted.
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Federal Aid and Catholic Schools.

By: Callahan, Daniel; (editor).

Price: $11.25

Publisher: Baltimore, Maryland., Helicon: 1964

Seller ID: 9125

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

8vo - 20.5 x 13 cm.; 160 pp. Red cloth with silver lettering on spine. A selection of 15 articles on the question of federal aid for parochial schools. Contents: 1 - "Into the Briar Patch" by Daniel Callahan, 2 - "Religion and Education" by George Shuster, 3 - "A Changing Pattern" by Neil G. McCluskey, 4 - "Freedom and Equality" by Virgil C. Blum, 5 - "The Catholic Case" by Msgr. O'Neil C. D'Amour, 6 - "Protestants and Parochial Schools" by Dean M. Kelley, 7 - "Jewish Sentiment" by Milton Himmelfarb, 8 - "Aid - With Strong Strings" by Martin Mayer, 9 - "The Shared Time Experiment" by John G. D...
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American Catholic Religious Thought: The Shaping of a Theological and Social Tradition.

By: Carey, Patrick W. (editor).

Price: $12.50

Publisher: New York., Paulist Press.: 1987

Seller ID: 33866

ISBN: 0809128845

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; iv - 302 pp. Selected writings of leading figures each with a brief editorial introduction, the actual text, and a selected bibliography. In 6 principal parts following the extensive introduction. Part I: The Enlightenment, 1785-1842 - John England. Part II: Romantic Catholicism, 1830-1888 - Orestes A. Brownson and Isaac Thomas Hecker. Part III: Vatican I and Papal Authority, 1869-1870 - Martin John Spalding. Part IV: Americanism and Modernism, 1880-1910 - John Ireland. Part V: Social Justice, 1840-1940 - John Hughes, Edward McGlynn, and John A. Ryan. Part VI: Neo-Thomism an...
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Here Comes a Sea Followed by an Ocean . . . Very Simple Reflections on the Second Vatican Council after 40 Years.

By: Carparelli, Fr. Gianni.

Price: $7.20

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario., Caritas Publishing Project.: 2007

Seller ID: 32409

ISBN: 0969913370

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo - 21.5 x 14 cm.; xix - 179 pp. One of the "Journey" series from this publisher. Illustrated with a few black and white photographs. Two page list of "Reading to further your understanding". Minor wear to the edges of the covers, otherwise clean with a sound binding and having the appearance of being used very little if at all.
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Roots and Branches: A Diary of St. Peter's Province.

By: Cassidy OMI., Thomas M.

Price: $25.60

Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario., English Oblates of Eastern Canada.: 1988

Seller ID: 24093

ISBN: 0969360104

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

4to - 27.5 x 21.5 cm.; ix - 217 - [3] pp. A history of the largest Catholic Religious Congregation of men in Canada beginning with their arrival in Canada in 1841. St. Peter's Province is the Oblate's name for the Canadian province, first headquartered in New Westminster, BC and later moved to Ottawa. Profusely illustrated with maps, drawings and photogrpahs. Seven appendices with the last one being a comprehensive index. The cover show mild shelf wear with the exception of the top fore corner on the front which has a dog eared crease. Otherwise, very clean and tight.
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A Woman of Unity. (Mother Lurana of Graymoor)

By: Celine SA., Sister Mary.

Price: $6.75

Publisher: Graymoor, Garrison, New York, Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement:

Seller ID: 22063

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

8vo - 23 x 15 cm.; xi - 252 pp. First published in 1956, this is the third printing of the soft cover edition. A biography of a remarkable woman, Mother Lurana of Graymoor, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement. Foreword by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing. Mother Lurana was the foundress of Graymoor after starting her religious life as a professed Anglican nun. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Ten page index at the back. A new and unread / unused book.
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