E. B. Pusey translation · 1838
The Confessions
A life recounted as praise: desire, sin, conversion, memory, creation, and rest in God.
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Aquinas, Catherine of Siena, Dominic, the Catena Aurea, saints, preaching, and the Rosary.
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Complete American Edition · 1911
Summa Theologiae
A disciplined inquiry into sacred doctrine, God, creation, human action, Christ, and the sacraments.
Douay–Rheims, Challoner revision · 1752
The Gospel According to St. Luke
The third Gospel, presented here in the public-domain Challoner revision of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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