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This seems to be an appropiate place as education about the faith is an important part of Spirituality

I have gotten the book Catholicism and Fundamentalism by Karl Keating and have gobbled it up, im looking to add some more Catholic books to my library. These are the ones Im considering:

The Catholic Church through the Ages: Fr. John Vidmar

Theology for Today’s Catholic: A Handbook by Stephen T. Rehrauer

The Glories of Mary by Saint Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis

Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI

Essential Catholic Survival Guide by Catholic Anwers Staff (Love you guys)

These seem to be a decent start, I consider myself adapt to take on beginner to intermidate theology, I would really only be worried about taking on advanced theology.

I am also looking for some books on the Church fathers: Do you have any suggestions?

The Ante-Nicene Fathers series by Reverend Alexander Roberts look complete but im not aware if its Catholic based.

In addition what other books would you consider a Must Have for the educated Catholic?

Thanks very much.
 
Excellent start (and thread)🙂

I would suggest

*The Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas (you can get the abridged version 😉 )
  • bit self serving, but The Rule of St Benedict–interesting as history, and as a good how- to even for non-Benedictines
*every single encyclical of Pope John Paul II the Great

For starters:)
 
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The Imitation of Christ
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Out of the ones you listed, this is a must. This isn’t a book you just sit down and read quickly though. However, if you use this to help focus and guide your prayer life, your faith will grow.

Another book that made a huge difference in my spiritual development is “7 Secrets of the Eucharist” by Vinny Flynn. After reading that book, my whole view of the mass and the Eucharist completely changed. Follow that up with “The Lamb’s Supper” by Scott Hahn.
 
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You may consider this an odd recommendation – it’s not so much a book but a poet.

Wallace Stevens appears to be the most secular of poets, someone who has disposed of the divine to seek the essence of reality. It is as if the divine has subverted our understanding of reality and it is only by disposing of it that we can come to grips with a truer reality. Yet the more Stevens demands of his Supreme Fiction and true reality, the closer he brings us to what I see in Fr. Aidan Nichol’s developing the habit of Christian wonder.

The story is that on his death bed he received the last rites of the Catholic Church. I have posted the recollections of Fr. Arthur Hanley’s who performed the sacrament. I have a long history of reading his poetry and looking back upon my conversion this very secular poet was someone who, oddly enough, brought me to the Church by making me aware of a reality that was brimming with the divine.

I found this tribute to Steven’s work and I think it captures a great deal of the essence of his work. See if you don’t think the same.

payingattentiontothesky.com/2010/05/24/notes-on-the-blue-guitar-of-wallace-stevens/

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Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis De Sales is outstanding.

A gripping piece of historic fiction is Silence by an author with last name of Endo.

Enjoy!
 
Theology and Sanity by Frank Sheed is a most excellent read, as is his shorter Theology for Beginners.

One Holy, Catholic and Apostolic by Kenneth Whitehead, is a good read on the Early Church.

The Lamb’s Supper by Scott Hahn.

And a pretty good shorter version of the Summa would be The Summa of the Summa, edited by Peter Kreeft.
 
i would recommend these for starting out -

Preface to Religion by Fulton J. Sheen(you will *love *this) amazon.com/Preface-religion-Fulton-J-Sheen/dp/B0006D7VR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275081790&sr=1-1-spell

Uniformity with God’s will - tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/113

Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence - tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/218

The Church Teaches - tanbooks.com/index.php/The-Church-Teaches

Aquinas’s Shorter Summa - fraternitypublications.com/aqshsu.html

Divine Intimacy - fraternitypublications.com/divineintimacy.html

Meditation for lent(despite the title, it’s good to read anytime) - leafletonline.com/catalog/ProductDetails/ProductDetails.aspx?pid={9690cee6-7af7-4937-8efd-8b7b0f9c7b4f}&pname=MEDITATIONS+FOR+LENT&Referer=QUICK_SEARCH&Alias=meditation%20for%20lent&ptct=BS-SR&CTitle=&

i would also suggest these audio sermons - audiosancto.org/
they’re from the priestly fraternity priests, and are very informative, listening to them is just as good as reading any good catholic book, although i’m sure that’s partly because they also read good catholic books d:

well, anything from Fulton J. Sheen is good, any writings of the popes and saints are good, and any catholic books you can find from before the 1950s are probably very good as well(they just don’t make them like they use to 😑 )

ok well, hope this helps, take care.
 
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i would recommend these for starting out -

Uniformity with God’s will - tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/113

Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence - tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/218

i would also suggest these audio sermons - audiosancto.org/
they’re from the priestly fraternity priests, and are very informative, listening to them is just as good as reading any good catholic book, although i’m sure that’s partly because they also read good catholic books d:
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I’ll add another thumbs up to these! 🙂
 
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