Roman Catholic Theology Bibliography

Johann Sebastian Drey (1777-1853)

Brief Introduction to the Study of Theology With Reference to the Scientific Standpoint and the
Catholic System (1819)

Johann Adam Mohler (1796-1838)

Unity in the Church or the Principle of Catholicism Presented in the Spirit of the Church Fathers
of the First Three Centuries (1825)

Symbolism (1832)

John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

     The Arians of the Fourth Century (1832)

     Parochial and Plain Sermons

     An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845)

     The Idea of a University

     “On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine” (1859)

     Apologia  pro Vita Sua (1864)

     An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent (1870)

     Via Media (1877), retitling of Lectures on the Prophetical Office viewed relatively to
Romanism and Popular Protestantism

      Matthias Scheeben (1835-1888)

     Mysteries of Christianity (1865)

Friedrich von Hugel (1852-1925)

     The Mystical Element of Religion (1908)

     Essays and Addresses on the Philosophy of Religion (1921, 1926)

     The Reality of God (undelivered Gifford Lecture, 1931)

Alfred Loisy (1857-1940)

     Gospel and the Church (1904), response to Harnack, The Essence of Christianity

Maurice Blondel (1861-1949)

     Action

     The Letter on Apologetics; and History and Dogma

George Tyrrell (1861-1909)

     Letters from a Modernist The Letters of George Tyrrell to Wilfrid Ward, 1893-1908

A. D. Sertillanges (1863-1948)

     Saint Thomas Aquinas and His Work (1932)

     The Intellectual Life Its Spirit, Condition, and Methods (1959)

Karl Adam (1876-1966)

     The Spirit of Catholicism (1924)

     Christ Our Brother (1926)

     The Son of God (1933)

     One and Holy (1948)

     The Christ of Faith (1954)

Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)

     The Phenomenon of Man

     The Divine Milieu

Romano Guardini (1885-1968)

     The Spirit of the Liturgy (1918)

     The Lord (1937)

     The End of the Modern Age (1950)

Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977)

     Transformation in Christ (1940)

     Liturgy and Personality (1943)

Erich Przywara (1889-1972)

     On Newman, Augustine, analogy of being (his major work on analogy is now in the process
of being translated;  this is the book at issue between Barth and Catholicism)

Emile Mersch (1890-1940)

     The Whole Christ (1933)

     The Theology of the Mystical Body (1946)

Charles Journet (1891-1975)

     Theology of the Church (1957)

     The Meaning of Grace (1957)

     The Church of the Word Incarnate

Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895-1990)

     Aquinas and His Role in Theology

     Is Theology a Science?

     Towards Understanding St. Thomas Aquinas

     Theology of Work

Henri de Lubac (1896-1991)

     Catholicism (1950)

      The Mystery of the Supernatural (1967)

      The Splendor of the Church

      The Drama of Atheist Humanism

      Corpus Mysticum  The Eucharist and the Church in the Middle Ages

      Medieval Exegesis  The Four Senses of Scripture

      Paradoxes of Faith

Jean Mouroux (1901-1973)

     The Meaning of Man (1948)

     I Believe The Personal Structure of Faith (1959)

     The Mystery of Time (1964)

Yves Congar (1904-1995)

     True and False Reform in the Church (1950)

     Lay People in the Church (1957)

     Mystery of the Church (1960)

     Tradition and Traditions (1966)

     I Believe in the Holy Spirit (1979)

John Courtney Murray (1904-1967)

     We Hold These Truths (1960)

Jean Danielou (1905-1974)

     God and the Ways of Knowing

      The Lord of History

      Prayer

      Myth and Mystery

      The Bible and the Liturgy

      Christ and Us

Josef Fuchs (1912-2005)

     Christian Morality The Word Becomes Flesh

     Natural Law A Theological Investigation

     Human Values and Christian Morality

Bernard Haring (1912-1998)

     The Law of Christ

     Free and Faithful in Christ

Louis Bouyer (1913-2004)

      Spirit and Forms of Protestantism

      Eucharist

      The Word, Church, and Sacrament  in Protestantism and Catholicism

      The Christian Mystery

      Mystery and Mysticism

      The Spirituality of the New Testament and the Fathers

Catholic Philosophers
   Joseph Marechal (1878-1944)

Jacques Maritain (1882-1973)

Louis Lavelle (1883-1951)

Etienne Gilson (1884-1978)

Gabriel Marcel (1888-1973)

Martin D’Arcy (1888-1976)

Edith Stein, St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)

Jean Lacroix (1900-1986)

Albert Dondeyne (1901-1985)

Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)

Josef Pieper (1904-1997)    Emmanuel Mounier (1905-1950)

Frederick Copleston (1907-1994)

Emerich Coreth (1919- )

Peter Geach (1916- ) and G. E. M. Anscombe (1919-2001)

Michel Henry (1922-2002)

Alasdair MacIntyre (1929- )

Charles Taylor (1931- )

Jean-Luc Marion (1946)

Jean-Louis Chretien (1952)

Jean-Yves Lacoste

Catholic Theologians after Vatican II

Karl Rahner (1904-1984)

Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984)

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988)

Edward Schilleebeckx (1914- )

Avery Dulles (1918- )

Juan Luis Segundo (1925- )

Joseph Ratzinger (1927- )

Hans Kung (1928- )

Gustavo Gutierrez (1928- )

Leonardo Boff (1938- )

Jon Sobrino (1938- )

David Tracy (1939- )

100 Greats Books of Catholic Literature

Bibles
Dr. Marshall only recommends two English Bibles for serious theology students: Douay
Rheims-Challoner and RSV-CE with a preference for the Douay Rheims-Challoner in most
cases:

Holy Bible Douay Rheims Translation

Holy Bible RSV- Catholic Edition

Biblia Sacra Vulgata Clementina (English and Latin Edition) by Bishop Richard Challoner and
Michele Tvveedale. There are three Vulgates out there for sale. You want what is called the
“Clementine Vulgate.” This is the Vulgate version used in the Old Mass and resembles the
version used by Saint Thomas Aquinas and all Catholic authors until the late 1970s. You can
immediately tell which Vulgate you are holding by turning to Genesis 3:20 and looking at the
name of Adam’s wife:

If it’s spelled Heva: Clementine Vulgate (1592) – the standard printed Latin Vulgate of the
Catholic Church for Scripture and Liturgy until the Nova Vulgata (1979)

If it’s spelled Hava: Stuttgart Vulgate (1969) – a scholarly critical edition of the Latin Vulgate
from the German Bible Society, not used in the liturgies of the Catholic Church. This is an
academic Vulgate with a critical apparatus – it often includes the Pslater iuxta Hebraeos.

If it’s spelled Eva: Nova Vulgata (1979) – the official Catholic edition of the Latin Vulgate
currently used in the ordinary liturgies of the Catholic Church (i.e. Missale Romanum 1969 &
Liturgia Horarum)

Greek-English New Testament by Barbara Aland and Kurt Aland. This will allow you to look at
the Greek next to the English.

Septuaginta (Greek translation of Old Testament) by Alfred Rahlfs and Robert Hanhart

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia Editio Secunda Emendata (Hebrew Old Testament) by Rudolf
Kittel, K. Elliger and W. Rudolph. This is the Hebrew Old Testament currently used by scholars. I
personally prefer Septuagint reading to this Masoretic Hebrew text, as I believe that they are
older and more original—something the Dead Sea Scrolls has taught us.

Catechisms
Dr. Marshall recommends the study of three catechisms. All three are magisterial documents:

Roman Catechism (1566) This is the Catechism issued after the Council of Trent.

Catechism of Saint Pius X (1908) This is the Catechism issued by Saint Pius X in 1908. It’s
fantastic and underappreciated.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992)This is the current Catechism endorsed by the Catholic
Church.

Thomas Aquinas and Thomism

Dr. Marshall asks students at the New Saint Thomas Institute to invest in the English
Dominican version of the Summa theologiae. He recommends the following two Summa
versions, one in Latin/English (best) and one in English only (better).

Summa theologiae (Latin and English) by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Summa theologiae (English only) by Saint Thomas Aquinas

Helpful books on Saint Thomas Aquinas and Thomism:

Thomas Aquinas in 50 Pages by Taylor Marshall

St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox by G. K. Chesterton

50 Questions on the Natural Law by Charles E. Rice

Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thoughtby Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

The One God, commentary on Summa Theologica I.1-26 by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

The Trinity and God the Creator, commentary on Summa Theologica I.27-119 by Reginald
Garrigou-Lagrange

Beatitude (1951), commentary on Summa Theologica I-II.1-54 by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Grace (1947), commentary on Summa Theologica I-II.109-114. by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

The Theological Virtues – Vol. 1: Faith (1948), commentary on Summa Theologica II-II.1-16 by
Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Christ the Saviour (1945), commentary on Summa Theologica III.1-26, 31-59 by Reginald
Garrigou-Lagrange

The Sacred Monster of Thomism : an introduction to the life and legacy of Reginald Garrigou-
Lagrange by Richard Peddicord

Catholicism Explained
The Spirit of Catholicism by Karl Adams

Spirit and Forms of Protestantism by Louis Bouyer

Christianity for Modern Pagans by Peter Kreeft

The Lord by Romano Guardini

Essay on Development of Christian Doctrine by Blessed John Henry Newman

Parochial and Plain Sermons by Blessed John Henry Newman

End of the Modern World by Romano Guardini

Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma by Ludwig Ott

The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholicism by Taylor Marshall

The Catholic Perspective on Paul: Paul and the Origins of Catholicism by Taylor Marshall

The Eternal City: Rome and the Origins of Catholicism by Taylor Marshall

History & Heresy

The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc

How The Reformation Happened by Hilaire Belloc

Survivals and New Arrivals by Hilaire Belloc

Christendom I: Founding of Christendomby Warren Carroll

Christendom II: The Building of Christendom by Warren Carroll

Christendom III: The Glory of Christendomby Warren Carroll

Christendom IV: The Cleaving of Christendom by Warren Carroll

Triumph : The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H. W. Crocker III

Enthusiasm by Ronald Knox

Love of Learning and the Desire for Godby Jean Leclercq

Christianity and European Culture by Christopher Dawson

Holy Men and Women

Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Blessed John Henry Newman

Journal of a Soul by Saint John XXIII

The Long Loneliness by Dorothy Day

St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton

Cure of Ars by F. Trochu

Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage by Gerard B. Wegemer

The King’s Good Servant but God’s First by James Monti

Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II by George Weigel

Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II

Great Christian Literature

Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson

The Diary of a Country Priest by George Bernanos

Hopkins: Poetry and Prose by George Manley Hopkins

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Christianity and Culture by T. S. Eliot

The Idea of a University by Blessed John Henry Newman

Silence by Shusaku Endo

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Lost in the Cosmos : The Last Self-Help Book by Walker Percy

Love in the Ruins by Walker Percy

Flannery O’Connor: Complete Stories by Flannery O’Connor

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

Helena by Evelyn Waugh

Mariology
Our Lady of Fatima by William T. Walsh

The Mother of the Saviour and our Interior Life by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Ineffabilis Deus Apostolic Constitution by Pope Pius IX

Munificentissimus Deus Apostolic Constitution by Pope Pius XII

33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecrationby

Fr Michael Gaitley

All Generations Shall call me Blessed: Biblical Mariology by Fr Stephano Manelli

Philosophy
(Books Not Already under Thomas Aquinas)

Plato: Complete Works Hardcover, John M. Cooper (Editor), D. S. Hutchinson (Editor)

Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 1 (Barnes Edition)

Complete Works of Aristotle, Vol. 2 (Barnes Edition)

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, translated by Gregory Hays. Not Christian, but Marcus

Aurelius is the best introduction to Stoic philosophy. You need to understand Stoicism if you
study Augustine or Thomas Aquinas.

Socratic Logic Edition 3.1 by Peter Kreeft. This is the best introduction to Logic in print.

Essays on Woman by Edith Stein

The Four Cardinal Virtues by Josef Pieper

The Intellectual Life by A. G. Sertillanges

Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death with John F. Kennedy, C. S.
Lewis & Aldous Huxley by Peter Kreeft

Spiritual Classics
Confessions of St. Augustine by Saint Augustine
Little Talks with God (modernized version of “The Dialogues”) by Saint Catherine

City of God by Saint Augustine

The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis

Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

Meditations from a Simple Path by Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila

The Way of Perfection by Saint Teresa of Avila

Story of a Soul by Saint Therese of Lisieux

Spiritual Reading
The Great Means of Salvation and Perfection by Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Uniformity with God’s Will by Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Spiritual Theology by Jordan Aumann

Frequent Confession by Benedict Baur

In Silence with God by Benedict Baur

Difficulties in Mental Prayer by Eugene Boylan

The Tremendous Lover by Eugene Boylan

Covenanted Happiness by Cormac Burke

The Soul of the Apostolate by Jean-Baptiste Chautard

Friends of God by Saint Josemaria Escriva

Christ is Passing By by Saint Josemaria Escriva

The Way, Furrow, The Forge by Saint Josemaria Escriva

Way of the Cross by Jose Maria Escriva

All for Jesus by Frederick W. Faber

Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre De Caussade

Introduction to Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales

Treatise on the Love of God by Saint Francis de Sales

Three Ages of Interior Life Volume I by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Three Ages of Interior Life Volume II by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Sinner’s Guide by Venerable Louis of Grenada

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas A. Kempis

True Devotion to the Holy Spirit by Luis M. Martinez

True Devotions by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion De Montfort

The Hidden Power of Kindness by Lawrence G. Lovasik

The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni

The Sadness of Christ by Saint Thomas More

Conversation with Christ by Peter T. Rohrbach

Spiritual Combat by Lorenzo Scupoli

Theology and Sanity by Francis J. Sheed

Theology for Beginners by Francis J. Sheed

To Know Christ Jesus by Francis J. Sheed

Life of Christ by Fulton J. Sheen

Three to Get Married by Fulton J. Sheen

The Spiritual Life by Adolphe Tanqueray

Abba Father by Bonaventure Perquin

Transformation in Christ by Dietrich von Hildebrand

Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Fr Jacque Phillipe