SPRING 2013 - Ignatius Press
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church new fathers <strong>SPRING</strong> FALL books<br />
/ history<br />
The Teachings of the Church Fathers E<br />
Edited by John Willis, S.J.<br />
In this one-volume library, Willis presents, under<br />
250 doctrinal topics, an exhaustive selection of writings<br />
from the major sources of the Fathers. He lets<br />
the Fathers speak for themselves on a wide variety<br />
of spiritual themes.<br />
TCF-P . . . 496 pp, Sewn Softcover, $21.95<br />
Four Witnesses EA<br />
The Early Church in Her Own Words<br />
Rod Bennett<br />
With all the power of a gripping novel, this book<br />
takes us on a journey of discovery of ancient truths<br />
through the lives of four great saints—Clement<br />
of Rome, <strong>Ignatius</strong> of Antioch, Justin Martyr and<br />
Irenaeus of Lyons.<br />
FWEC-P . . . 343 pp, Sewn Softcover, $19.95<br />
Earthen Vessels E<br />
Personal Prayer According to the Church Fathers<br />
Gabriel Bunge<br />
Fr. Gabriel Bunge, a hermit with a profound knowledge<br />
of the Fathers of the desert, presents a fascinating<br />
rediscovery of the valuable treasure contained<br />
in the teachings of the Church Fathers on the<br />
practice of personal prayer.<br />
EV-P . . . 225 pp, Sewn Softcover, $14.95<br />
See also Pope Benedict on the<br />
Fathers of the Church, page 30<br />
The Sunday Sermons<br />
of the Great Fathers<br />
Edited by Fr. M.F. Toal, D.D.<br />
This beautiful 4-volume, hard-cover set is a<br />
superb series for preaching, spiritual reading<br />
and meditation. It contains the Gospel reading<br />
for each Sunday and Feast Day, and parallel<br />
Gospel texts, along with several sermons for<br />
each Gospel from both early Eastern and Western<br />
Fathers of the Church, including Ambrose, John<br />
Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Leo the Great,<br />
Augustine and more. Each sermon is followed by<br />
the Catena Aurea (Golden Chain) of St. Thomas<br />
Aquinas. There is no better way to enter the<br />
mind of the early Church Fathers. 1,844 total<br />
pages. (Keyed to old liturgical calendar)<br />
SSGF-H . . . 4 volumes, Hardcover, $169.95<br />
The Fathers Know Best — Jimmy Akin<br />
This groundbreaking work presents the teachings of<br />
the early Christians in a way unlike any other book. It<br />
flings open the doors of the little-known age covering<br />
the birth of Christianity and the triumphant march of<br />
the gospel throughout the ancient world.<br />
FKB-P . . . Softcover, 450 pp, $24.95<br />
We Look for a Kingdom E<br />
The Everyday Lives of Early Christians<br />
Carl Sommer<br />
Using documentary evidence and archaeological<br />
records, Sommers reconstructs the lives of the early<br />
Christians. The Roman world had many facets that<br />
are strikingly similar to elements of modern life.<br />
Sommer’s aim is to show how to transform modern<br />
culture with the power of the Gospel as was done in<br />
the early Church.<br />
WLK-P . . . 457 pages, Sewn Softcover, $19.95<br />
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic E<br />
Kenneth D. Whitehead<br />
Whitehead shows how the New Testament and<br />
early Christian literature indicate the early Church<br />
was in all essential respects the same Church as the<br />
Catholic Church today.<br />
OHCA-P . . . 350 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95<br />
The Treasury of Catholic Wisdom E<br />
Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.<br />
A comprehensive anthology of the outstanding<br />
Catholic literature from the first century to modern<br />
times. Mystics, martyrs, philosophers, and Church<br />
Fathers are quoted at length as Fr. Hardon has<br />
compiled the works of thirty-three of the greatest<br />
Catholic saints and writers from every age.<br />
TCW-P . . . 755 pp, Sewn Softcover, $27.95<br />
The Catholic Church The First 2000 Years E<br />
Martha Rasmussen<br />
A basic introduction to Church history, this book<br />
explains important doctrinal, spiritual, and historical<br />
questions and developments.<br />
CCF2Y-P . . . 400 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95<br />
The Formation of Christendom<br />
Christopher Dawson<br />
The renowned historian Christopher Dawson’s<br />
book traces the formation of Christian culture from<br />
its roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition through<br />
the rise and the decline of medieval Christendom.<br />
Here, as in all his works, he sees religion as the<br />
dynamic element of culture.<br />
FORC-P. . . 320 pp, Sewn Softcover, $17.95<br />
The Dividing of Christendom<br />
Christopher Dawson<br />
How did Catholics and Protestants come to be<br />
divided What impact has their division had on<br />
Western culture Historian Christopher Dawson<br />
answers these and other important questions in his<br />
classic study, The Dividing of Christendom.<br />
DIVC-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 262 pp, $16.95<br />
The Desert Fathers EA<br />
Saint Anthony and the Beginnings of Monasticism<br />
Peter H. Görg<br />
In the late third century, more and more people<br />
withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so<br />
as to live entirely for God under the direction of a<br />
spiritual father. Among these “Desert Fathers” one<br />
figure is especially preeminent: Saint Anthony the<br />
Hermit. This book takes the reader back to the hour<br />
when monasticism was born and describes the life<br />
of those revolutionary Christians who sought God in<br />
the Egyptian desert.<br />
DFABM-P . . . 145 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95<br />
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