Catholic History and Religion
Paris: Apud Petrum-Joannem Mariette, 1750. Folio. 412 numbered pages , 178 pages [CLXXVII), In black and red letter. The graduals were hymns of order in the observance of the mass, containing the Propers of the Mass and employing the black and red states of the Georgian musical notation. The rich... More
Cassander, George, 1513-1566); Pacard, Abraham
Paris: Apud Abrahamum Pacard, 1616. Folio. [8] 1352 pages, 18pp. index, portrait of Cassander. Title page in red and black with printer's device "Obsedientia potior victima". Issued in 1616 with most of his works and the next year placed on the Index which forbade Catholics to even examine the book... More
Grand Rapids MI(2015): William B Eerdmans Publishing. First Edition. Thick Octavo. Volume 3. 946p. index of authors and scripture. bibliography. The work is the most thorough on covering the early growth of Christianity from the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. to the end of the second century. The scholar... More
Bruxelles: Societe Des Bollandistes, 2007. 179p. French text. Illustrations (some in color). As the Protestant Reformation often mocked the saints and their representation in statues, the 17th century Jesuit scholar Heribert Rosweyde began to study the sources in ancient monastic libraries rather than the false legends about them, when he... More
New York; (1992): Crossroads. First Edition in English. Octavo. 664p. index. Translated from the Germany John Bowden. The most important book on defining the preincarnate Christ. Hans Kung noted this was a book I would like to have written myself. He shows a mastery in understanding Harnack, Barth and Bultmann... More
Roma: Presso Gli Eredi Di Gio Lornzo Barbiellini Stampatori e Mercanti Di Libri a Pasquinto Con Licensa De Superiori, 1753. 3 vol. set. Italian. A defender of the Holy See yet a scholar who tried to reconcile differences not only between the Jesuits and Dominicans but also the troubling Jansenists... More
Lugduni (Lyon, France): Sumptibus Societatis, 1742. Folio. . xx, 1026 pages, vii, Jacques Marchant (1547-1648) was part of the Catholic revival of spirituality and missionary activity to counteract the Reformation. His special gift was allegory and he was called the French John Bunan. The only two recorded copies in U.S.... More
London: Printed By Rob. White for Henry Mortlock at the Sign of the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-hard Near the Little North-door, 1665. Quarto. [24] 654 [i.e., 650] pages. [ESTC R1133]. This work represents the major Anglican argument against the growing Catholic influence in England during the reign of James... More
