Catholicism: On the Social Aspects of Dogma

1. Must Read
   1. Bible (Start with the New Testament)
   2. Catechism of the Catholic Church
2. Good Books to Start with…
   1. Confessions, Saint Augustine
   2. The Imitation of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis
   3. Mere Christianity, CS Lewis
   4. The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis
   5. Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton
   6. The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (Use the John Ciardi Translation)
   7. The Lamb’s Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth, Scott Han
   8. Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain and Defend the Catholic Faith, Scott Hahn
   9. The Didache
   10. Letter to the Corinthians, Pope Clement I
   11. Tome of Leo, Saint Pope Leo the Great
   12. The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church, George Weigel
3. Advanced Books
   1. On the Nature of God
      1. Contra Gentiles, Saint Thomas Aquinas
      2. On the Trinity (De trinitate), Saint Augustine of Hippo
      3. On the Holy Spirit, Saint Basil
      4. Introduction to Christianity, Joseph Ratzinger
   1. On the Church
      1. Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses), Saint Irenaeus of Lyon
      2. City of God (De civitate Dei), Saint Augustine of Hippo
      3. II Vatican Council. Lumen gentium.
      4. Catholicisme; les aspects sociaux du dogme, (Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man) Henri Cardinal de Lubac
      5. Apologies, Justin Martyr
      6. Dominus Iesus, Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith
   1. On the Nature of Man
      1. Summa Theologica, Saint Thomas Aquinas
      2. On Free Choice of the Will (De libero arbitrio) Saint Augustine of Hippo
      3. The Mystery of the Supernatural, Henri Cardinal de Lubac
   1. On Liturgy
      1. II Vatican Council. Sacrosanctam Concilium
      2. Benedict XVI. Sacramentum Caritatis: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission.
      3. Spirit of the Liturgy, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
   1. On Morality
      1. The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper
      2. Faith, Hope and Love, Josef Pieper
      3. Person and Community, Karol Wojtyla
      4. Love and Responsibility, Karol Wojtyla
      5. Man and Woman He Created Them, John Paul II
      6. Sex and Virtue, Grabowski

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