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15/07/2015

Review: The New Jerome Biblical Commentary

The New Jerome Biblical Commentary Hardcover – September 11, 1989 by Raymond E. Brown S.S (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0136149347 ISBN-10: 0136149340 Raymond Edward Brown (May 22, 1928 - August 8 1998) was an American Catholic priest and an expert in biblical exegesis academic world renowned. [...]

15/06/2015

Review: Introduction to Christianity

Introducción al cristianismo., Joseph Ratzinger. Benedicto XII. Sígueme (2002) ISBN 9788430106714 What is Christianity? Answering this question is the fundamental objective of this book. To do this, nothing better to focus on one of the basic texts, the Creed, which the [...]

15/05/2015

Review: The Four Cardinal Virtues

Las virtudes fundamentales, Josef Pieper. RIALP, 2003 ISBN 9788432131349 Josef Pieper was a German philosopher (Elte -Westfalia-, May 4, 1904 Münster, November 6, 1997). He studied philosophy, law and sociology at the universities of Berlin and Münster. He began teaching in 1946 at [...]

15/04/2015

Review: Jean-Claude Nesmy

Espiritualidad del año litúrgico., Claude Jean-nesmy, Herder. Barcelona. ISBN 9788425413940 Jean-Claude Nesmy is the pseudonym of Claude Surchamp, a monk of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Mary of Pierre-qui-Vire. Son of Henry Surchamp, nicknamed Jean Nesmy, and Joseph's [...]

15/03/2015

Review: Theo-Drama

Balthasar was born in Lucerne, Switzerland on 12 August 1905, to a wealthy family. He was educated first by Benedictine monks at the abbey school at Engelberg in central Switzerland. Before finishing his secondary education, however, Balthasar was moved by his parents to the Stella Matutina [...]

15/02/2015

Being as Act II

The distinction of St. Thomas had accumulated many precedents. Boethius had already distinguished esse from quod est, ie what an entity is and the fact that it is. Thus we can distinguish between asking ourselves what is an entity (quid sit) and asking if an entity is or is not (an sit). It is [...]

01/02/2015

Review: After virtue

After virtue. Alasdair MacIntyre. Crítica (2001) ISBN 9788484321705 Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (born 1929) is a Scottish[1] philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and political philosophy but known also for his work in history of philosophy and [...]

16/01/2015

Review: The three Ages of Interior Life

Las tres edades de la vida interior I. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. Colección:Pelícano. Editorial:Palabra. Edición: 11ª, enero 2007. ISBN: 978-84-8239-047-5 Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. (1877–1964) was a French Catholic theologian. He has [...]

02/01/2015

Review: The Story of Art

LA HISTORIA DEL ARTE (16ª ED.) (EN PAPEL) E. H. GOMBRICH , PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED, 2008 ISBN 9780714898704 Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who became a naturalised British citizen in 1947 and spent most of [...]

15/12/2014

Review: Baptismal catechesis

John Chrysostom (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος), c. 347 – 407, Archbishop of Constantinople, was an important Early Church Father. He is known for his preaching and public speaking, his [...]

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