The Wisdom of Catholicism
Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

St. Ignatius Of Antioch
To The Romans

St. Basil The Great
Address To The Young Men On Reading Greek Literature

St. John Chrysostom
On Charity To The Poor

St. Augustine
The Confessions (End Of Book 8 To The End Of Book 10)
The City Of God (Book 19)

Boethius
The Consolation Of Philosophy (Books 4 & 5)

St. Anselm Of Canterbury
The Prologion

St. Bernard Of Clairvaux
On The Necessity Of Loving God

Anonymous
Jesu Dulcis Memoria

St. Bonaventure
The Ascent Of The Mind To God

St. Thomas Aquinas
Wisdom, Beatitude And The Incarnation

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedia: Iii. The Paradiso

Francis Petrarch
Letter To Denis Of Borgo-San Sepolcro

Francois Villon
The Ballade To Our Lady

Geoffrey Chaucer
The Parson’s Tale, Part I (From The Canterbury Tales)

Thomas A’ Kempis
The Imitation Of Christ (Book 2)

St. Thomas More
The Four Last Things: Death

Desiderius Erasmus
The Paraclesis: An Exhortation To The Study Of Christian Philosophy

St. Teresa Of Avila
The Interior Castle (Seventh Mansion)

St. John Of The Cross
The Ascent Of Mount Carmel (Book 1, Chapters 1-13)

St. Robert Bellarmine
On The Ascent Of The Mind To God (The Thirteenth Step)

Blaise Pascal
Pensees (Selections)

John Henry Cardinal Newman
Apologia Pro Vita Sua (Part V[Vii]

Charles Peguy
A Vision Of Prayer

Pope Leo Xiii
On The Restoration Of Christian Philosophy

Pope Pius Xi
On The Reconstrution Of The Social Order

Pope Pius Xii
On The Mystical Body Of Christ

Paul Claudel
The Satin Slipper (Selections)

Hilaire Belloc
The Restoration Of Property

Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The World Inside Out

Christopher Dawson
The Failure Of Liberalism

Sigrid Undset
Kristin Lavransdatter: The Cross

Etienne Gilson
St. Thomas Acquinas

Jacques Maritain
Who Is My Neighbor?

Etienne Gilson
Medieval Universalism And Its Present Value

Bibliography
Thanks to the contributor:
John Peterson

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