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Parish Library 1 Church of St Thomas More Parish Library Catalogue of Books with the most recent acquisitions (purchased or donated) shown in bold The Holy Bible The Catholic Study Bible - Oxford The Jerusalem Bible (School Edition) - DLT The Catholic Youth Bible - St Mary Press The Catholic Youth Bible - St Mary Press The Catholic Youth Bible - St Mary Press The Catholic Youth Bible - St Mary Press The Way (Living Bible) - OSV Catholic Good News Bible - Collins Good News Bible (Schools Edition) - Collins Good News Bible (Schools Edition) - Collins Holy Bible (Douai Version) - Burns & Oates The Book of Psalms - Cresset Press The Holy Bible: History & Guides Atlas of the Bible Grollenberg Penguin Illustrated Guide to the Bible Porter Colour Library Oxford Bible Atlas ed. May Oxford Understanding the New Testament Doyle FC Books Understanding the Parables Filas Burns & Oates How to Read the Old Testament Charpentier SCM Press How to Read the Old Testament Charpentier SCM Press How to Read the New Testament Charpentier SCM Press How to Read the New Testament Charpentier SCM Press Updated February 2017 2 A Guide to the New Testament Watson Batsford Maps for the Journey Wille Baca Press Masada (Herod’s Fortress) Yadin Phoenix My Galilee, My People Wijngaards Housetop Oxford Dictionary of the Bible W R F Browning Oxford The Holy Bible: Studies, Commentaries & Meditations The Gift of Scripture CBCEW & CBCS CTS The Gift of Scripture CBCEW & CBCS CTS A Catholic Understanding of the Gospels Stravinskas Our Sunday Visitor Biblical Exegesis & Church Doctrine Brown Geoffrey Chapman Biblical Interpretation in Crisis ed. Neuhaus Eerdmans Meditations on the Gospels, Volume I Prohaszka Sheed & Ward Meditations on the Gospels, Volume II Prohaszka Sheed & Ward Meditations on the Gospels, Volume III Prohaszka Sheed & Ward His Word for Today (Daily Homilies) Dasan St Pauls His Word Lives (Sunday Homilies) Dasan St Pauls 365 Days with the Psalms Rymer & Robinson St Pauls Singing in the Reign (The Psalms) Michael Barber Emmaus Road A Father Who Keeps His Promises Hahn Charis Jesus of Nazareth (Infancy Narratives) Pope Benedict XVI Bloomsbury Jesus of Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI Bloomsbury Jesus of Nazareth Pope Benedict XVI Bloomsbury Jesus of Nazareth (Part 2) Pope Benedict XVI CTS / Ignatius Knowing Jesus through Old Testament) Christopher J H Wright Monarch Books Seeking Jesus of Nazareth Maurice Hogan SSC Columba And the Word Dwelt Among Us Guardini Sophia Institute Born to be King Dom Bernard Orchard Ealing Abbey The Lamb’s Supper Hahn Doubleday The Lion and The Bull Wansborough DLT The God of Israel, The God of Christians Giblet Paulist Press Feed from the Tree of Life Breen Columba Updated February 2017 3 Christ in the Gospels Brown The Liturgical Press Mission of the Messiah (Luke) Tim Gray Emmaus Road Come and See (John) Sylvester O’Flynn OFM Columba The Cultural World of the Apostles Pitch The Liturgical Press Witnesses of the Messiah Stephen Pimentel Emmaus Road St Paul – A Bible Study Guide Fr Mitch Pacwa SJ Our Sunday Visitor Oxford Dictionary of the Bible W R F Browning OUP The Holy Trinity The Tripersonal God O’Collins SJ Paulist Press God, the Father of Mercy trans. Barr Crossroad Herder Reflections on God the Father Pope John Paul II Charis Reflections on God the Father Pope John Paul II Charis The Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ PCM Paulines Journey to the Father’s House various Arundel & Brighton Abba Father Galot SJ Alba House The God of Jesus Christ Pope Benedict XVI Ignatius Jesus Christ, Word of the Father trans. Walker Crossroad Herder Jesus, the Christ Weinandy Our Sunday Visitor Focus on Jesus O’Collins SJ & Kendall SJ Gracewing Interpreting Jesus Gerald O’Collins SJ Chapman The Passion and Death of Our Lord Goodier SJ Carmel, Plymouth Our Father’s Son O’Connor St Paul Books Reflections on the Holy Spirit Pope John Paul II Charis The Gift of God: The Holy Spirit Apostoli Alba House The Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life trans. Bono Crossroad Herder Magisterial Teaching: The Catechism Catechism of the Catholic Church (Revised 1999 Edition) Chapman Catechism of the Catholic Church - Chapman Catechism of the Catholic Church - Chapman Updated February 2017 4 Catechism of the Catholic Church - Chapman Catechism of the Catholic Church - Chapman Catechism (Pocket Edition) - Chapman Catechism (Compendium) - Chapman Magisterial Teaching: The Second Vatican Council Vatican Council II (Basic 16 Documents) ed. Flannery Dominican Vatican Council II (Basic 16 Documents) ed. Flannery Dominican The Conciliar & Post Conciliar Documents ed. Flannery Dominican Magisterial Teaching: Encyclicals, Apostolic Letters & Exhortations New Light on Social Problems John XXIII (1961) CTS (Mater et Magistra) Peace on Earth John XXIII (1963) CTS (Pacem in Terris) The Church in the Modern World Paul VI (1964) CTS (Ecclesiam Suam) The Great Social Problem Paul VI (1967) CTS (Populorum Progressio) The Regulation of Birth Paul VI (1968) CTS (Humanae Vitae) Evangelization in the Modern World Paul VI (1975) CTS (Evangelii Nuntiandi) Evangelization in the Modern World Paul VI (1975) CTS (Evangelii Nuntiandi) Catechesis in Our Time John Paul II (1979) St Paul Publications (Catechesi Tradendae) Catechesis in Our Time John Paul II (1979) St Paul Publications (Catechesi Tradendae) The Mercy of God John Paul II (1980) Pauline (Deus in Misericordia) Familiaris Consortio John Paul II (1981) CTS (The Christian Family in the Modern World) Reconciliatio et Paenitentia John Paul II (1984) CTS (Reconciliation and Penance) Updated February 2017 5 Dominum et Vivificantem John Paul II (1986) Pauline (The Holy Spirit in the Church and World) Redemptoris Mater John Paul II (1987) CTS (Mother of the Redeemer) The Splendour of Truth John Paul II (1993) Grail (Veritatis Splendor) The Jubilee of the Year 2000 John Paul II (1994) MediasPaul (Tertio Millennio Adveniente) Evangelium Vitae John Paul II (1995) CTS (The Value and Inviolability of Human Life) Ut Unum Sint John Paul II (1995) CTS (Commitment to Ecumenism ‘That They May Be One’) Orientale Lumen John Paul II (1995) CTS (The Light of the East) Fides et Ratio John Paul II (1998) Vatican Library (Faith and Reason) Rosarium Virginis Mariae John Paul II (2002) CTS (The Most Holy Rosary) Rosarium Virginis Mariae John Paul II (2002) CTS (The Most Holy Rosary) Ecclesia de Eucharistia John Paul II (2003) CTS (The Eucharist and the Church) Ecclesia de Eucharistia John Paul II (2003) CTS (The Eucharist and the Church) Ecclesia de Eucharistia John Paul II (2003) CTS (The Eucharist and the Church) Redemptionis Sacramentum John Paul II (2004) CTS (The Eucharist – Matters to be Observed) Deus Caritas Est Benedict XVI (2006) CTS (God is Love) Deus Caritas Est Benedict XVI (2006) CTS (God is Love) Spei Salvi Benedict XVI (2007) CTS (Christian Hope) Spei Salvi Benedict XVI (2007) CTS (Christian Hope) Spei Salvi Benedict XVI (2007) CTS (Christian Hope) Sacramentum Caritatis Benedict XVI (2007) CTS (Exhortation on the Eucharist) Updated February 2017 6 Sacramentum Caritatis Benedict XVI (2007) CTS (Exhortation on the Eucharist) Magisterial Teaching: Grail Simplified Documents This is the Liturgy / Divine Revelation Paul VI (1963 / 1965) Grail (Sacrosanctum Concilium / Dei Verbum) This is the Church Paul VI (1964) Grail (Lumen Gentium) This is Ecumenism (Three Documents) Paul VI (1964 / 1964 / 1965) Grail (Unitatis Redintegratio, Orientalium Ecclesiarum & Nostra Aetate) This is the Church in the World Today Paul VI (1965) Grail (Gaudiem et Spes) This is Man Redeemed John Paul II (1979) Grail (Redemptor Hominis) This is Human Work John Paul II (1981) Grail (Laborem Exercens) This is the Laity John Paul II (1988) Grail (Christifideles Laici) This is the Laity John Paul II (1988) Grail (Christifideles Laici) Magisterial Teaching: General Respect for human life and its origin CDF (1987) Paulines Dominus Iesus CDF (1998) CTS (The Unicity and Salvific Universality of Christ and the Church) The Shrine (Migrants & Itinerant People) Pontifical Council (1999) CTS The Dignity of Older People Pontifical Council (2000) CTS Miscellaneous Teaching Documents The Final Report A & RC Commission (1981) CTS / SPCK Valuing Difference (Disabilities) CBCEW (1998) DCEF One Bread One Body CBCEW & I & S (1998) CTS Updated February 2017 7 One Bread One Body CBCEW & I & S (1998) CTS One Bread One Body Catechetical Material CBCEW & I & S (1998) CTS One Bread One Body Catechetical Material CBCEW & I & S (1998) CTS Evangelisation in England & Wales Knights & Murray CBCEW On Consulting the Faithful Newman Collins Teachers of the Faith CBCEW (2002) CBCEW Cherishing Life CBCEW (2004) CTS Cherishing Life CBCEW (2004) CTS Commentaries on Church Teaching Truth in the Heart, Parts 1 – 4 (Catechism) Maxwell-Stewart REsources Agenda for the Third Millennium (1997) Pope John Paul II Harper Collins The Teaching of the Catholic Church McCabe CTS Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth Brian Singer-Towns St Mary’s Press Teen Catechism Fr Alfred McBride Our Sunday Visitor Teen Catechism – Teaching Guide Fr Alfred McBride Our Sunday Visitor The Faith of the Catholic Church Konstant CTS The Faith of the Catholic Church Konstant CTS What Catholics Really Believe Keating Ignatius Catholic Basics Fr John Redford Universe Catechism – Questions & Answers Hrudayaraj & Arulappa Pauline Morality: The Catholic View Pinckaers St Augustine’s Press Reflections on ‘The Splendour of Truth’ Shamon Riehle Foundation Christianity: Introduction to Catholic Faith Jones Family Publications Pilgrim Fellowship of Faith 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