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Five Books for Catholics is a podcast where experts recommend five outstanding books on a particular aspect of Catholic life, doctrine, or culture. Each episode features a guest discussing their selections and explaining why these works are valuable for Catholic readers. The show aims to help listeners deepen their understanding of the faith through carefully chosen reading. More information is available at fivebooksforcatholics.com.
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Episode 126: Catholic Teaching on Judaism - Interview with Gavin D'Costa 01.02.2026 1t 28minThe books discussed in this episode are:Vatican II: Catholic Doctrines on Jews and Muslims by Gavin d’CostaCatholic Doctrines on Jews after the Second Vatican Council by Gavin d’CostaFrom Sinai to Rome: Jewish Identity in the Catholic Church by Angela Costley and Gavin d’CostaCatholic - Jewish Engagements on Israel: Holy Land, Political Territory, or Theological Promise? by Gavin d’Costa, Étienne Vetö CCN, and Thomas Joseph White OPContemporary Catholic Approaches to the People, Land, and State of Israel by Gavin d’Costa and Faydra ShapiroIsrael: A Christian Grammar by Paul J. GriffithsJewish Church: A Catholic Approach to Messianic Judaism by Fr. Antoine Lévy OPFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/catholic-teaching-on-judaismFor more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview. -
Episode 124: Prudence 16.09.2025 23minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature by Fr. Roland E. Murphy OCarmDe officiis (On the Duties of the Clergy) by St. Ambrose Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle Summa theologiae II-II, qq. 47-56 by St. Thomas AquinasThe Virtues by Peter GeachFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/prudence/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 123: Predestination - Interview with Taylor Patrick O'Neill 24.08.2025 36minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Predestination of the Saints and On the Gift of Final Perseverance by St. AugustineSumma theologiae I, q. 23 by St. Thomas AquinasOn Divine Foreknowledge: Part IV of Concordia by Luis de Molina SJPredestination by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OPGrace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin: A Thomistic Analysis by Taylor Patrick O’Neill ...and some further recommendations...The Reality of God and the Problem of Evil by Brian Davies OPInto Your Hands, Father: Abandoning Ourselves to the God Who Loves Us by Wilfrid StinissenRevelations of Divine Love by Julian of NorwichFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/christian-maturity/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 122: Catholic Teaching on the Right to Migrate - Interview with Antônio Lemos 17.08.2025 22minThe books discussed in this episode are:On the American Indians by Francisco de Vitoria OPDeliberation on the Cause of the Poor by Domingo de Soto OPExsul Familia by Pius XIIErga migrantes caritas Christi by Pontifical Council For The Pastoral Care Of Migrants And Itinerant PeopleMigrants and Refugees: Witnesses to Hope by Pope Francis, edited by United States Conference of Catholic BishopsFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/catholic-teaching-on-the-right-to-migrate/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 121: St. Anselm of Canterbury - Interview with Montague Brown 10.08.2025 20minThe books discussed in this episode are:Monologion by St. AnselmProslogion by St. AnselmCur Deus homo (Why Did God Become Man?) by St. AnselmDe veritate (On Truth) by St. AnselmDe concordia (The Compatibility of God's Foreknowledge, Predestination, and Grace with Human Freedom) by St. AnselmFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/st-anselm-of-canterbury/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 120: The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ 05.08.2025 24minThe books and resources discussed in this episode are:Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration by Benedict XVILight on the Mountain: Greek Patristic and Byzantine Homilies on the Transfiguration of the Lord by Brian E. Daley SJThe Uncreated Light: An Iconographiocal Study of the Transfiguration In the Eastern Church by Solrunn NesLight and Glory: The Transfiguration of Christ in Early Franciscan and Dominican Theology by Aaron CantyThomas Tallis, Sacred Choral Works: Spem in alium The Sixteen, directed by Harry ChristophersFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the article at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/transfiguration/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to access the complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 119: Early Christianity and Urban Evangelisation - Interview with Mike Aquilina 27.07.2025 23minThe books discussed in this episode are:Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages edited by Helen C. EvansCities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome by Rodney StarkThe First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks The Christians as the Romans Saw Them by Robert L. WilkenWho Were the First Christians: Dismantling the Urban Thesis by Thomas A. RobinsonFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/early-christianity-and-urban-evangelization/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 118: St. Bonaventure - Interview with Randall Smith 20.07.2025 33minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Journey of the Soul into God (Itinerarium mentis in Deum) by St. BonaventureMystical Opuscula by St. Bonaventure, translated by Jose de VinckSimply Bonaventure: An Introduction to His Life, Thought, and Writings by Ilia Delio OSFCrucified Love: Bonaventure's Mysticism of the Crucified Christ by Ilia Delio OSFThe Philosophy of Saint Bonaventure by Étienne GilsonFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/st-bonaventure/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 117: The Short Stories of Enid Dinnis - Interview with Julia Meszaros 14.07.2025 18minThe book discussed in this episode is The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 by Enid Dinnis.Five Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/enid-dinnis/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 116: The Council of Trent - Interview with Nelson H. Minnich 07.07.2025 21minThe books discussed in this episode are:History of the Council of Trent (vol. 1) (vol. 2) (German Edition) by Hubert JedinTrent: What Happened at the Council by John W. O’Malley SJThe Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent edited by Nelson H. MinnichDecrees of the Ecumenical Councils: Volume II edited by Norman Tanner SJ…and for readers of Italian or French...Le Concile de Trente by Alain Tallon Il Concilio di Trento (1545-1563) by Franco BuzziIl Concilio di Trento: una introduzione storica by Adriano ProsperiFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/council-of-trent/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 115: Christian Maturity - Interview with Fr. John Gavin SJ 30.06.2025 20minThe books discussed in this episode are:On the Apostolic Preaching by St. Irenaeus of LyonThe Mystery Hidden for Ages in God by Fr. Paul Quay SJInstructing Beginners in Faith by St. AugustineOn Perfection by St. Gregory of NyssaThe Ascetic Life by St. Maximus the ConfessorFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/the-pentateuch/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 114: Sacrifice of the Mass - Interview with Fr. Reginald Lynch OP 22.06.2025 35minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Mass: The Presence of the Sacrifice of the Cross by Charles Journet Cajetan Responds: A Reader in Reformation Controversy by Jared Wicks SJAquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist by Reinhard HütterFrancisco de Vitoria: Political Writings translated and edited by Anthony PadgenAquinas's Summa Theologiae and Eucharistic Sacrifice in the Early Modern Period by Reginald Lynch OPMeeting Christ in the Sacraments by Colman E. O'Neill OPFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/sacrifice-of-the-mass/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 113: Trinity Sunday 2025 15.06.2025 21minThe works discussed in this episode are: On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the GreatVindicating the Filioque: The Church Fathers at the Council of Florence by Fr. Thomas Crean OPAscetic Pneumatology from John Cassian to Gregory the Great by Thomas L. Humphries Jr.On The Trinity (De Trinitate), Book 11 by St. AugustineThe Masses by Anton Bruckner, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, directed by Eugen JochumFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the article at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/trinity-sunday-2025/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 112 - The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement, Part Two - Interview with Alan Schreck 08.06.2025 21minThe books discussed in this episode areEnthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion by Mons. Ronald KnoxAn Invitation to the Spirit Filled Life: The Promise, the Power, Gifts, the Fruit by Charles WhiteheadA Key to Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic Church by Vincent WalshRiding the Wind: Learning the Ways of the Spirit and Still Riding the Wind: Learning the Ways of the Spirit by Fr. George T. Montague S.M.In the School of the Holy Spirit by Fr. Jacques PhilippeFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/the-catholic-charismatic-renewal-ii/You can read Part One of the interview here or listen to it here.For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 111: St. Basil the Great - Interview with Stephen Hildebrand 02.06.2025 26minThe books discussed in this episode are:On the Holy Spirit by St. BasilHomilies on the Six Days of Creation [Hexameron] by St. BasilOn Christian Ethics by St. BasilThe Long Rules by St. BasilLetters (vol. 1) (vol. 2) by St. BasilFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/st-basil-the-great/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 110: Muriel Spark - Interview with Chrisopher J. Scalia 26.05.2025 27minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark'Loitering with Intent by Muriel SparkAll the Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel SparkMuriel Spark: The Biography by Martin StannardFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/muriel-spark/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 109: Metaphysics - Interview with Michael Gorman 19.05.2025 28minThe books discussed in this episode are:A Contemporary Introduction to Thomistic Metaphysics by Michael GormanThe One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics by Norris W. ClarkeScholastic Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction by Edward FeserAquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation (De ente et essentia) by Joseph Bobik Metaphysics by Aristotle, translated with introduction and notes by C.D.C. ReeveFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/metaphysics/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 108: A Tale of Two Leos: Leo XIV and Leo XIII 12.05.2025 18minThe books discussed in this episode are:The Great Encyclicals: Volume One, The Social Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. ClarkeThe Great Encyclicals: Volume Two, The Spiritual Letters by Leo XIII, compiled and with an introduction by Leo L. ClarkeThe Church Speaks to the Modern World: The Social Teachings of Leo XIII edited by Étienne GilsonCatholic Social Teaching: A Volume of Scholarly Essays edited by Gerard V. Bradley and E. Christian BruggerOn the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law by F. Russell Hittinger, edited by Scott RoningerFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/a-tale-of-two-leos-leo-xiv-and-leo-xiii/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 107: Alexander Schmemann - Interview with Andrew TJ Kaetheler 05.05.2025 21minThe books discussed in this episode are:For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy by Fr. Alexander SchmemannO Death, Where Is Thy Sting? by Fr. Alexander SchmemannGreat Lent: Journey to Pascha by Fr. Alexander SchmemannThe Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983 by Fr. Alexander SchmemannThe Eschatological Person: Alexander Schmemann and Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue by Andrew T.J. KaethlerFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/alexander-schmemann/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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Episode 106: Pope Francis 27.04.2025 22minThe books discussed in this episode are:Dilexit Nos: On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ by Pope FrancisEvangelii Gaudium by Pope FrancisMisericordiae vultus and Misericordia et misera by Pope FrancisLaudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home by Pope FrancisThe Mind of Pope Francis: Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s Intellectual Journey by Massimo BorghesiFive Books for Catholics may receive a commission from qualifying purchases made using the affiliate links to the books listed.Read the interview at www.fivebooksforcatholics.com/pope-francis/For more interviews like this, visit www.fivebooksforcatholics.comSign up to receive updates on the latest interview.Become a premium subscriber to listen to the full interview and have access to complete archive on the website.If you have enjoyed this episode, please give the podcast a top rating. You can also support this podcast by making a one-off tip or donation. Just click here.
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