The complete text of Against the Heresies, with fragments of other writings. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons wrote around 180 to uphold against Gnosticism the Christian rule of faith that he had received. To vindicate the Incarnation of God in human flesh, Irenaeus described and attacked their principal doctrine, the evil origin of the natural world. Affirming the unity of Old and New Testaments, the goodness of the Creator and the created world, and finally the mystery by which human beings are perfected through participation in the divine life, the saint produced an outstanding example of early Christian biblical theology. Irenaeus stands among the best examples of the early Church fathers, for whom the doctrines of Christianity safeguard the confession of God's saving love revealed through His Incarnation as Jesus Christ. Unlike other reprints, this version is completely re-typeset, while preserving original page-numbering. Published by Ex Fontibus Company.

Saint Irenaeus of Lyons: Against Heresies

Religion & Spirituality

Of Lyons, Irenaeus

Company, Ex Fontibus

Christian Books & Bibles

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

In this work, Matthias Scheeben's primary theme is the nuptial union of God and the created order through the Incarnation, a marriage of heaven and earth that begins in the conception of Christ in the womb of the virgin Mary. Mary, therefore, is the temple in which God and humankind are reconciled. Scheeben draws together the teaching on the Incarnation, on deification, on the Marian dogmas, sacramental theology, and ecclesiology in a beautiful work. Originally published in two volumes, the entire work is gathered here in a single volume. It has been out of print for decades, now made available once more.

Mariology

Scheeben, M. J.

Studies on the early Papacy

John Chapman, fourth abbot of Downside Abbey, was a renowned scholar of the early Church. Taking up the question of the papal primacy in the first centuries of Christianity, he eschews selective apologetics in favor of a reasoned study of textual sources in the context of historical events. By these he illustrates the position of the bishop of Rome in the early Church through the prominent and authoritative role taken by or expected of him at pivotal moments of early Christian history. So doing, this volume offers much substance to those who wish to understand better the question of papal prerogatives. Chapman argues in favor of the Catholic claims based on his reading of the history, but does so with such care as a historian that his work has received high approval even from such an eminence as the famed Anglican historian Henry Chadwick who, in his own book on the history of the early Church, saw fit to recommend Chapman’s work to readers interested in the question. There have been many successors to Chapman but few, if any, have engaged precisely with the matters that he discusses with such detail and clarity. His book, therefore, remains an important voice in the modern conversation.Published by Ex Fontibus Company.

Studies on the Early Papacy

History

Chapman, Dom John

World

These works present the thought of Ambrose of Milan, the bishop whose preaching first renewed Augustine’s interest in Christianity. Included in this volume are several of Ambrose’s works on the chief points of the Christian faith: “The Mysteries,” “The Holy Spirit,” “The Sacrament of the Incarnation of Our Lord,” and “The Sacraments,” including his famous teaching on the transformation of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ.  Published by Ex Fontibus Co.

Theological and Dogmatic Works: The Mysteries, The Holy Spirit, The Incarnation, The Sacraments

Ambrose of Milan

Lord of the World. Beautifully re-typeset with all Latin passages newly translated in notes. One of Pope Francis's favorite novels, Benson's 1907 apocalyptic tale of the Antichrist is one of the first modern dystopias. Humanism has eliminated world conflict but practices a subtle barbarism upon the human mind. Religion is either suppressed or ignored. The Catholic Church, confined to ghettos, occupies an increasingly perilous position in the public square. The populace turns toward euthanasia as the solution to bodily pain and spiritual crisis. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure of apparent hope, Julian Felsenburgh, rises to become the head of a single world government. The plot follows a priest, Father Percy Franklin, who finds himself caught up in the final and increasingly open struggle between Antichrist and Christ. Note: In this edition (ISBN 1507790503), Latin phrases are translated in footnotes. "Interesting it must be to all to whom the deepest convictions of a man's heart are of moment. And in the artistic balance and taste of Father Benson's literary power every reader will find delight." -- New York Times "Mr. Benson sees the world, ...generations hence, free at last from all minor quarrels, and ranged against itself in two camps, Humanitarianism for those who believe in no divinity but that of man, Catholicism for those who believe in no divinity but that of God." -- London Times "The book as art is beautiful, delicately balanced, deeply inspired, intelligently executed." --Putnam's Published by Ex Fontibus Company.

Lord of the World

Benson, Robert Hugh

Literature & Fiction

Available here in a modern scholarly translation, Anselm’s famous treatise Cur Deus Homo (Why the God-Man?) attempts to show unbelievers that, far from being an unfitting and irrational act, God’s incarnation as man was a suitable, even (contingently-speaking) a necessary act by which to restore the right relation of God and a human race afflicted by sin. Anselm’s “satisfaction” theory of atonement (not to be confused with penal substitution) formalized a tradition with its seeds in the patristic period and set the context for much reflection on the Cross in the Middle Ages and throughout the Reformation period. Published by Ex Fontibus Co.

Cur Deus Homo: Why the God-Man?

Anselm of Canterbury

Joris-Karl Huysmans’s trilogy of novels charting the religious and life journey of Monsieur Durtal, who once investigated a satanic order in decadent late nineteenth century Paris (Lá-bas, “The Depths” or “The Damned”), and now, seeking a divine illumination, undertakes a mystical journey of sorts through a monastery (En Route; “On the Way”), the cathedral of Chartres (La Cathédrale, “The Cathedral”), and finally enters monastic life as a Benedictine oblate (L’Oblat, “The Oblate”). This trilogy is intensely autobiographical, following the pattern of Huysmans's own life. Huysmans was an art critic as well as a novelist and thus the exquisitely constructed Cathedral has been used by generations of visitors as a guidebook to Chartres Cathedral. This edition offers the flowing translations that brought the original to an English-speaking audience, but with footnoted annotations explaining many of the erudite Huysmans's more obscure references to the artists, saints, and plant-life that populate the unfolding epic of Durtal's journey. Huysmans and his character Durtal are central to French author Michel Houellebecq’s best-selling and controversial novel Submission (2015). Published by Ex Fontibus Co.

The Durtal Trilogy (En Route, The Cathedral, The Oblate)

Huysmans, Joris-Karl

Sharpe, Smithbridge

Literary

Ex Fontibus Company

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