Volume One of Germain Grisez's three-volume work is constructed primarily as a textbook in fundamental moral theology for students in Catholic seminaries. However, those already ordained to the priesthood, teachers of religion, parents concerned about the catechetical formation of their children, and others will find this book helpful as well. Some questions naturally arise regarding this monumental undertaking. Why, for example, should so extensive a project be carried out in one field - that of moral theology? And why should seminary students devote so much of their time to this one subject? The answer is that morality is the characteristic of human actions are not what is most fundamental in reality as a whole or in Christian life specifically - (far more basic is the reality itself and the work of God in creation and redemption) - nevertheless, God had chosen to create persons who can be like himself by acting intelligently and freely. And this is what morality is all about. This volume is only the first stage of a much larger project. In the present volume, the author considers only the fundamental part of moral theology: Christian moral principles. In subsequent volumes, he  takes up the specific responsibilities of Christians and clarifies their responsibilities in the light of these principles. The Second Volume, Living a Christian Life, deals with the responsibilities common all Christians. And the Third Volume, Difficult Moral Questions seeks to provide guidance, if not always answers, to some 200 intriguing problems that Christians grapple with each day.

Christian Moral Principles, Volume 1: The Way of the Lord Jesus

Germain Grisez

St Pauls / Alba House

This Second Volume in Germain Grisez's monumental study treats the specific moral responsibilities common to all or most lay people as well as those common to clerics and religious. Like Volume One's chapters, those of this work are divided into questions and answers based upon the conviction that the whole of the unique life to which God calls each Christian is his or her personal vocation. Each vocation embraces the whole one's life, not merely part of it, for God calls each believer - a calling not limited to the specific "vocations" to priesthood or religious life, marriage of the single state - to love and serve him with the whole of his or her heart, mind, soul, and strength. Vatican II adopted this inclusive understanding of vocation because it is eminently conducive to the integration of faith and daily life. Christian morality goes beyond the concept of laws imposed by God to an approach that promotes the good to be found in this world without going to the extreme of secular humanism which offers redemption without the cross. Insofar as Christians who try to fulfill their personal vocations are cooperating with Jesus, they are not left to their own resources. They are bolstered by God's grace. Hence, this volume deals with faith, hope, charity, justice, mercy and the other virtues, using them to illuminate and unify many specific norms of Christian morality.

Living a Christian Life, Volume 2: The Way of the Lord Jesus

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"Msgr. Melina goes beyond a description of the relationship between family and culture. He examines why this is so, and he proposes answers that take us into the eternal life of God." - Scott Hahn, PhD

Building a Culture of the Family: The Language of Love

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<p>During these two hundred years (1648-1848) Catholic princes and other secular authorities tried to control the Church and to marginalize her influence. Yet, despite the very low state to which the Papacy and the Catholic Church had fallen, wonderful achievements were being realized throughout Europe and beyond. Divine Providence provided great saintly men and women, churchmen, preachers, missionaries, scholars and artists to swell her ranks. This fourth volume of At Your Fingertips was written to provide the reader with a quick and concise reference to some of the highlights of this era which began in 1648, the year of the Peace of Westphalia and concluded in 1848, when revolutions swept across Europe. The Church survived the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon to see restoration of the Society of Jesus and the founding of many new religious communities, and the unprecedented growth of the Church in many newly emerging nations in the Americas. History shows us that God, the Lord of all times, is ultimately in charge of events and their outcome.</p>

At Your Fingertips, Volume 4: The Catholic Church Rides the Waves of Turbulent History (1648-1848)

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