Brief Introductions to Texts in The Josias’s Library
St. Thomas Aquinas
“On the Government of Things in General” STh Ia Q.103
Treatise on Law, STh Ia IIae QQ.90-108
Prudence and Government, STh IIa IIae Q.47 AA.10-12
Regnative Prudence and its Species, STh IIa IIae Q.50
On Right and Justice, STh IIa IIae QQ.57-122
Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics
Commentary on Aristotle’s Ethics
On Kingship, to the King of Cyprus
Charity Compared to Political Virtue, Q.D. de Virtutibus Q.2 A.2
Aristotle
Nicomachean Ethics
Politics
Tertullian
On the Duty of Praying for the Emperor
St. Ambrose of Milan
On Naboth
The Altar of Victory
St. Augustine of Hippo
The City of God
Letter 93
Letter 185
Pope St. Gelasius I
Famuli Vestrae Pietatis — On Spiritual and Temporal Power
Pope St. Gregory VII
Dictatus Papæ – On the Authority of the Pope
Letter to Bishop Hermann of Metz — On the Two Powers
Pope Innocent III
Letters – on Papal Authority, on Usury, etc.
Pope Boniface VIII
Unam Sanctam – On the Two Swords
Pope John XXII
Condemnation of Marsilius of Padua
Cum inter nonnullos – Condemning Claims that Christ and the Apostles Held no Property
Pope Alexander VI
Inter Cætera — Granting the West Indies to Spain
Pope Leo X
Exsurge Domine – Against the Errors of Martin Luther
Pope St. Pius V
Regnans in Excelsis – Excommunication of Elizabeth I of England
Pope Benedict XIV
Vix Pervenit — On Usury
Pope Pius VI
Inscrutabile — On the Problems of the Time
Quare Lacrymae – On the Martyrdom of King Louis XVI of France
Pope Gregory XVI
Mirari Vos – On Liberalism and Religious Indifferentism
Bl. Pope Pius IX
Maxima Quidem – On the Enemies of the Catholic Cause
Quanta Cura – Condemning Current Errors
Etsi Multa – On the Church in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland
Quod Nunquam – On the Church in Prussia
Qui Pluribus – On Faith and Religion
Pope Leo XIII
Quod Apostolici Muneris – On Socialism
Aeterni Patris – On the Restoration of Catholic Philosophy
Arcanum – On Christian Marriage
Diuturnum – On the Origin of Civil Power
Cum Multa – On Conditions in Spain
Nobilissima Gallorum Gens – On the Religious Question in France
Immortale Dei – On the Christian Constitution of States
Exeunte Iam Anno – On the Right Ordering of Christian Life
Rerum Novarum – On Capital and Labor
Sapientiae Christianae – On Christians as Citizens
Au Milieu des Sollicitudes – On Church and State in France
Tametsi Futura Prospicientibus – On Jesus Christ the Redeemer
Libertas Praestantissimum – On the Nature of Human Liberty
Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae – Virtue, Nature, Grace, and Americanism
Longinqua Oceani — On Catholicism in The United States
Reputantibus saepe—On the Language Question in Bohemia
Custodi Di Quella Fede – Guardians of That Faith
Pope St. Pius X
E Supremi Apostolatus – On the Restoration of All Things in Christ
Notre Charge Apostolique – On the Sillon
Iucunda Sane – On Pope St. Gregory the Great
Vehementer Nos – On the French Law Separating Church and State
Pascendi Dominici Gregis – On the Doctrines of the Modernists
Communium Rerum – On St. Anselm of Aosta
Edite Saepe – On St. Charles Borromeo
Une Fois Encore – On the Separation of Church and State
Il Fermo Proposito – On Catholic Action in Italy
Fin Dalla Prima Nostra – On Popular Catholic Action
Pope Benedict XV
Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum – Appealing for Peace (1 Nov 1914)
Celeberrima evenisse
Pope Pius XI
Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio – On the Peace of Christ in Christ’s Kingdom
Casti Connubii – On Christian Marriage
Quas Primas – On the Feast of Christ the King
Quadragesimo Anno – On the Reconstruction of the Social Order
Nova impendet — On the Economic Crisis
Caritate Christi Compulsi – On the Sacred Heart
Dilectissima Nobis – On the Oppression of the Church of Spain
Mit Brennender Sorge – On the Church and the German Reich
Divini Redemptoris – On Atheistic Communism
Divini Illius Magistri – On Christian Education
Firmissimam Constantiam – On the Religious Situation in Mexico
Mortalium Animos – On True Religion Unity
Divini Illius Magistri – On Christian Education
Pope Pius XII
Summi Pontificatus – On the Unity of Human Society
Sertum Laetitiae – On the Establishment of the U.S. Hierarchy
Anni Sacri – On Combating Atheist Propaganda
Humani Generis – On the False Doctrines of the “New Theology”
Doctor Mellifluus – On St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Ecclesiae Fastos – On St. Boniface
Le Pelerinage de Lourdes – Warning against Materialism
Miranda Prorsus – On the New Media
Ci Riesce – On Religious Tolerance
La solennità della Pentecoste – On the Fiftieth Anniversary of Rerum novarum
Pope St. John XXIII
Ad Petri Cathedram – On Truth, Unity, and Peace
Mater et Magistra – On Christianity and Social Progress
Pacem in Terris – On Establishing Universal Peace
Bl. Pope Paul VI
Ecclesiam Suam – On the Church
Populorum Progressio – On the Development of Peoples
Octogesima Adveniens – On the 80th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum
Homily on the Ninth Anniversary of his Pontificate
Pope St. John Paul II
Homily for the Inauguration of His Pontificate
Laborem Exercens – Through Work
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis – The Social Concern of the Church
Centesimus Annus – The One Hundredth Year
Evangelium Vitae – The Gospel of Life
Veritatis Splendor – The Moral Life
Pope Benedict XVI
Deus Caritas Est
The Regensburg Lecture
Spe Salvi
Caritas in Veritate
Address to the German Bundestag
Pope Francis
Address to Popular Movements
Laudato si’— On Care for our Common Home
Modern Papal Pronouncements on Political Matters
A Catena
Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
On Royal Government
Henri Grenier
Thomistic Philosophy, Vol 3: Moral Philosophy
Charles De Koninck
On the Primacy of the Common Good
Duane Berquist
Lectures on Ethics
Marcus Berquist
Common Good and Private Good
Ronald McArthur
The Rights of Man and the Tyranny of Law
Thomas Pink
What is the Catholic doctrine of religious liberty?
Jacques Maritain and the problem of Church and State
Suarez and Bellarmine on the Church as Coercive Lawgiver
John Francis Nieto
The Axiomatic Character of the Principle that the Common Good is Preferable to the Private Good
Edmund Waldstein, O.Cist.
Integralism
An Integralist Manifesto
What is Integralism Today?
Integralism and the Logic of the Cross
Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem.
The Primacy of the Common Good as the Root of Personal Dignity in the Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas
Fidelissimus Discipulus Ejus: Charles De Koninck’s Exposition of Aquinas’ Doctrine on the Common Good