The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church's Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies contextualizes the history and provides a theological analysis and commentary on the nine Papal documents, two Canon Laws, and two documents issued by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which relate specifically to the Catholic Church's dogmatic prohibition against Freemasonry. This book departs from the traditional apologetic approach to explain the Catholic Church's prohibition against Freemasonry to better examine it in a thorough, comprehensive, theological, and historical context. This book is well researched and referenced, and written only how a person with an extensive and high-level experience with Freemasonry and an academic background in history and Catholic theology could have written it. In addition to this rare look behind the theological and political arguments that the Catholic Church has made against Freemasonry and its appendant Masonic Bodies since Pope Clement's Papal Bull In Eminenti in 1738, this catechism also answers such questions as: <ul>
<li>What are the Catholic Roots of Freemasonry? </li>
<li>What is the Structure of Freemasonry? </li>
<li>Is Freemasonry a Religion? </li>
<li>What are the Core Principals of Freemasonry? </li>
<li>What is the Masonic Legend of Hiram Abiff? </li>
<li>Which Popes were Freemasons? </li>
<li>Why were Haydn and Mozart Freemasons? </li>
<li>What Role did Freemasons Play during the European and American Revolutions? </li>
<li>What is the Relationship between Protestantism, Freemasonry, Communism, and Homosexualism? </li>
<li>To what Degree did Freemasonry Influence the Creation of the Novus Ordo Rite? </li>
<li>How did the Freemasons and their Ideological Allies in the Catholic Church (i.e. the Masonic lobby) work to remove the word 'Masonic' from the 1983 Code of Canon Law? </li>
<li>Are Catholics who belong to the Masonic Order Excommunicated?</li>
</ul>

The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church’s Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies

Religion & Spirituality

Gray, David L.

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The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass

This Third Edition cleans up some typos. The Divine Symphony begins with this one presupposition; that all that God has revealed about Himself, and all that He yearns for His People to be, is offered through the Catholic Mass. The exposition of that presupposition resulted in this unique book on the Theology of the Catholic Mass. The Divine Symphony presents a wonderful and seamless presentation of the liturgical continuity of the history, meaning, and mystery of the central and highest expression of worship and prayer in the Catholic Church. For the past century and longer, nearly every book written by Catholics about the Catholic Mass has taken to the approach to explain the liturgy by dissecting it into separate parts and pieces. Contrary to this staunchly popular style of teaching, the Catholic Mass is not a disjointed litany of things laity says, things the Priest says, times they stand, times they kneel, things they do, and things they don’t do. Rather, in all of its liturgical expressions, from East to West, the Catholic Mass is a singular and Divinely inspired composition; a familial song of prayers and confessions. It truly is a Divine Symphony called the ‘Ite, Missa est.’This is what makes David L. Gray’s work groundbreaking, in that finally there comes along a book that presents a harmonious symphony of the Catholic Mass. Although Mr. Gray uses the Novus Ordo rite as the outline to narrate and guide the reader through the liturgical movements, he also draws into text much older Latin and Eastern rites, for the objectives of deeper study and explanation of the purpose, meaning, mystery, and orientation of the sacred liturgy. Such incorporation of so many various rites demonstrates, most beautifully, the universality and continuity of Christ Jesus’ memorial sacrifice. A second unique feature of this work is Mr. Gray’s use of the classical symphony orchestra as a way to explain the structure and flow of the Catholic Mass. Even if the reader is not trained in the classical works, Gray gives them enough history and examples to give the reader a good reason to appreciate and understand their many similarities of form and purpose.A third unique aspect of the book is that rather than attempt to explain the Mass through Scriptural proof-texts, the author has rightly moved to explain the Scriptures through the Mass. For, as the Scriptures tells the story of salvation history, it is the Mass, which brings the promise of the story to their fulfillment. Through beautiful prose and a concrete presentation of the Divine Symphony’s history, meaning, mystery, and liturgical continuity, David L. Gray, in this exordium, gives reason to all to know, love and pray the Mass. This well written and accessible a book is not only for Catholics, but for anyone who is looking to developing a deeper understanding and appreciation for what the Priests, Deacons, and the People are doing when they pray and confess the Ite, Missa Est.To know the Mass is to love it and to love it is to pray it.

The Divine Symphony begins with this one presupposition; that all that God has revealed about Himself, and all that He yearns for His People to be, is offered through the Catholic Mass.The exposition of that presupposition resulted in this unique book on the Theology of the Catholic Mass. The Divine Symphony presents a wonderful and seamless presentation of the liturgical continuity of the history, meaning, and mystery of the central and highest expression of worship and prayer in the Catholic Church.For the past century and longer, nearly every book written by Catholics about the Catholic Mass has taken to the approach to explain the liturgy by dissecting it into separate parts and pieces. Contrary to this staunchly popular style of teaching, the Catholic Mass is not a disjointed litany of things laity says, things the Priest says, times they stand, times they kneel, things they do, and things they don't do. Rather, in all of its liturgical expressions, from East to West, the Catholic Mass is a singular and Divinely inspired composition; a familial song of prayers and confessions. It truly is a Divine Symphony called the 'Ite, Missa est.'This is what makes David L. Gray's work groundbreaking, in that finally there comes along a book that presents a harmonious symphony of the Catholic Mass.Although Mr. Gray uses the Novus Ordo rite as the outline to narrate and guide the reader through the liturgical movements, he also draws into text much older Latin and Eastern rites, for the objectives of deeper study and explanation of the purpose, meaning, mystery, and orientation of the sacred liturgy. Such incorporation of so many various rites demonstrates, most beautifully, the universality and continuity of Christ Jesus' memorial sacrifice.A second unique feature of this work is Mr. Gray's use of the classical symphony orchestra as a way to explain the structure and flow of the Catholic Mass. Even if the reader is not trained in the classical works, Gray gives them enough history and examples to give the reader a good reason to appreciate and understand their many similarities of form and purpose.A third unique aspect of the book is that rather than attempt to explain the Mass through Scriptural proof-texts, the author has rightly moved to explain the Scriptures through the Mass. For, as the Scriptures tells the story of salvation history, it is the Mass, which brings the promise of the story to their fulfillment.Through beautiful prose and a concrete presentation of the Divine Symphony's history, meaning, mystery, and liturgical continuity, David L. Gray, in this exordium, gives reason to all to know, love and pray the Mass.This well written and accessible a book is not only for Catholics, but for anyone who is looking to developing a deeper understanding and appreciation for what the Priests, Deacons, and the People are doing when they pray and confess the Ite, Missa Est.To know the Mass is to love it and to love it is to pray it.

The Political Works of Remigius Dei Girolami

Remigius dei Girolami, a Dominican friar and lector in the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence as well as a political philosopher and theologian, wrote in the context of the Guelf - Ghibbeline conflict in Florence in the early fourteenth century. Unfortunately, Remigius dei Girolami is rather poorly known, as he is eclipsed by his more famous teacher, Thomas Aquinas, and his Florentine contemporary, Dante. Nevertheless, Remigius dei Girolami authored an impressive array of texts, ranging in topic from theology to science to music to politics.In this book a new translation of several of Remigius dei Girolami's political works, the De Bono Communi, De Bono Pacis, Sermones de Pace and the De Iustitia is offered. These texts, in their discussion of how to overcome this conflict, offer a unique perspective, since Remigius dei Girolami carefully avoids the core of the conflict, the last playing out of the Investiture controversy between Pope and Emperor, and instead focuses on the relationship between the individual and the state. These are not polemic texts, meant to bolster one side over the other, rather he paints a picture in which even the victory of one side over the other results in destruction for all, since conflict is of detriment to society as a whole. It is not imperial party or papal party that are the problem and must be defeated, as is seen often in other texts of the same time period, such as the Defensor Pacis by Marsilius of Padua or Dante's De Monarchia, whose hatred of the Black Guelfs was so great that he consigned many of their leaders in the Inferno. Instead, it is the individual who does not love the city who is culpable for the destruction of the state, conversely, it is through the love of this individual for the community that all benefit.In addition to the translation, the book offers contextualization and structural analysis in a general introduction as well as introductions to each text. Much of the discussion centers on the influence of Thomas Aquinas, felt everywhere in Remigius dei Girolami's works, from the setup of the section of objections to the adoption of the Thomistic understanding of the relationship of human and divine law to the pervasive reliance on Aristotle. Especially in the De Bono Communi and De Bono Pacis quotations of and references to the works of Aristotle are made as often as Scriptural references. It is this reliance on Aristotle that allows Remigius dei Girolami to formulate his argument. Remigius dei Girolami adopts the Aristotelian principle of the part and the whole in his understanding of the relationship of the individual to the community. Using the image of a hand or foot as part of the body, beyond which the hand or foot has no real existence, Remigius adapts this to argue that the citizen has no real existence beyond the community. If this is the case, then anything which endangers the community, such as the constant fighting between political factions, is an existential threat to each individual part of the community, even the part which is victorious.

History

Newman, Nicholas

Europe

Remigius dei Girolami, a Dominican friar and lector in the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence as well as a political philosopher and theologian, wrote in the context of the Guelf – Ghibbeline conflict in Florence in the early fourteenth century. Unfortunately, Remigius is rather poorly known, as he is eclipsed by his more famous teacher, Thomas Aquinas, and his Florentine contemporary, Dante Alighieri. Nevertheless, Remigius authored an impressive array of texts, ranging in topic from theology to science to music to politics.What is offered in this book is a new translation of several of Remigius dei Girolami’s political works; the De Bono Communi, De Bono Pacis, Sermones de Pace and the De Iustitia. These texts, in their discussion of how to overcome this conflict, offer a unique perspective, since Remigius carefully avoids the core of the conflict, the last playing out of the Investiture controversy between Pope and Emperor, and instead focuses on the relationship between the individual and the state. These are not polemic texts, meant to bolster one side over the other, rather he paints a picture in which even the victory of one side over the other results in destruction for all, since conflict is of detriment to society as a whole. It is not imperial party or papal party that are the problem and must be defeated, as is seen often in other texts of the same time period, such as the Defensor Pacis by Marsilius of Padua or Dante’s De Monarchia, whose hatred of the Black Guelfs was so great that he consigned many of their leaders in the Inferno. Instead, it is the individual who does not love the city who is culpable for the destruction of the state, conversely, it is through the love of this individual for the community that all benefit.In addition to the translation, the book offers contextualization and structural analysis in a general introduction as well as introductions to each text. Much of the discussion centers on the influence of Thomas Aquinas, felt everywhere in Remigius dei Girolami’s works, from the setup of the section of objections to the adoption of the Thomistic understanding of the relationship of human and divine law to the pervasive reliance on Aristotle. Especially in the De Bono Communi and De Bono Pacis quotations of and references to the works of Aristotle are made as often as Scriptural references. It is this reliance on Aristotle that allows Remigius dei Girolami to formulate his argument. Remigius adopts the Aristotelian principle of the part and the whole in his understanding of the relationship of the individual to the community. Using the image of a hand or foot as part of the body, beyond which the hand or foot has no real existence, Remigius adapts this to argue that the citizen has no real existence beyond the community. If this is the case, then anything which endangers the community, such as the constant fighting between political factions, is an existential threat to each individual part of the community, even the part which is victorious.

The Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Theologian: Critical Text with Translation and Commentary

This book, a dissertation written at the University of Zurich, offers a new edition, translation and a commentary of the Greek Liturgy of St. Gregory the Theologian. In the discussion of the Greek text, which exists alongside a Coptic version, the origins of the liturgy and its programmatic use in the turbulent theological world of the fourth century are discovered.

About the Author\nPrior to his conversion to the Catholic Church in 2006, David L. Gray spent over a decade being very active at some of the highest levels of Freemasonry as the head of several local Masonic bodies, a Grand Lodge officer, and a distinguished author and lecturer. After his conversion, David went on to earn a Master of Arts Degree in Theology from Ohio Dominican University (Ohio). He is also the author of the highly acclaimed book The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass. He and his wife Felicia live in the greater Saint Louis, Missouri area.\nThe Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church's Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies contextualizes the history and provides a theological analysis and commentary on the nine Papal documents, two Canon Laws, and two documents issued by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which relate specifically to the Catholic Church's dogmatic prohibition against Freemasonry. This book departs from the traditional apologetic approach to explain the Catholic Church's prohibition against Freemasonry to better examine it in a thorough, comprehensive, theological, and historical context. This book is well researched and referenced, and written only how a person with an extensive and high-level experience with Freemasonry and an academic background in history and Catholic theology could have written it. In addition to this rare look behind the theological and political arguments that the Catholic Church has made against Freemasonry and its appendant Masonic Bodies since Pope Clement's Papal Bull In Eminenti in 1738, this catechism also answers such questions as: What are the Catholic Roots of Freemasonry? What is the Structure of Freemasonry? Is Freemasonry a Religion? What are the Core Principals of Freemasonry? What is the Masonic Legend of Hiram Abiff? Which Popes were Freemasons? Why were Haydn and Mozart Freemasons? What Role did Freemasons Play during the European and American Revolutions? What is the Relationship between Protestantism, Freemasonry, Communism, and Homosexualism? To what Degree did Freemasonry Influence the Creation of the Novus Ordo Rite? How did the Freemasons and their Ideological Allies in the Catholic Church (i.e. the Masonic lobby) work to remove the word 'Masonic' from the 1983 Code of Canon Law? Are Catholics who belong to the Masonic Order Excommunicated?\nFrom the Author\nI wrote this book to serve as a comprehensive theological and historical analysis of the prohibition against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies that the Catholic Church has had in place since 1738. I hope you enjoy the book and find it to be an invaluable resource. Please leave a review if you did. Thank you!

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The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church’s Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies

The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass

The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass

The Political Works of Remigius Dei Girolami

The Political Works of Remigius Dei Girolami

The Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Theologian: Critical Text with Translation and Commentary

The Liturgy of Saint Gregory the Theologian: Critical Text with Translation and Commentary

The Catholic Catechism on Freemasonry: A Theological and Historical Treatment on the Catholic Church’s Prohibition Against Freemasonry and its Appendant Masonic Bodies