At a time of turmoil, nothing could be better or more important than rooting ourselves more deeply in the Catholic tradition. One of my favorite quotations is by St. Prosper of Aquitaine (390-455), writing in his own age of chaos: “Even if the wounds of this shattered world enmesh you, and the sea in turmoil bears you along in but one surviving ship, it would still befit you to maintain your enthusiasm for studies unimpaired. Why should lasting values tremble if transient things fall?”
Enter Os Justi’s new Theological Classics series. Noticing that many indispensable works of ancient, medieval, and more recent centuries are no longer (or were never) available in worthy print editions, we decided to do something about it. Our series, which could be compared to St. Vladimir Press’ Popular Patristics, will feature handsome, convenient, and affordable books, equipped with superb historical and doctrinal introductions.
The series commences with three masterpieces.
Enter Os Justi’s new Theological Classics series. Noticing that many indispensable works of ancient, medieval, and more recent centuries are no longer (or were never) available in worthy print editions, we decided to do something about it. Our series, which could be compared to St. Vladimir Press’ Popular Patristics, will feature handsome, convenient, and affordable books, equipped with superb historical and doctrinal introductions.
The series commences with three masterpieces.
Placing Our Lady at the head of all (as is only fitting) the first in the series is St. John Henry Newman’s incomparable apologia for Marian doctrine, The Virgin Mary as New Eve: A Letter Addressed to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, which some consider the single best response to Protestant objections ever penned. This volume features an in-depth historical and doctrinal introduction by Fr. Thomas Crean, OP, and, for the first time, full translations of all the Latin passages quoted by Newman.
The second in the series is St. Vincent of Lérins’ Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith Against the Profane Novelties of All Heretics, a work that enunciates and illustrates the famous “Vincentian canon”: “In the Catholic Church, every care should be taken to hold fast to what has been believed everywhere, always, and by all”—which has resounded as a battle cry for defenders of dogmatic tradition; indeed, it served as an inspiration and catalyst for Newman’s Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. Os Justi’s new edition features the original Latin text side-by-side with a flowing translation into modern English, accompanied by ample notes and interpretive essays by Alan Fimister, Peter Kwasniewski, and Phillip Cambpell. Astonishingly, there has been no acceptable English edition of this very famous Patristic work in print for decades—until now.
The third in the series is Romano Guardini’s Sacred Signs, in which the author sets himself the task of “seeing and feeling” the basic language of signs out of which worship is composed: the human person and the objects, movements, and awarenesses of time and space that pervade everyday life. Its piercing insight, radiant piety, and almost fairy-tale-like style make it unique in the annals of liturgical writing. Os Justi’s edition is graced with the original line drawings as well as a pedagogically rich introduction by Benedictine Fr. Samuel F. Weber.
These books deserve to reach the hands of serious readers everywhere; they would serve well not only for private study but also as texts for university, seminary, homeschool, or adult enrichment courses.
Here’s a short video that gives a substantial peak inside the pages:
These books deserve to reach the hands of serious readers everywhere; they would serve well not only for private study but also as texts for university, seminary, homeschool, or adult enrichment courses.
Here’s a short video that gives a substantial peak inside the pages:
Os Justi Theological Classics are available directly from the publisher or from any Amazon site across the world.
