Saint Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on Kingship and Law Volume 47
Saint Thomas wrote about kings inspired by the King of Kings. Learn how he advances political philosophy beyond the already significant contributions made centuries earlier by Aristotle by combing faith and reason to provide integral insight into the age-old political quest to derive answers to questions such as: what is the best type of government, what is law, and how do they contribute to human happiness.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Two Treatise on Moral Virtues Volume 47
Enjoy the most renown Catholic cultural historian of the 20th century. An objective scholarly approach to world history. Essays include: Jewish History, Confucian Tradition, Crisis in Western Civilization, European Revolution, Study of Christian Culture, Christianity Soul of the West, The Challenge of Secularism, The Papacy and the Modern World, Christianity and the Bourgeois Mind and several others.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Enjoy the most renown Catholic cultural historian of the 20th century. An objective scholarly approach to world history. Essays include: Jewish History, Confucian Tradition, Crisis in Western Civilization, European Revolution, Study of Christian Culture, Christianity Soul of the West, The Challenge of Secularism, The Papacy and the Modern World, Christianity and the Bourgeois Mind and several others.
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Treatise on Theological Virtues Volume 47
Enjoy the most renown Catholic cultural historian of the 20th century. An objective scholarly approach to world history. Essays include: Jewish History, Confucian Tradition, Crisis in Western Civilization, European Revolution, Study of Christian Culture, Christianity Soul of the West, The Challenge of Secularism, The Papacy and the Modern World, Christianity and the Bourgeois Mind and several others.
Saint Louis Marie de Montfort’s Secret of the Rosary
Kolbe’s Greatest Books Volume 68
Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort (1673–1716) was an outstanding French Catholic priest and missionary preacher commissioned by Pope Clement XI to preach the gospel and to teach all men the nature of true devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Canonized on July 20, 1947, de Montfort is the author of several classics about Jesus and Mary: “The Love of Eternal Wisdom“, The “Secret of the Rosary” presented here, and “True Devotion to Mary“.
The Catholic Kings of Christendom
Study how Catholic kings established Christian commonwealths following the collapse of Rome. Examine their encounters with paganism, establishment of Christian schools and legal judgments, which gave shape to the moral, economic, social, and political fabric of Europe built on the principles of justice and charity.
Kolbe’s Greatest Books Volume 73
The Federalist Papers were written by James Madison (The “Father of the Constitution), Alexander Hamilton and John Jay over a period of 10 months between October 1787 to August 1788. They were written to involve citizens of the young republic in political discussion intended to promote support for and, ratification of, the new United States Constitution. As such, they are filed with brilliant arguments, trenchant insight and invaluable information relative to the formation of government.
Some of the more important articles include Federalist No. 10 in which Madison presents the idea of the Union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection. In Federalist No. 39 he provides us with one of the most organized and well presented statements about federalism ever coined by a political theorist. Likewise, in Federalist No. 51 he summarizes the main arguments for a system of checks and balances necessary to compensate for the disregarded check of the church on state as was prevalent in Christendom. In Federalist No. 78 Hamilton establishes the concept of “judicial review” In Federalist No. 84 he dispenses with arguments advocating the necessary inclusion of a Bill of Rights.
The History of Science
Companion to Kolbe’s Greatest Books Science Collection
Williams and Williams provide a great aid to understanding the development of science from the Ancient World into the Modern Era. A great addition to your home library and complement to your Greatest Books Science Collection.
The Lawgiver and Warrior Moses and Joshua
Essential reading for Christian Politics and Social Ethics, which begins with the revelation given to Moses and the subsequent judical and ceremonial precepts recorded in the Old Testament and the planting of a nation in Canaan under Joshua.