Friar Library

We created the Friar Library to be an ever growing place to grow in faith. To be Catholic is to recognize that faith and reason go hand in hand. Browse and explore the documents listed below.

Friar Library

Vatican Council II

Constitutions

Dei Verbum. (The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation.)

Lumen Gentium. The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.

Sacrosanctum Concilium. Constitution on Sacred Liturgy.

Gaudium et Spes. (Pastoral Constituion on the Church in the Modern World.)

Declarations

Gravissimum Educationis. (Declaration on Christian Education.)

Nostra Aetate.( Declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions.)

Dignitatis Humanae. (Declaration on Religious Freedom.)

Decrees

Ad Gentes. ( Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church.)

Presbyterorum Ordains. (Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests.)

Apostolicam Actuositatem. (Decree on the apostolate of the laity)

Optimum Totius. (Decree on Priestly Training.)

Perfectae Caritatis. Decree on the Adaption and Renewal of Religious Life.

Christum Dominus. (Decree concerning the pastoral office of the bishops in the Church.)

UNITATIS REDINTEGRATIO. (Decree on Ecumenism. )

Orientlium Ecclesiarum. (Decree on Catholic Churches of the Eastern Rite.)

The Friar Book Club

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

Meditations in the Time of Retreat

The Reed of God

A Companion to the Summa, Volume 1

A Companion to the Summa, Volume 1, Chapters 1-5

A Companion to the Summa, Volume 1, Chapters 6-10

A Companion to the Summa, Volume 1, Chapters 11-15

A Companion to the Summa, Volume 1: Chapters 16-20

Other Documents

Apologia by Saint John Henry Newman

Papal Documents

Pope Francis

Lumen Fidei

Pope Leo

Dilexi Te

Apostolic Exhortation on Archaeology

Apostolic Letter: A Fidelity that Generates the Future

Magnifica Humanitatis

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