14 Top nonfiction books like The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ (The Ascetical Works, #5) by Alfonso María de Liguori

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The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ (The Ascetical Works, #5)

By: Alfonso María de Liguori

4.65

Format: 502 pages, Paperback

— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious IllustrationsThe lover of soul…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ (The Ascetical Works, #5) by Alfonso María de Liguori , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

By: Pope Benedict XVI

4.51

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The momentous third and final volume in the Pope’s international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth seri… read more

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  • christianity
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  • spirituality
  • catholic
"En el humilde pesebre de la gruta de Belén está ya este esplendor cósmico: aquí ha venido entre nosotros el verdadero primogénito del universo."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"El evangelista (Lc 2,13-14) dice que los ángeles «hablan». Pero para los cristianos estuvo claro desde el principio que el hablar de los ángeles es un cantar, en el que se hace presente de modo palpa…"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"Just as the genealogies break off at the end, because Jesus was not begotten by St. Joseph, but was truly born of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, so it now can be said of us that our true "gene…"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

"Gracia y libertad se compenetran recíprocamente, y no podemos expresar la acción de una sobre la otra mediante fórmulas claras. Es verdad que no podríamos amar si antes no hubiésemos sido amados por …"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives

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2. Introduction to the Devout Life

By: Francis de Sales

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Written for Christians in every walk of life and for every age, St. Francis De Sales' classic work … read more

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  • christianity
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  • catholic
"Be who you are and be that well."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"We are crucified to the world, and the world must be as crucified to us. It esteems us as fools, let us esteem it as mad."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"The desire and pursuit of virtue tends to make us virtuous, but the desire and pursuit of honors tends to make us odious and despicable."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

"If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show."

-Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

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3. True Devotion to Mary

By: Louis de Montfort , Louis-Marie Grignion de Monfort

4.56

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Considered the greatest single book on Mary ever written, this classic shows the way to Jesus throu… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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  • catholic
"When Mary has struck her roots in a soul, she produces there marvels of grace, which she alone can produce, because she alone is the fruitful Virgin who never has had, and never will have, her equal …"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

"it has always been remarked that those who wear the outward look of reprobation, like impious heretics and proud worldlings, hate or despise the Hail Mary or the Rosary. Heretics still learn and say …"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

"Mary has produced, together with the Holy Ghost the greatest thing which has been or ever will be - a God-Man; and she will consequently produce the greatest saints that there will be in the end of t…"

-Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

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4. The Imitation of Christ

By: Thomas à Kempis , William Benham , Richard Challoner, D.D.

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Paperback

Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imita… read more

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  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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5. Hildegarde de Bingen

By: Régine Pernoud , Paul Duggan

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A Benedictine cloistered nun visited by visions expressed in the beautiful illuminated manuscripts … read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction

6. The Consolation of Philosophy

By: Boethius , None

4.27

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek … read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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7. The Way

By: Josemaría Escrivá

4.53

Format: 122 pages,

The strength, the attraction of The Way is largely due to the fact that it is based on real, living… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
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8. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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9. The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ: From the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich

By: Anne Catherine Emmerich

4.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the blockbuster film, The Passion of the Christ. Faithful to the Biblical ac… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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10. Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

By: Thérèse of Lisieux , John Clarke

4.42

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

This book, first published in 1898 in a highly edited version, quickly became a modern spiritual cl… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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"Love lives only by sacrifice"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"I have at last found my vocation; it is love!"

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

"It is for us to console our Lord, and not for Him to console us."

-Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux

11. The Life of St. Anthony

By: E.A. Wallis Budge , Athanasius of Alexandria

3.98

Format: 212 pages,

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12. The Privilege of Being a Woman

By: Alice von Hildebrand

3.87

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hi… read more

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13. Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

By: Pope Benedict XVI , Pope John Paul II , Catholic Church , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

4.50

Format: 846 pages, Paperback

Over 3 million copies sold!  Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - th… read more

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"  Man and woman were made “for each other"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Liturgy itself is prayer; the confession of faith finds its proper place in the celebration of worship."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life."

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

"When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete"

-Pope Benedict XVI, Catechism of the Catholic Church: Complete and Updated

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14. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

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15. Beautiful Eucharist

By: Matthew Kelly

4.39

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Nothing will transform your life quite like a personal encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist. When … read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
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16. The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ (The Ascetical Works, #5)

By: Alfonso María de Liguori

4.65

Format: 502 pages, Paperback

— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious IllustrationsThe lover of soul… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
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17. A vida de um santo agostinho

By: Giovanni Papini

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

San Agustín. Por Giovanni Papini. La biografía de uno de los hombres más influyentes en la propagac… read more

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18. The Wonders of the Holy Name

By: Paul O'Sullivan

4.47

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

The Wonders of the Holy Name may well be the most valuable of all Fr. O'Sullivan’s very popular and… read more

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  • christianity
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  • catholic
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19. Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

By: Jean Croiset

4.56

Format: 346 pages, Kindle Edition

THE deep and extraordinary interest taken by so many, in the devotion to the Sacred Heart of our Lo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • catholic
"The reason why the visit to the Blessed Sacrament, the august Sacrifice of our Altars, and Holy Communion, are spoken of at greater length, is, because, of all exercises of piety, there are none whic…"

-Jean Croiset, Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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20. Tratado do Inferno (Portuguese Edition)

By: Francisca Romana

4.43

Format: 57 pages, Kindle Edition

O Tratado do Inferno é o mais notável dos escritos de Santa Francisca Romana. Neles, a santa nos di… read more

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21. Os Santos Anjos e a Hierarquia Celeste

By: Archibald Joseph Mancintyre

4.40

Format: 445 pages, Hardcover

O livro que você tem em mãos é obra de um engenheiro. Ou melhor dizendo, do fervor de um católico e… read more

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Francis de Sales

4.37

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Louis de Montfort , Louis-Marie Grignion de Monfort

4.56

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4.32

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