17 Best christianity books like Church History : A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day by John Joseph Laux

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Church History : A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day

By: John Joseph Laux

4.26

Format: 686 pages, Paperback

From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. The author intersperses the histo…

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1. Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue

By: Catherine of Siena , Suzanne Noffke

4.35

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), mystic and doctor of the church, wrote The Dialogue, her crowning s… read more

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  • catholic
"The soul is in God and God in the soul, just as the fish is in the sea and the sea in the fish."

-Catherine of Siena, Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue

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2. The Soul of The Apostolate

By: Jean-Baptiste Chautard , Jean-Baptiste Chautard O.C.S.O

4.55

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

El lector encontrará en el libro una gran la vida de un cristiano no tiene sentido si no cumple el… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • catholic
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3. 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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"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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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
  • religion
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5. The One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics

By: W. Norris Clarke , W. Norris Clarke S.J.

3.86

Format: 445 pages, Paperback

When it is taught today, metaphysics is often presented as a fragmented view of philosophy that ign… read more

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  • religion
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6. Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska: Divine Mercy in My Soul

By: Maria Faustyna Kowalska

3.94

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

This bestselling book that birthed the Divine Mercy movement, one of the fastest growing movements … read more

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  • religion
  • catholic
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7. The Everlasting Man

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.16

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

What, if anything, is it that makes the human uniquely human? This, in part, is the question that G… read more

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  • religion
  • history
  • catholic
"Men are moved most by their religion; especially when it is irreligion."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"Classic literature is still something that hangs in the air like a song."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

"The boldest plans for the future invoke the authority of the past; and that even a revolutionary seeks to satisfy himself that he is also a reactionary."

-G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man

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8. Life Is Worth Living

By: Fulton J. Sheen

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Bishop Fulton Sheen's renowned and inspiring television series, Life Is Worth Living, was watched b… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • catholic
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9. Beowulf

By: Unknown , Seamus Heaney

3.49

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Composed toward the end of the first millennium, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the adventures… read more

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"Fate will unwind as it must!"

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Fate goes ever as fate must."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"Let whoever can win glory before death."

-Unknown, Beowulf

"We all know a boy can't daddy until his daddy's dead."

-Unknown, Beowulf

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10. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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11. Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's Saving Promises

By: Scott Hahn , David Noel Freedman

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

While the canonical scriptures were produced over many centuries and represent a diverse library of… read more

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  • catholic
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12. Orthodoxy

By: G.K. Chesterton

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
Cover of Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy by Scott Hahn, Jeremy Driscoll

13. Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Liturgy

By: Scott Hahn , Jeremy Driscoll

3.80

Format: 242 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of The Lamb's Suppercontinues his thoughtful exploration of the complex rela… read more

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  • religion
  • catholic

14. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity

By: Robert L. Wilken

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to… read more

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  • history
  • church history
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15. 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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"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

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16. Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism

By: Kimberly Hahn , Scott Hahn , Peter Kreeft

4.40

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

The well-known and very popular Catholic couple, Scott and Kimberly Hahn, have been constantly trav… read more

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  • catholic
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17. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

18. Dark Night of the Soul

By: None , None

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A 16th-century mystic, St. John of the Cross was also a Carmelite monk who helped reform the Order.… read more

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19. The Practice of the Presence of God

By: Brother Lawrence

4.32

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more

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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

20. The Spiritual Combat

By: None , Lorenzo Scupoli , None , None

3.54

Format: 317 pages,

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21. The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History

By: J. Stephen Lang , Randy Petersen , None

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two Thousand Years of Church History From Nero's burning of Rome to the twentieth-century charismat… read more

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22. Metaphysics

By: Aristotle , Joe Sachs

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Metaphysics (Greek: ta meta ta phusika) is one of the principal works of Aristotle & the first majo… read more

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23. 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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24. A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

By: Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germ… read more

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  • history
"You fight by rules to keep your humanity"

-Larry Alexander, A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

25. Fire Within: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and the Gospel - On Prayer

By: Thomas Dubay

4.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

This book is the fruit of Fr. Dubay's many years of study and experience in spiritual direction and… read more

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26. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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27. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

By: Carrie Gress

4.37

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

The Demonic Influence on Women Today In the late ’60s, a small group of elite American women convin… read more

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  • history
  • catholic
"Parents are the bridge between a child and God; they are the first icon of his unconditional love."

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

"We live under ghe impression that we are freethinkers; the irony is that thinkers are generally not free when they think just like everyone else."

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

"Anglican convert Blessed John Henry Cardinal Neumann described Mary as our "happier world". By leading her children to her Son, the Blessed Mother helps "them to regain that which has been lost throu…"

-Carrie Gress, The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

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28. Mystici Corporis: Encyclical Letter Of Pope Pius XII On The Mystical Body Of Christ

By: Pope Pius XII

4.51

Format: 60 pages, Paperback

Mystici corporis Christi (June 29, 1943) is a papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII during World… read more

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29. Church History : A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day

By: John Joseph Laux

4.26

Format: 686 pages, Paperback

From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. The author intersperses the histo… read more

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  • history
  • church history
  • christianity
  • religion
  • catholic
Cover of A History of the Christian Tradition, Vol. II: From the Reformation to the Present by Thomas D. McGonigle

30. A History of the Christian Tradition, Vol. II: From the Reformation to the Present

By: Thomas D. McGonigle

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The second volume of A History of the Christian Tradition takes the reader through the momentous ev… read more

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31. Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology

By: Lawrence Feingold

4.60

Format: 648 pages, Hardcover

"Faith Comes from What Is Heard: An Introduction to Fundamental Theology" informs both the heart an… read more

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6 Best history books like Church History : A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day by John Joseph Laux

Transform Your Habits

The Everlasting Man

G.K. Chesterton

4.16

The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity

Robert L. Wilken

3.80

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A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II

Larry Alexander , Adam Makos

4.36

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The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity

Carrie Gress

4.37

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14 Best religion books like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper , Cecil Murphey

4.15

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The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

4.31

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The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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