Sacred Scripture. Edited by Peter S. Williamson and Mary Healy. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic Press, 2010. Luke/Acts Bovon, François. Luke the Theologian. 2nd Ed. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006. Fitzmyer, Joseph. Luke the Theologian. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2004. Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Gospel of Luke. Sacra Pagina 3. Edited by Daniel J. Harrington. Collegeville, MN: Glazier, 2006. Kurz, William S. Acts of the Apostles. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Edited by Peter S. Williamson and Mary Healy. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013. John Brown, Raymond. An Introduction to the Gospel of John. Anchor Bible Reference Library. Edited by Francis J. Moloney. New York: Doubleday, 2003 Martin, Francis, and William Wright IV. The Gospel of John. Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture. Edited by Peter S. Williamson and Mary Healy. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, Academic, 2015. Moloney, Francis. The Gospel of John. Sacra Pagina 4. Edited by Daniel J. Harrington. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005. Paul Branick, Vincent P. Understanding Paul and His Letters. New York: Paulist Press, 2009. Gorman, Michael. Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2003. Matera, Frank J. God’s Saving Grace. A Pauline Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2012.
Neil, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1964. O’Malley, John W. What Happened at Vatican II. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2010. Schall, James. The Modern Age. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine Press, 2011. Toulmin, Stephen. Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. Van Kley, Dale K. The Religious Origins of the French Revolution: From Calvin to the Constitution, 1560-1791. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. _______________. The Jansenists and the Expulsion of the Jesuits From France, 1757-1765. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. Ventresca, Robert A. Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2013. Vidler, Alec R. The Church in an Age of Revolution. London: Penguin, 1961. Weigel, George. Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II. New York: Harper, 1999. _____________. The End and the Beginning: Pope John Paul II- The Victory of Freedom, the Last Years, the Legacy. New York: Image, 2010. Wilson, Peter H. The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2011. Canon Law Beal, J.P., James A. Coriden, and Thomas J. Green, eds. New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. New York: Paulist Press, 2000. Canon Law Society of America. Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. Washington, D.C.: Canon Law Society of America, 1992. Caparros, Ernest, Michael Theriault, and Jean Thorn, eds. Code of Canon Law Annotated. Second English edition of the sixth Spanish language edition. Woodridge, IL: Midwest Theological Forum, 2004. Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The Canon Law: Letter and Spirit. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995.
J.D. Eastern Catholic Churches: Constitution and Governance. New York: Saint Maron Publications, 1992. Marzoa, Ángel, Jorge Miras, and Rafael Rodríguez-Ocana, eds. Exegetical Commentary on the Code of Canon Law. Woodridge, IL: Midwest Theological Forum, 2004. Liturgical/Sacramental Theology *=These works will be especially useful to seminarians. Reference Room *Bugnini, Annibale. The Reform of the Liturgy 1948-1975. Translated by Matthew J. O’Connell. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990. Offers insight into the process of liturgical reforms. *Chupungco, Anscar J., ed. Handbook for Liturgical Studies. 5 vols. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1997. Corpus Christianorum Series. Critical editions of texts by Christian authors from Late Antiquity till the end of the Middle Ages. See: Corpus Orationem. Dictionnaire d'archeologie chrétinne et liturgie. Paris, 1907-1953. Encyclopedia of early Christian liturgical practice. *Foley, Edward, ed. A Commentary on the General Instruction of the Roman Missal. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2008. *International Commission on English in the Liturgy. Documents on the Liturgy 1963-1979: Conciliar, and Curial Texts. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1982. Migne, J.P. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series latina. 221 Vols. Paris-Montrouge, 1844-1864. (PL) _________. Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca. 161 Vols. Paris-Montrouge, 1857-1866. (PG) The PL and PG are the precursors to the Corpus Christianorum series. *Missals and other Sacramental Rites *Noonan, James-Charles. The Church Visible: The Ceremonial Life and Protocol of the Roman Catholic Church. Revised Edition. New York: Sterling Ethos, 2012. *Smolarski, Dennis C. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 1969-2002: A Commentary. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2003.
*Turner, Paul. Let Us Pray: A Guide to the Rubrics of Sunday Mass. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006. *United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Divine Worship. 35 Years of the BCL Newsletter. Washington, DC: USCCB Publishing, 2004. Vogel, C., and R. Elze. Le pontifical romano-germanique du Xe siecle (ST 226, 227, 269). Vatican City: 1963-1972. Periodicals *Acta Apostolicae The official gazette of the Holy See. *Adoremus Newsletter: Follows the state of current liturgical legislation, and offers commentary.May also be found online at: http://www.adoremus.org/backissues.htm *Antiphon: Published by the Society for Catholic Liturgy. *BCL Newsletter: Official Newsletter of the Office of Divine Worship for the USCCB. Published semi-monthly. Recent issues online at http://wwwmigrate.usccb.org/about/divine-worship/newsletter/index.cfm *Ecclesia Orans: A liturgy scientific journal published by the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. *Ephemerides Liturgicae: Follows the development of liturgical thought and practice in the Church, particularly during periods of liturgical reform and renewal. Published by the Centro Liturgico Vincenziano. La Maison Dieu: Describes the state of the pastoral liturgical movement in France. Essential explanations of the reformed liturgy. Liturgisches Jahrbuch: Journal for the Deutsches Liturgisches Institut. *Notitiae: The official monthly journal of the Congregation of Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. Studia Liturgica: International Ecumenical Quarterly for Liturgical Studies. *Worship (Orate Fratres before 1956): Focuses on the liturgical movement/state of the liturgy in the United States. Published out of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Other Essential Works