Bible Study

• St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology — Non-profit research and educational institute, founded by Dr. Scott Hahn, that promotes life-transforming Scripture study in the Catholic tradition. Their goal is to be a teacher of teachers, raising a new generation of priests who are fluent in the Bible and lay people who are biblically literate. They encourage “reading the Bible from the heart of the Church,” in light of the Church Liturgy and living Tradition.

Apologetics

• Summa Theologica — Universally hailed as the greatest triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, arguably the greatest thinker and ‘Doctor of Doctors’ of the Church. This 5-volume masterpiece presents a systematic and organic treatment of several thousand important theological questions, ranging from God, the Trinity and the nature of Christ, to the nature and psychology of the human person and the nature and mission of the Church. St. Thomas considers creation in its natural light, as well as under the operations of grace, including discussions of morality, redemption, the sacraments and the operation of divine providence. The scope of topics is enormous, and these few hardly do justice to the contents. Available at Amazon.com

• Catholic Encyclopedia — No one who is interested in human history, past and present, can ignore the Catholic Church, either as an institution which has been the central figure in the civilized world for nearly two thousand years, decisively affecting its destinies, religious, literary, scientific, social and political, or as an existing power whose influence and activity extend to every part of the globe. The Catholic Encyclopedia, as its name implies, proposes to give its readers full and authoritative information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and doctrine — including what the Church teaches and has taught; what she has done and is still doing for the highest welfare of mankind; her methods, past and present; her struggles, her triumphs, and the achievements of her members, not only for her own immediate benefit, but for the broadening and deepening of all true science, literature and art.