The Catholic Saints Reading Challenge

[Ziggamafu]

Can you come up with a book / sermon / reading selection of a totally Catholic source for every 50 years of Church history?

<150 AD
150-200
200-250
250-300
300-350

etc., etc.

[phatcatholic]

when you say "for every 50 years" do you mean a selection that pertains to each period or that is from that period?

[Cure of Ars]

Here is what I have so far:

[url="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html"]Didache[/url], (50-120)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-01/anf01-05.htm"]First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians[/url], St. Clement (80-140)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm"]Apology[/url], St. Justin Martyr (148-155)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103.htm"]Against Heresies[/url], St. Irenaeus, (182-188)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html"]The Passion of Saint Perpetua and Felicity[/url], St. Perpetua, (203)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-05/anf05-117.htm"]On the Mortality[/url], St. Cyprian (252)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/vita-antony.html"]Life of St. Antony[/url], St. Athanasius, (356-362)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3203.htm"]De Spiritu Santo[/url], St. Basil the Great, (364)
[url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta07003.htm"]On the Mysteries[/url], St. Ambrose, (374-379)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/a/augustine/confessions/confessions.html"]Confessions[/url], St. Augustine, (397-398)
Life of Moses, St. Gregory of Nyssa, (335-394)
[url="http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/165/Incarnation_and_Human_Dignity____St._Peter_Chrysologus.html"]The Incarnation and Human Dignity[/url], St. Peter Chrysologus, (433-450)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604014.htm"]LETTER XIV[/url], St. Leo the Great, (440-461)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/patrick/confession.toc.html?bcb=0"]The Confession[/url], St. Patrick, (460-493)
Formula Hormisdas, St, Hormisdas, (519)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/b/benedict/rule2/rule.html"]The Rule of St. Benedict[/url], St. Benedict of Nursia, (480-543)
[url="http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_author/13/pics/library_article.31.doc/greenpasture.pdf"]The Green Pastures of Heaven[/url], St. Gregory the Great, (590-604)
The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. John Climacus, (600)
Philokalia, St. Maximus the Confessor, (682)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bede1.html"]Conversion of England[/url], St. Bede the Venerable, (735)
[url="http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/freewill.html"]Freewill and Destiny[/url], St. John Damascene, (749)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/theostud-rules.html"]Reform Rules[/url], St. Theodore of Studium, (826)
[url="http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~thead/amulo.htm"]A Letter of Bishop Amulo of Lyon[/url], Bishop Amulo (850)
[url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta16001.htm"]Discourse on the Existence of God[/url], St. Anselm, (1093-1109)
On Loving God, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, (1129- 1131)
Scivias, Hildegard of Bingen, (1141-1179)
[url="http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/saintfran.htm"]Sermon to the Birds[/url], St. Francis of Assisi, (1220)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/summa/"]Summa Theologica[/url], St. Thomas Aquinas, (1271)
Mind’s Journey into God, Bonaventure, (1274)
[url="http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Dialog/cfptoc.htm"]The Dialogue[/url], Catherine of Siena, (1380)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/kempis/imitation.html"]The Imitation of Christ[/url], Thomas A Kempis, (1471)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Purgatory/Default.htm"]Treatise on Purgatory[/url], St. Catherine of Genoa, (1510)
[url="http://www.catholicfirst.com/thefaith/catholicclassics/stteresa/castle/interiorcastle.cfm"]Interior Castle[/url], St. Teresa of Avila, (1579)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Guide/Default.htm"]The Sinner’s Guide[/url], Venerable Louis of Granda, (1588)
[url="http://www.karmel.at/ics/john/dn.html"]Dark Night of the Soul[/url], St. John of the Cross, (1591)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/desales/devout_life.html"]Introduction to the Devout Life[/url], St. Francis de Sales (1622)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Presence/Default.htm"]The Practice of the Presence of God[/url], Bro. Lawrence, (1691)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/TrueDevotion/Default.htm"]True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin[/url], St. Louis de Montfort, (1716)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/alphonsus/uniformity.titlepage.html?bcb=0"]Uniformity with God’s Will[/url], St. Alphonsus Liguori, (1752)
Story of a Soul, St. Therese of Lisieux, (1897)
[url="http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/264/chester.htm"]Orthodoxy[/url], G.K. Chesterton, (1936)
Diary of St. Maria Faustina, St. Faustina, (1905-1938)
The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (1963)


The 9th and 10th centuries don't have much. I guess that's why they call them the dark ages. I actually learned a lot doing this. It is interesting how the classics form clusters.

Disclaimer:(The dates given are sometime based on the death of the author if I could not find when the work was written.)

[phatcatholic]

dude, u rock

[Cure of Ars]

So how goes it Nick?

[phatcatholic]

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So how goes it Nick?
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pretty good man. starting at FUS in a couple weeks, to get my master's in theology. really psyched about that. amy ("azaelia" from phatmass) and i are a couple now, and i'm really happy about that too. so, all in all, i guess everything's goin well. i can't remember the last time i said that about my life......

[Ziggamafu]

[quote name='phatcatholic' date='Dec 28 2005, 08:59 AM']when you say "for every 50 years" do you mean a selection that pertains to each period or that is from that period?
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from that period

[Ziggamafu]

[quote name='Cure of Ars' date='Dec 29 2005, 04:13 PM']Here is what I have so far:

[url="http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/didache.html"]Didache[/url],  (50-120)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-01/anf01-05.htm"]First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians[/url], St. Clement  (80-140)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0126.htm"]Apology[/url], St. Justin Martyr (148-155)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103.htm"]Against Heresies[/url], St. Irenaeus,  (182-188)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html"]The Passion of Saint Perpetua and Felicity[/url], St. Perpetua, (203)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-05/anf05-117.htm"]On the Mortality[/url], St. Cyprian (252)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/vita-antony.html"]Life of St. Antony[/url], St. Athanasius, (356-362)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3203.htm"]De Spiritu Santo[/url], St. Basil the Great, (364)
[url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta07003.htm"]On the Mysteries[/url], St. Ambrose, (374-379)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/a/augustine/confessions/confessions.html"]Confessions[/url], St. Augustine, (397-398)
Life of Moses, St. Gregory of Nyssa, (335-394)
[url="http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/165/Incarnation_and_Human_Dignity____St._Peter_Chrysologus.html"]The Incarnation and Human Dignity[/url], St. Peter Chrysologus, (433-450)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3604014.htm"]LETTER XIV[/url], St. Leo the Great, (440-461)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/patrick/confession.toc.html?bcb=0"]The Confession[/url], St. Patrick, (460-493)
Formula Hormisdas, St, Hormisdas, (519)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/b/benedict/rule2/rule.html"]The Rule of St. Benedict[/url], St. Benedict of Nursia, (480-543)
[url="http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_author/13/pics/library_article.31.doc/greenpasture.pdf"]The Green Pastures of Heaven[/url], St. Gregory the Great, (590-604)
The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. John Climacus, (600)
Philokalia, St. Maximus the Confessor, (682)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/bede1.html"]Conversion of England[/url], St. Bede the Venerable, (735)
[url="http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/freewill.html"]Freewill and Destiny[/url], St. John Damascene, (749)
[url="http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/theostud-rules.html"]Reform Rules[/url], St. Theodore of Studium, (826)
[url="http://urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~thead/amulo.htm"]A Letter of Bishop Amulo of Lyon[/url], Bishop Amulo (850)
[url="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sta16001.htm"]Discourse on the Existence of God[/url], St. Anselm, (1093-1109)
On Loving God, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, (1129- 1131)
Scivias, Hildegard of Bingen, (1141-1179)
[url="http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/saintfran.htm"]Sermon to the Birds[/url], St. Francis of Assisi, (1220)
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/summa/"]Summa Theologica[/url], St. Thomas Aquinas,  (1271)
Mind’s Journey into God, Bonaventure, (1274)
[url="http://www.cfpeople.org/Books/Dialog/cfptoc.htm"]The Dialogue[/url], Catherine of Siena, (1380)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/kempis/imitation.html"]The Imitation of Christ[/url], Thomas A Kempis, (1471)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Purgatory/Default.htm"]Treatise on Purgatory[/url], St. Catherine of Genoa, (1510)
[url="http://www.catholicfirst.com/thefaith/catholicclassics/stteresa/castle/interiorcastle.cfm"]Interior Castle[/url], St. Teresa of Avila, (1579)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Guide/Default.htm"]The Sinner’s Guide[/url], Venerable Louis of Granda, (1588)
[url="http://www.karmel.at/ics/john/dn.html"]Dark Night of the Soul[/url], St. John of the Cross, (1591)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/desales/devout_life.html"]Introduction to the Devout Life[/url], St. Francis de Sales (1622)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/Presence/Default.htm"]The Practice of the Presence of God[/url], Bro. Lawrence, (1691)
[url="http://www.catholictreasury.info/TrueDevotion/Default.htm"]True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin[/url], St. Louis de Montfort, (1716)
[url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/alphonsus/uniformity.titlepage.html?bcb=0"]Uniformity with God’s Will[/url], St. Alphonsus Liguori, (1752)
Story of a Soul, St. Therese of Lisieux, (1897)
[url="http://www.nd.edu/~afreddos/courses/264/chester.htm"]Orthodoxy[/url], G.K. Chesterton,  (1936)
Diary of St. Maria Faustina, St. Faustina, (1905-1938)
The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, (1963)
The 9th and 10th centuries don't have much.  I guess that's why they call them the dark ages.  I actually learned a lot doing this.  It is interesting how the classics form clusters. 

Disclaimer:(The dates given are sometime based on the death of the author if I could not find when the work was written.)
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THAT'S FANTASTICALLY AMAZING!!!!!! can anyone fill in the gaps of the Dark Ages?

[phatcatholic]

periods not accounted for:

300-350
750-800
850-900
900-950
950-1000
1000-1050
1300-1350
1400-1450
1800-1850
2000-2050

[zunshynn]

I thought The Cost of Discipleship was Lutheran. What I've read of it didn't sound very Catholic to me.

But that is so cool. I love that being Catholic, there's so much stuff to read. And to think I once had the impression that Catholicism was for dumb people...

[zunshynn]

[quote name='Ziggamafu' date='Dec 30 2005, 09:51 AM']THAT'S FANTASTICALLY AMAZING!!!!!! can anyone fill in the gaps of the Dark Ages? 
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Perhaps there are some papal stuff lying around from then... but I'm looking.

[Cure of Ars]

[quote name='phatcatholic' date='Dec 29 2005, 06:21 PM']pretty good man. starting at FUS in a couple weeks, to get my master's in theology. really psyched about that. amy ("azaelia" from phatmass) and i are a couple now, and i'm really happy about that too. so, all in all, i guess everything's goin well. i can't remember the last time i said that about my life......
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You sly dog you. : It sounds like things are going better than well for you. Make sure you pass along the knowledge from you theology classes. Thats cool.

[Cure of Ars]

[quote name='zunshynn' date='Dec 30 2005, 04:26 PM']I thought The Cost of Discipleship was Lutheran. What I've read of it didn't sound very Catholic to me.

But that is so cool. I love that being Catholic, there's so much stuff to read. And to think I once had the impression that Catholicism was for dumb people...
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mea culpa,
mea culpa,
mea maxima culpa.


That is a Lutheran book. I got it mixed up with Hans Urs von Balthsar

[Cure of Ars]

[url="http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/merovingian.htm"]http://www.medievalsources.co.uk/merovingian.htm[/url]


This might help??? You have to subsribe to read it and it does not give dates of the writtings. Just this...

[quote]These sources make available a range of seventh and early eighth-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English.[/quote]

[Cure of Ars]

This could be one depending on when you date it.

On the Confession of Sins, Alcuin, (799-801)


This next one we don't need but it is still a good one;

"De laude virginitatis" ("In praise of virginity") St. Aldhelm, (709)

This is what the Catholic Encylopedia says about it...

"Aldhelm was the first Englishman who cultivated classical learning with any success, and the first of whom any literary remains are preserved" (Stubbs). Both from Ireland and from the Continent men wrote to ask him questions on points of learning. His chief prose work is a treatise, "De laude virginitatis" ("In praise of virginity"), preserved to us in a large number of manuscripts, some as early as the eighth century.