Bibliography on the Church
Of primary importance:
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 748-991
- Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2005).
- Declaration “Dominus Iesus”: On the Unicity and Salvifivic Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith).
- New National Directory for Catechesis (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005).
- Vatican II: The Conciliar and Post-Conciliar Documents, ed. Austin Flannery, O.P. (Northport: Costello Publishing, 1998).
- See especially:
- Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium)
- Decree of Ecumenism (Unitatis Redentigratio)
- Declaration on the Relations of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate)
- Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity (Ad Gente Divinitus)
For further reading:
- David Currie. Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1996).
- Henri De Lubac. Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988).
- James J. Drummey. Catholic Replies (Norwoood: C.R. Publications, 1995).
- John Paul II. The Redeemer of Man (Redemptor Hominis), 1979.
- John Paul II. The Mission of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Missio), 1990.
- Kevin Orlin Johnson. Why Do Catholics Do That? A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church (New York: Ballantine Books, 1994).
- Karl Keating. Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on ‘Romanism’ by Bible Christians (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988).
- Peter Kreeft. Fundamentals of the Faith (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988).
- Peter Kreeft. Catholic Christianity: A Complete Catechism of Catholic Beliefs Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2001).
- Steve Ray. Crossing the Tiber (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997).
- Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Called to Communion: Understanding the Church Today (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1995).
- George Weigel. The Truth of Catholicism: Ten Controversies Explored (New York: Harper Collins, 2001).