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IMPORTANT NOTE: To open a linked file, don't just click on the file. Instead, do a right click, and choose "Open Link in New Window." If you don't do a right click, the file may not open properly.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To open a linked file, don't just click on the file. Instead, do a right click, and choose "Open Link in New Window." If you don't do a right click, the file may not open properly.
IMPORTANT NOTE: To open a linked file, don't just click on the file. Instead, do a right click, and choose "Open Link in New Window." If you don't do a right click, the file may not open properly.
In the Christian religion it is believed that God first spoke to our first parents, Adam and Eve. When our first parents sinned, God promised them a Redeemer. Out of their descendants God selected certain individuals through whom He revealed Himself and His plan of salvation. He then selected Abraham to be the Father of His chosen people. It was from his lineage that a Redeemer was to come and save the world from its sins. Through the ages God continued to reveal Himself through the patriarchs and the prophets in preparation for the coming of the promised Redeemer: Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The revelations delivered to the patriarchs and the prophets were therefore only partial revelations given to pave the way for Christ our Savior. It was through Christ that God’s full and final revelation was to come. In his letter to the Hebrews St. Paul said: “God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all, in these days hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world” (Heb. 1:1-2). Christ is, therefore, the Light of the World and the bearer of God’s full revelation.
A personal website of Mr. Romeo Maria del Santo Niño, O.P.
January 25, 2024 Edition
PATRISTIC WRITINGS
Includes some apocryphal books.
The books have annotations.
This contains additional patristic writings not included in the original 38-volume set.
This includes the writings of other saints besides the Fathers. It includes texts in Latin and other languages not yet available in English translation.
St. Augustine of Hippo
One of the Fathers of the Church
A painting by Maarten de Vos, 1570
Q & A
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1. Can you give an example of how to find a book on the "Documenta Catholica Omnia" (DCO) website?
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Sure. Suppose you want to find a book, Commentary on Isaiah the Prophet, by St. Jerome. When you click the DCO link above, the homepage of the DCO will open. Find the list of letters near the header. This is an alphabetical index of authors. However, you need to look for the author in their Latin names because the website is in Latin. This means that you cannot find St. Jerome's book using the J index. If you don't know the Latin equivalent of "Saint Jerome," use Google Translate to help you. (A link to Google Translate is also on thetheologycorner.com website. You will find it in the "References & Tools" menu under the Resources tab.) In Google Translate, set the left box to English, and the right box to Latin. Now, type "Saint Jerome" in the left box. The right box will display "Sancti Hieronymi." This tells you that you have to click the "H" index tab and start looking for Hieronymus there. So, go back to the DCO homepage and click on the H index. Then look for "Hieronymus" under the "Auctor" label and the title of the book under the "Operis Titulus" label. In the list of books, you will find "Commentariorum in Isaiam Prophetam Libri Duodeviginti," which is the book that you are looking for. (Knowing a little Latin helps.) This title is a link to the book. Before you click the link, look at the far right, which says "pdf." This means that the book is downloadable in PDF format. If it says "doc," then you know the document is in Microsoft Word format. Now, in the next column to the left of the format column, is a language code. If it says "EN," then the book is available in English translation even if the title is given in Latin. If it says "MLT," then the text is in Latin, from the original Migne's Latin text. If you want to download the text, then click the title.