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Sacred Scripture and the Catechism

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Councils and Papal Documents

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Doctors, Saints and Spiritual Writers

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• Bartunek, John. The Better Part: A Christ-Centered Resource for Personal Prayer. Circle Press, 2007.
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• Francis de Sales. Treatise on the Love of God. 1616.
• Ignatius of Loyola. Autobiography. 1553-1555.
• Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love. Long Text, late 14th or early 15th century.
• Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, and Macarius of Corinth, compilers. Philokalia. Venice, 1782.
• Scupoli, Lorenzo. The Spiritual Combat (Il combattimento spirituale). Venice, 1589.
• Thérèse of Lisieux. Story of a Soul (Histoire d’une âme). 1898.
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Church History and Reference

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• Roper, William. The Life of Sir Thomas More. Written c. 1557.
• Vasari, Giorgio. Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. 1550; rev. ed., 1568.

Artwork

• The Adoration of the Magi. Gentile da Fabriano, 1423, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
• The Adoration of the Shepherds. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1650, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Adoration of the Trinity. Albrecht Dürer, 1511, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
• The Agony in the Garden. Giovanni Bellini, c. 1458-1460, National Gallery, London.
• The Annunciation. Fra Angelico, c. 1426, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Ascension. Giotto, c. 1305, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
• The Assumption of the Virgin. Titian, 1516-1518, Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice.
• The Baptism of Christ. Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1475, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
• Behold the Lamb of God. Dieric Bouts, c. 1462-1464, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
• The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew. Duccio, 1308-1311, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
• Christ among the Pharisees. Jacob Jordaens, c. 1660, private collection.
• Christ and the Mother of the Sons of Zebedee. Paolo Veronese, c. 1565, Musée de Grenoble.
• Christ and the Rich Young Ruler. Heinrich Hofmann, 1889, Riverside Church, New York.
• Christ Blessing the Children. Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1540, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
• Christ Crucified. Diego Velázquez, c. 1632, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• Christ Healing the Blind. El Greco, c. 1570, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Christ Healing the Deaf Mute. Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1655, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor.
• Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee. Rembrandt, 1633, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (stolen in 1990).
• Christ in the Synagogue at Nazareth. Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1658, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
• Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles. Duccio, 1308-1311, Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.
• The Crucifixion and The Last Judgment. Jan van Eyck, c. 1440-1441, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• The Delivery of the Keys. Pietro Perugino, 1481-1482, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
• The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Tomb. Eugène Burnand, 1898, Musée d’Orsay, Paris.
• Dives and Lazarus. Bonifazio Veronese, c. 1540, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice.
• Ecce Homo. Antonio Ciseri, 1871, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
• The Entry into Jerusalem. Giotto, c. 1305, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
• The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Masaccio, c. 1425, Brancacci Chapel, Florence.
• The Fall and Expulsion from Eden. Michelangelo, 1509-1510, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
• The Good Shepherd. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1660, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Healing of Peter’s Mother in Law. James Tissot, 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum, New York.
• The Holy Night. Correggio, c. 1528-1530, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.
• The Holy Trinity. Andrei Rublev, c. 1411-1425, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
• The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1678, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Incredulity of Saint Thomas. Caravaggio, c. 1601-1602, Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam.
• The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desert. Nicolas Poussin, 1637-1639, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
• The Last Judgment. Fra Angelico, c. 1431, Museo di San Marco, Florence.
• The Last Judgment. Hans Memling, c. 1467-1471, National Museum, Gdańsk.
• The Last Supper. Juan de Juanes, c. 1562, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci, 1495-1498, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.
• The Marriage of the Virgin. Raphael, 1504, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
• The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. Giovanni Lanfranco, 1620-1623, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
• The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Raphael, 1515, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
• Moses with the Ten Commandments. Rembrandt, 1659, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
• Nicodemus Visiting Jesus. Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
• The Parable of the Talents. Willem de Poorter, 17th century, National Gallery Prague.
• The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, 1838-1842, Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
• Pentecost. El Greco, c. 1600, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Pharisees Question Jesus. James Tissot, 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum, New York.
• The Possessed Man in the Synagogue. James Tissot, 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum, New York.
• The Prophet Elijah in the Desert. Dieric Bouts, 1464-1467, Saint Peter’s Church, Leuven.
• The Purification of the Temple. El Greco, c. 1600, National Gallery, London.
• The Raising of the Daughter of Jairus. Gabriel von Max, 1878, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
• Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness. Geertgen tot Sint Jans, c. 1484, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
• The Savior with the Eucharist. Juan de Juanes, c. 1545-1550, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
• The Sending of the Twelve Apostles. Netherlandish School, 16th century, Centraal Museum, Utrecht.
• The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.
• The Sermon on the Mount. Carl Bloch, 1877, Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød.
• The Sermon on the Mount. Claude Lorrain, 1656, Frick Collection, New York.
• Simeon’s Song of Praise. Rembrandt, 1631, Mauritshuis, The Hague.
• The Sower. Jean-François Millet, 1850, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
• The Supper at Emmaus. Caravaggio, 1601, National Gallery, London.
• The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain. Duccio, 1308-1311, Frick Collection, New York.
• The Transfiguration. Raphael, 1516-1520, Vatican Museums, Rome.
• The Tribute Money. Titian, c. 1560-1568, National Gallery, London.
• The Washing of the Feet. Giotto, c. 1305, Scrovegni Chapel, Padua.
• The Widow’s Mite. James Tissot, 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum, New York.

The study where each painting appears is listed on the Image credits page.