The Sources of Catholic Dogma

by Henry Denzinger; Roy J. Deferrari; Karl Rahner

Publisher:

B. Herder

, 1957

Overview

Denzinger’s collection of articles of faith and morality for the Catholic Church is widely used as a comprehensive reference book. Presented in a practical and accessible manner, it includes dogmatic definitions, creeds of the faith, and decrees of Church leadership. Since its first printing a century and a half ago, this book has received accolades and wide appeal among Catholic scholarly works. First published in 1854 as Enchiridion Symbolorum et Definitionum, Denzinger’s Sources of Catholic Dogma is among the most important works of dogmatic theology in print today.

Key Features

• Essential works of Catholic theology and dogma in the English language
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Contents

Top Highlights

“but also of the whole Christian life which should be a perpetual penance.” (Page 280)

“Hence man through Jesus Christ, into whom he is ingrafted, receives in the said justification together with the remission of sins all these [gifts] infused at the same time: faith, hope, and charity. [DS 1531] For faith, unless hope and charity be added to it, neither unites one perfectly with Christ, nor makes him a living member of his body. For this reason it is most truly said that ‘faith without works is dead’ [Jas. 2:17 ff.], and is of no profit [can. 19], and ‘in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith, which worketh by charity’ [Gal. 5:6; 6:15].” (Page 252)

“Can. 1. If anyone shall say that man can be justified before God by his own works which are done either by his own natural powers, or through the teaching of the Law, and without divine grace through Christ Jesus: let him be anathema [cf. n. 793 ff.].” (Page 258)

“Accordingly, after We directed Our prayers in supplication to God again and again, and invoked the light of the Spirit of Truth, for the glory of Almighty God, who lavishes His special benevolence on the Virgin Mary, for the honor of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages and the victor over sin and death, for the increasing glory of the same august Mother, and for the joy and exultation of the whole Church, by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, and by Our own authority We pronounce, declare, and define that the dogma was revealed by God, that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, after completing her course of life upon earth, was assumed to the glory of heaven both in body and soul.” (Page 648)

Praise for the Print Edition

This book should be on the shelves of every English-speaking Catholic, beside a copy of The Haydock Bible (The Douay-Rheims Old and New Testament) and Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma. The Bible is the only perfect book but these books will provide a lifetime of contemplation of ‘those mysteries of faith which must be known and believed in order to be numbered among the elect’ (Pope Pius X, Acerbo Nimis, 2).

—Mark Michael Zima, author of Mother Teresa: The Case for The Cause

Product Details

• Title: The Sources of Catholic Dogma
• Author: Henry Denzinger
• Publisher: B. Herder Book Co.
• Publication Date: 1957
• Pages: 715

About Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger

Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger (1819–1844) was a prominent Catholic theologian. He studied at Würzburg, where he received his Ph.D., and also studied in Rome. He was ordained in 1844 and became Professor of Dogmatic theology at Würzburg in 1848.