What are you currently reading?

[Basilios]

Reading three books on the go at the moment (not because I'm a super brain; more likely because I have a super active brain that gets bored quickly).


Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky
I've never read any of his works but on recommendation I've just started reading it.

The Story of English by David Crystal
I've always had an interest in the history of the English language and out of all the books I've read this one is the absolute best!


Byzantium by some-or-other PhD
I like Byzantine history.

[LouisIX]

I've just finished The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life by Fr Arminjon, and raved about by St Therese of Lisieux.

I've been reading this as well.

[Clare]

I've just finished The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life by Fr Arminjon, and raved about by St Therese of Lisieux.

I've been reading this as well.

What do you think of it?

[Der Kaiser]

I just finished reading The Scarlet Letter for my English class and I really enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed this as well

[LouisIX]

I've just finished The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life by Fr Arminjon, and raved about by St Therese of Lisieux.

I've been reading this as well.

What do you think of it?

I think it's very good.  He helps to bring out a Catholic view of the End Times, but it's also a spiritual consideration.  It's not as systematic as a DuPont work on the subject, but it's very good for what it is.

[Clare]

I've just finished The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life by Fr Arminjon, and raved about by St Therese of Lisieux.

I've been reading this as well.

What do you think of it?

I think it's very good.  He helps to bring out a Catholic view of the End Times, but it's also a spiritual consideration.  It's not as systematic as a DuPont work on the subject, but it's very good for what it is.

I wonder if you can help me, LouisIX. I finished the book a few days ago, and I never learn! Whenever I read books, I see interesting snippets, and I think, "I'll be able to find that again when I've finished." I never can!! I really ought to write notes in margins.

Anyhow, Fr Arminjon wrote surprisingly nice things about the fate of the unbaptised, and I can't find it now. I thought it would be near the end of the section on Hell, but it's not where I thought it was. If you know where it is, please give me the page number!

Thanks!

[Clare]

I wonder if you can help me, LouisIX. I finished the book a few days ago, and I never learn! Whenever I read books, I see interesting snippets, and I think, "I'll be able to find that again when I've finished." I never can!! I really ought to write notes in margins.

Anyhow, Fr Arminjon wrote surprisingly nice things about the fate of the unbaptised, and I can't find it now. I thought it would be near the end of the section on Hell, but it's not where I thought it was. If you know where it is, please give me the page number!

Don't worry. I've found the text online and searched for the word "unbaptized", and I found it.

(This was what I was after: "These children who have died unbaptized will not be separated from God completely: they will be united to Him in the sense that they will attain their natural end, and will see God, as far as it is possible to see Him, through the medium of eternal beings, to the extent that He manifests Himself in the marvels and harmonies of creation.")

[LouisIX]

Oh, now that is an interesting quotation.  I'm wondering if the context gives more clarity to the phrase "through the medium of eternal beings, to the extent that He manifests Himself in the marvels and harmonies of creation."

[Clare]

Oh, now that is an interesting quotation.  I'm wondering if the context gives more clarity to the phrase "through the medium of eternal beings, to the extent that He manifests Himself in the marvels and harmonies of creation."

I think I'll start a thread about it!

[Cesar_Augustus]

Iota Unum by Romano Amerio.

Various drawing books.

[red solo cup]

Just finished Warren Carroll's "The Last Crusade" about the Spanish Civil War. This was excellent reading. Well researched and he backed up statements with footnotes.
Almost every page was the martyrdom of laity, priests and even bishops by the Reds. In many cases he listed their names and circumstances surrounding their deaths.
I only had one complaint. 7/8ths of the book was devoted to 1936. '37 through '39 were rushed through in one chapter at the end. It would have been much better had
he spent the same amount of time on the last three years of the war as he did on the first imo.

[maryslittlegarden]

Ivanhoe and heading to the library today to get some more books.

[MilesChristi]

Just finished Warren Carroll's "The Last Crusade" about the Spanish Civil War. This was excellent reading. Well researched and he backed up statements with footnotes.
Almost every page was the martyrdom of laity, priests and even bishops by the Reds. In many cases he listed their names and circumstances surrounding their deaths.
I only had one complaint. 7/8ths of the book was devoted to 1936. '37 through '39 were rushed through in one chapter at the end. It would have been much better had
he spent the same amount of time on the last three years of the war as he did on the first imo.

I think the book is titled The Last Crusade:1936

[Bonaventure]

Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope

[Pheo]

Barchester Towers, by Anthony Trollope

Nice.  What did you think of The Warden?