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Boston: Belknap/Harvard University Press, 1966. Second printing. Large octavo, original half red cloth over black cloth spine, original dust jacket. About fine. Second printing of Noonan's history of the classical and ecclesiastical views of contraception, published a year after the first printing. "The first account of the growth of the Church's doctrine from the first century to the present, the forces shaping it, its potentiality for development." The book consists of four parts: Part One. Shaping of the Doctrine 50-450, Part Two. The Condemnation Ingrained 450-1450, Part Three. Innovation and Preservation 1450-1750, Part Four. Development and Controversy 1750-1965. Noonan was a law professor at Notre Dame University and the Director of the Natural Law Institute. The work was awarded the John Gilmary Shea Prize of the American Catholic Historical Association in 1965. With Dedication in Latin, Noonan's Acknowledgments, dated "Rome, March 25th, 1965" and prefatory quote in Italian from Purgatorio. A… Read More

New York: Alba House, 1965. First American edition. Octavo, original red linen boards, original illustrated dust jacket. Book fine with short closed tear to top and faint toning to the bottom of dust jacket. About fine. First American edition of this biography of Augustine's formative years, centering on the Confessions, and illustrated with 3 plates. The text is prefaced by a passage from the Confessions (10:38), a Foreword, and an Introductory Note: The Confessions. "St. Augustine was the first Christian to regard human experience--notably his own life story--as the fit starting point for reflecting on God. The word 'confession' has two meanings. Both the confession of guilt and the confession of faith are implied in the title of Augustine's memoirs. In this work, he reflected on the meaning of his life in light of his most pivotal turning point his conversion and baptism in the Catholic church." (Robert Ellsberg, All Saints). Dust jacket, half-title, and frontispiece illustrated by Bro. Paul… Read More