EL VOCABLO "ley" ha sido a menudo citado en sentido deprimente y despectivo. Considerándo la ley como un yugo inaguantable, o un código arcaico y fuera de uso, el liberalismo religioso ha querido verla abolida, o por lo menos reducida en sus pre- ceptos y demandas. Ello está a tono con la naturaleza humana en discordia con el Espíritu divino. Pero Jesucristo nunca la dio por obsoleta, y sus discípulos la integraron en la esencia de su enseñanza. Un estudio sobrio, detenido, puede revelarnos el lado positivo y benevolente de la Ley (amada por judíos y cristianos) así como su relación armónica con la función de la gracia divina. Ello nos permitirá ver también los usos erróneos y los malentendidos teológicos a que la Ley ha sido sometida, así como su verdadera misión dentro del campo de la ética cristiana, la moral práctica y la legislación universal.

Mester de clerecía is the term traditionally used to designate the first generations of learned poetry in medieval Ibero-Romance dialects (the precursors of modern Castilian and other Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula). In its time, this poetry was anything but traditional. These long poems of structured verse reappropriate the heroic past through the retelling of legends from Classical Antiquity, saints’ lives, miracle stories, Biblical apocrypha, and other tales. At the same time, the poems recast the place of their authors, and learned characters within their stories, in the shifting dynamics of their thirteenth and fourteenth century present. Contributors are Pablo Ancos, Maria Cristina Balestrini, Fernando Baños Vallejo, Andrew M. Beresford, Olivier Biaggini, Martha M. Daas, Emily C. Francomano, Ryan Giles, Michelle M. Hamilton, Anthony John Lappin, Clara Pascual-Argente, Connie L. Scarborough, Donald W. Wood, and Carina Zubillaga.

Published specifically to respond to the pastoral needs of parishes in North America, this unique volume contains the complete texts of both Eucharistic documents in English and Spanish. Ecclesia de Eucharistia is a deep and personal reflection on the Eucharist, important for its theological, pastoral, and disciplinary content. The Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum was prepared by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The issues covered include who regulates the liturgy, how the participation of the lay faithful can be encouraged, the way Mass is properly celebrated, and the distribution of Holy Communion. This is an ideal resource for Catholic parishes and academic libraries, clergy, liturgists, scholars, or anyone with a love for the liturgy. Book jacket.