"The Spirit of Catholicism" is a brilliant and widely influential reflection on the fundamental nature of the Catholic faith and the Catholic Church. First appearing in 1924, this is a truly pioneering work of Catholic theology, one that had a major influence on subsequent theology.

2016 Reprint of 1929 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Adam is best known for his 1924 work, "The Spirit of Catholicism." It has been widely translated, and is still in print today. In it Adam attempts to communicate with the laity about the Catholic faith and the Churchs role as the keeper of the faith. For many on the outside, Catholicism, according to Adam, a daunting and somewhat foreign confused mass of conflicting forces that has somehow survived the tests of time. Catholicism is simultaneously new yet quite old;...