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 General Documents

• Book of Constitutions and Ordinations of the Friars of the Order of Preachers (LCO)
• Dominican Liturgical Calendar
• Dominican Central Documents
• Consultation on Translations of Liturgical Texts
• General Chapter of Bologna (1998)
• General Chapter of Providence (2001)
• General Chapter of Cracow (2004)
• List of the Masters of the Order since the Foundation of the Order
• Proper of the Order of Preachers. Rite of Profession
• Ritual Order for the Reception and Profession into Clerical or Lay Fraternities of Saint-Dominic
• Rule of Dominican Lay Fraternities
• The Fundamental Constitution
• The General Chapter in the Order of Preachers
• The Libellus of Jordan of Saxony
• The Lives of the Brethren (Vitae Fratrum) 1206-1259
• The Primitive Constitutions of the Order of Preachers
• The Rule of Saint Augustine
• Treatise on Preaching by Humbert of Romans
• Statistics about the Dominican Friars 2000 (PDF documents) :
  • Historical Data Worldwide (PDF)
  • Historical Data by Continent (PDF)
  • Statistics by Continent (PDF)
  • Statistics by Continent (Numerical Summary) (PDF)
  • Statistics by Continent (summary by percentage) (PDF

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  Letters and texts from the Masters of the Order

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• HISTORY
  • Ashley, Benedict. The Dominicans
  • Bedouelle, Guy. The Holy Inquisition: Dominic and Dominicans
  • Hinnebusch, William A. Dominicans. A Short History

• DOMINICAN FAMILY
  • Walsh, William. Dominican Family: Call and Response

• DOMINICAN FORMATION
  • See our detailed bibliography

• Schillebeeckx, Edward. The Dominican Third Order: "Old and New Style"
• Weber, Richard. Dominican Laity: History
• Malatesta, Charles. Dominican Laity: Purpose
• Kiesling, Christofer. Dominican Laity: Spirituality

• SPIRITUALITY
  • Aumann, Jordan. The Contemplative Dimension of Dominican Spirituality
  • Murray, Paul. Recovering the Contemplative Dimension
  • Murray, Paul. Drinking in the Word. Dominicans and the New Wine of the Gospel
  • Schillebeeckx, Edward. Dominican Spirituality

• THE DOMINICAN CHARISM OF PREACHING : STUDY AIDS
  • McVey, Chrys. Giertych, Wojciech . Introduction to the project : "The Dominican Charism of Preaching. Study Aids".
  • Walsh, Liam. Sacra Praedicatio and Dominican Spirituality
  • White, Allen. Model of an Homily for a Difficult Subject : Trinity Sunday 2003

• VARIOUS ARTICLES
  • Engel, Ulrich. Preaching as Translation. Listening and Communicating God’s Word in a post-secularized Society
  • Geffré, Claude. The Word of God and World Religions and Cultures
  • Geffré, Claude. For a Theology of Difference. Identity, otherness, dialogue
  • McVey, Chrys. Befriending: The Heart of Mission
  • Vernette, Jean. The New Religious Landscape in Europe

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