God’s Nature and Relation to Creatures: A Catholic Philosopher Explains Divine Attributes, Problem of Evil, and Natural Law Ethics

God’s Nature and Relation to Creatures: A Catholic Philosopher Explains Divine Attributes, Problem of Evil, and Natural Law Ethics

God’s Nature and Relation to Creatures: A Catholic Philosopher Explains Divine Attributes, Problem of Evil, and Natural Law Ethics

by Dennis Bonnette, Ph.D.

God’s Nature and Relation to Creatures aims primarily at helping readers understand that the nature and attributes of the God of classical theism are both intelligible and coherent.

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TESTIMONIALS

“Well-trained in Thomistic epistemology and metaphysics, Bonnette is able to apply calm and rational responses to those who raise questions about the existence of God, the freedom of the will, the essential difference between humans and animals, and the possibility of miracles.” – Dr. Robert Fastiggi, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI

“Dr. Dennis Bonnette’s work has had a very large impact — everything he writes gets noticed — no doubt due to his unwavering commitment to orthodoxy. Rational Responses to Skepticism is a true contribution to Catholic thought.” – Matthew Levering, James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Dennis Bonnette retired as a Full Professor of Philosophy in 2003 from Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. He taught philosophy there for thirty-six years and served as Chairman of the Philosophy Department from 1992 to 2002. He lives in Youngstown, New York, with his wife, Lois. They have seven adult children and twenty-five grandchildren. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1970. Dr. Bonnette taught philosophy at the college level for 40 years and has taught free courses at the Aquinas School of Philosophy in Lewiston, New York. He is the author of two books, Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence (The Hague: Martinus-Nijhoff, 1972) and Origin of the Human Species (Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, third edition, 2014), and many scholarly articles.

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Atheistic Materialism’s Unseen Errors: A Catholic Philosopher Exposes Naturalism’s Incoherent Worldview by Dennis Bonnette

Atheistic Materialism’s Unseen Errors: A Catholic Philosopher Exposes Naturalism’s Incoherent Worldview by Dennis Bonnette

Atheistic Materialism’s Unseen Errors: A Catholic Philosopher Exposes Naturalism’s Incoherent Worldview

by Dennis Bonnette, Ph.D.

Atheistic Materialism’s Unseen Errors, written in purely rational terms of how reality actually is constituted in ways that materialism fails to grasp, shows many of the fundamental errors found in the widespread worldview known as scientific or atheistic materialism, a philosophical perspective that claims that nothing but physical things exist. 

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TESTIMONIALS

“Well-trained in Thomistic epistemology and metaphysics, Bonnette is able to apply calm and rational responses to those who raise questions about the existence of God, the freedom of the will, the essential difference between humans and animals, and the possibility of miracles.” – Dr. Robert Fastiggi, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI

“Dr. Dennis Bonnette’s work has had a very large impact — everything he writes gets noticed — no doubt due to his unwavering commitment to orthodoxy. Rational Responses to Skepticism is a true contribution to Catholic thought.” – Matthew Levering, James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Dennis Bonnette retired as a Full Professor of Philosophy in 2003 from Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. He taught philosophy there for thirty-six years and served as Chairman of the Philosophy Department from 1992 to 2002. He lives in Youngstown, New York, with his wife, Lois. They have seven adult children and twenty-five grandchildren. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in 1970. Dr. Bonnette taught philosophy at the college level for 40 years and has taught free courses at the Aquinas School of Philosophy in Lewiston, New York. He is the author of two books, Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence (The Hague: Martinus-Nijhoff, 1972) and Origin of the Human Species (Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, third edition, 2014), and many scholarly articles.

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Center Camaraderie by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden

Center Camaraderie by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden

Center Camaraderie

by Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden

In the first part of this book, Angelyn Spignesi Kopylec Arden, Ph.D., Psychologist and Professor Emeritus of Holy Apostles College and Seminary, summarizes, extends, and reflects upon psychological-philosophical-theological findings in her previous eleven books. The second part of this book is a novella that she began before and wrote during the time that she wrote the essay; her poems, play, stories, and novellas have been the source and result of her study of the unconscious for decades.
 
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REVIEW

“Center Camaraderie specially belongs to a psychological genre that includes Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams (1900/1953) and Jung’s The Red Book (1930/2009).  Like those of Augustine and Dante, these works address a journey from being lost (confronting the unconscious) to being found (insight into the unconscious, healing)…

 

This review cannot encapsulate the Essay, which is a treasury of insights into psychodynamics… I have learned how to look at my own life anew now that I have become aware in a new way of the importance of circuits in experience, leading from past to present to future, from traumas and symptoms and all the ways that preoccupation with myself prevented me from seeing the working of the Holy Spirit in metaxy. It is that kind of book.

 

Psychotherapists and counselors who find much of the theorizing in psychology wanting – and not only in its lack of sensitivity to spiritual and religious themes, but also in its lack of reflection on how a therapist must be present in the counseling hour – will benefit from this book, with its weave of theological, philosophical, and psychological reflections, especially in the ways that therapist and client speak about themselves and the worlds they inhabit.

 

This book is not a philosophical or a theological treatise, although it draws upon those disciplines. It addresses the soul in suffering and healing. Because it grounds itself in the unconscious, in the ‘creative imagination’ (Arden, 2023, p. 39), it keeps us attuned to the reality that we do not know ourselves…”

 

Robert Kugelmann, University of Dallas, excerpt from his book review in the December 2025 issue of Integratus: The Journal of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association. To read the full review, click here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Angelyn Arden holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology from the University of New Hampshire and did postdoctoral work in depth psychology, literature, and phenomenology.  She has written books and articles on the interface of these areas.  She had a depth psychology practice for 25+ years.  She recently retired from Holy Apostles College and Seminary where she has the title Professor Emeritus, and where, since 2006, she taught courses in literature and psychology to undergraduates and Human Formation to seminarians and sisters.

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Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Viventium Sacramentorum Caritatis (Mother of the Living Sacraments of Charity)

Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Viventium Sacramentorum Caritatis (Mother of the Living Sacraments of Charity)

Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Viventium Sacramentorum Caritatis (Mother of the Living Sacraments of Charity), Book 2

by Joseph P. Michael, Th.D., with a foreword by Fr. Edward Looney

This work tackles another Marian topic that was left unresolved at the conclusion of Second Vatican Council, namely, Mary’s mediation of the grace of the sacraments. This work is partly apologetic, partly catechetical but mostly theological. The inquiry also identifies departures from Catholic teaching by non-Catholic Christian denominations which may serve the interests of the Church’s efforts directed to Christian unity and Catholic evangelization. In a slight departure from accepted scholarly approaches to systematic theology, this investigation introduces the mystical revelations of the Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich and the Venerable Sister Mary of Agreda in support of the argument that Mary mediates the grace of the sacraments ex opere operantis, helping to make a person more disposed to the worthy reception of the sacraments of charity so they become living sacraments of love.

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TESTIMONIALS

“This work offers the Church not only a theological explanation for an unresolved question that posed a conundrum for theologians at the Council but also a powerful reminder of the importance of Marian devotion, of the power of Mary’s mediation and of loving one another as a remedy to the difficult challenges facing the Church, a remedy which I heartedly endorse.” – from the foreword by Fr. Edward Looney, President Emeritus of the Mariological Society of America
“Joseph P. Michael’s text offers the reader a rich opportunity to reflect on the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary as Mediator of All Grace, especially in the sacraments. He does so in a manner consistent with the rich Tradition of the Church, Thomistic theology, and the Magisterium. It is a rich treasure of wisdom.” – Rev. John P. Cush, STD, Professor of Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology, Saint Joseph’s Seminary and College (Dunwoodie), Yonkers, New York

Having evaluated a draft of this work, Fr. Soto said simply, “’Insisto (I insist)’ that this work continue.” – Rev. Randy Soto, STL, STD, Sacred Scripture scholar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joseph P. Michael holds two degrees in the applied sciences, two post-graduate degrees in Catholic theology and a doctorate (Th.D.) in Mariology, this following a long career as a business consultant serving the needs of the sick and elderly. In addition to his scholarly work, he is currently the Director of two Eucharistic Apostolates that serve the liturgical needs of Catholic parishes across the US and Canada.

He may be contacted at joseph.p.michael.publications@gmail.com

 

MARY, OUR BLESSED MOTHER

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Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Mysticae Civitatis Dei (Mother of the Mystical City of God), Book III

Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Mysticae Civitatis Dei (Mother of the Mystical City of God), Book III

ON THE HORIZON FOR SUMMER OF 2025

Apologia Pro Sancta Maria–Mater Pulchrae Dilectionis (Mother of Fair Love): Mater Mysticae Civitatis Dei (Mother of the Mystical City of God), Book 3

by Joseph P. Michael, Th.D.

Mystical theology is a science that examines the intimate relationship between the soul and God, a relationship that is manifested in prayer, contemplation of the divine mysteries and private revelation where the soul is presented with the privileged opportunity to engage in a dialogue with the Incarnate God and the Virgin Mother. This mystical dialogue is both doctrinal and meditative, both speculative and practical.

Book III of this series delves deeper into the mystical relationship between the Virgin Mother and these extraordinary visionaries and living sacraments of charity. In this particular instance, this work examines the mystical dialogue between the Venerable Sister Mary of Agreda and Christ and His Mother as recorded in Mistica Ciudad de Dios, a text that enjoys the approbations of Popes Innocent XI, Alexander VIII, Clement IX and Benedict XIII as well as the Bishop of Ratisbon, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, the Bishop of Tarazona and the Bishop of Fort Wayne, Indiana who authorize its reading with reverential prudence and good judgment.

It is the expectation that this careful examination of the text using the Lectio Divina method of discernment will provide further illumination of the truths of Catholic doctrine thus providing scholars and theologians with new lines of theological inquiry into the mysteries of the faith and topics related to Mary’s participation in God’s plan of salvation.

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TESTIMONIALS

Having evaluated a draft of this work, Fr. Soto said simply, “’Insisto (I insist)’ that this work continue.” – Rev. Randy Soto, STL, STD, Sacred Scripture scholar

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joseph P. Michael holds two degrees in the applied sciences, two post-graduate degrees in Catholic theology and a doctorate (Th.D.) in Mariology, this following a long career as a business consultant serving the needs of the sick and elderly. In addition to his scholarly work, he is currently the Director of two Eucharistic Apostolates that serve the liturgical needs of Catholic parishes across the US and Canada.

He may be contacted at joseph.p.michael.publications@gmail.com

 

MARY, OUR BLESSED MOTHER

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