MAT Language Proficiency Test
Reading Samples for The Saint Paul Seminary
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FRENCH READINGS
- Congar, Yves. La Parole et le souffle. Paris: Desclée, 1983.
- Crouzel, Henri. Origène. Paris: Pierre Zech Editeur, 1985.
- Martimort, Aimé Georges. L'Eglise en prière: introduction à la liturgie. Nouv. ed. Paris: Desclée, 1983.
GERMAN
- Schnelle, Udo. Antidoketische Christologie im Johannesevangelium. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1987.
- Balthasar, Hans Urs von. Das Herz Der Welt. Zürich: Im Verlag der Arche, 1945.
- Harnack, Adolf. Militia Christi: Die christliche Religion und der Soldatenstand in den ersten drei Jahrhunderten. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1963.
- Rad, Gerhard von. Theologie des Alten Testaments. Band 1 & Theologie des Alten Testaments. Band 2. München: C. Kaiser, 1958-1960.
LATIN
- The Venerable Bede. Vita Sancti Cuthberti. Life of Cuthbert, Book 1.
- Benedict of Nursia. Regula. Rule.
- Augustinus, Aurelius. Confessiones. Confessions, Book 9, 33-37.
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Ad Novatum de Ira, Book 1, Chapter 1.
- Tacitus, Corneliusr. Annales, Book 15, Chapters 44-45.
SPANISH
- Ellacuría, Ignacio, and Jon Sobrino. Mysterium Liberationis : conceptos fundamentales de la teología de la liberación. 2 vols. Madrid: Editorial Trotta, 1990.
- Sobrino, Jon. Cristología desde América Latina: esbozo a partir del seguimiento del Jesús histórico. México: Centro de Reflexion Teologica, 1976.
Revised June 2010