The highly regarded Dominican priest and teacher, Father Mullady, presents a readable and insightful theological study of the Catholic Church and her role as the teaching authority established on earth by Christ to safeguard and promote all the truths about God and the Christian faith. His approach to the doctrine of the Church (ecclesiology) demonstrates the profound consistency and coherence of the Magisterium’s teaching, as it draws from biblical and patristic sources and develops from the medieval to the modern period, culminating in Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium).

In the process, Fr. Mullady applies a “hermeneutic of continuity” to show the deep convergence of Vatican I and Vatican II (no small feat!).

Praise for Light of the Nations: “Fr. Mullady offers a readable and rock-solidly reliable treatment ofwhat is surely the most important – and debated – subject in contemporary Catholic theology. Along the way, readers gain a renewed sense of the indispensable role of classical Thomism for doing Catholic theology – with precision, fidelity and flexibility.” — Scott Hahn, Author, Rome Sweet Home