Dr. Taylor Marshall has published three books. If you are a retail bookstore or Catholic parish store looking to buy his books at wholesale pricing, please click here for order instructions.
Dr. Marshall's Trilogy is called "Origins of Catholic Christianity." Here are the three books:
- The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity
- The Catholic Perspective on Paul: The Apostolic Origins of Catholic Christianity
- The Eternal City: Rome and the Origins of Catholic Christianity
Please watch the trailer for Dr. Marshall's book: The Catholic Perspective on Paul
The first book (Crucified Rabbi) examines the Jewish origins of Catholicism and the third book (Eternal City) examines the Gentile origins of Catholicism, especially the role of the city of Rome in salvation history. The middle book on Saint Paul (Catholic Perspective on Paul) is the bridge between the two. Paul was a Jewish rabbi and he became the Apostle to the Gentiles. Moreover, I perceive the book of Acts as the linchpin: Acts begins in Jerusalem and ends in Rome. This is the early Christian ecclesiastical narrative and I hope to remind Christians that their origins are both Jewish and Roman—consequently Christianity is best expressed in Roman Catholicism with its Jewish inheritance of liturgy, sacrifice, art, priesthood, and ritual. That’s the trilogy thesis in a nutshell.
The Trilogy is a New (really Old) Perspective on Paul with an emphasis on Jewish culture and theology AND pagan Roman culture and theology. Paul found both as playing a role in the redemptive economy of God. It's not simply Hegelian ("Judaism" + "Greek culture and philosophy" = "Christianity"). Instead it's a biblical theology that tries to account for all the details.
I hope in the end to demonstrate that only Catholic Christianity follows the trajectory of God’s providential plan in history from Moses to Augustine. In brief, I wish to show that Moses' religion of tabernacle-sacrifice flows into the Roman Church and on into eternity.
Last of all, the books are written at that popular level. My wife has read all three books and thinks that the third book on Rome (The Eternal City) is the best. My favorite book is the second book (Catholic Perspective on Paul). However, The Crucified Rabbi is still the best seller by far.
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