New Short History of the Catholic ChurchHere is a one-volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church. Having passed AD 2000 it seems appropriate and necessary to have a new short history of the first two millennia of the Christian era. In the last half century there has been a massive amount of research into Church history, published in learned articles and in multi-volume works. Full notice is taken of these recent scholarly initiatives in writing this short account, which is also eminently readable. In each section there is a balance between the institutional and the more directly religious dimensions of the Church - here are some of the elements: bishops, canon law, charity, councils crusades, devotions, heresies, laity, liturgy, martyrs, missionaries, parishes, pilgrimages, popes, prayer, priesthood, religious orders, sacraments, schools, theologians, universities and the vita consacrata. The scope is wide; the pace of the narrative is attractive. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 1 Pentecost to the Fourth Century | 5 |
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Chapter 3 Central and Late Middle Ages | 81 |
15001800 | 165 |
Chapter 5 Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 201 |
Conclusion | 237 |
List of Ecumenical Councils | 241 |
Glossary | 243 |
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