New Short History of the Catholic Church (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472909886)

Here 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.

Author: Norman Tanner
ISBN-10: 1472909887
ISBN-13: 9781472909886
Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
Language: English
Published: 07/11/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d