New Short History of the Catholic Church

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.
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New Short History of the Catholic Church

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.
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New Short History of the Catholic Church

New Short History of the Catholic Church

by Norman Tanner
New Short History of the Catholic Church

New Short History of the Catholic Church

by Norman Tanner

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441140203
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Publication date: 04/21/2011
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 280
File size: 367 KB

About the Author


Dr Tanner is a Jesuit priest and now Professor of Church History at The Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgements \ Notes and Abbreviations \ Glossary \ Map: The Mediterranean World \ Introduction \ 1. Pentecost to the Fourth Century \ 2. Early Middle Ages: 400 to 1054 \ 3. Central and Late Middle Ages \ 4. Early Modern Catholicism: 1500 to 1800 \ 5. Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries \ Conclusion \ Appendix: List of Ecumenical Councils \ Bibliography \ Index
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