Lives of the Popes

This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.

Preface

1

(6)

Time Line: Papal, Ecclesiastical, and Secular Persons and Events

7

(10)

Introduction

17

(8)

Lives of the Popes

Part I: From Peter to the Beginnings of a Universal Papacy

25

(48)

Part II: From Leo the Great to the Dawn of the Carolingian Empire

73

(54)

Part III: From the Carolingian Empire to the Beginning of the Monarchical Papacy

127

(54)

Part IV: From the Gregorian Reform to the Protestant Reformation

181

(94)

Part V: From the Counter-Reformation to the Beginning of the Modern Papacy

275

(66)

Part VI: Modern Popes from Pius IX to Pius XII

341

(26)

Part VII: Modern Popes from John XXIII to Benedict XVI

367

(28)

Epilogue: The Future of the Papacy

395

(74)

Appendixes

How Popes Are Elected

405

(14)

How Popes Are Removed from Office

419

(12)

Rating the Popes

431

(14)

Tables

Chronological List of Popes

445

(8)

Longest and Shortest Pontificates

453

(2)

Papal ``Firsts'' and ``Lasts''

455

(5)

Key Papal Encyclicals

460

(8)

List of Antipopes

468

(1)

Glossary

469

(22)

Select Bibliography

491

(3)

PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS

494

(20)

INDEXES

Popes

496

(3)

Personal Names

499

(15)

Subjects

514

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