Short History of the Catholic Church

This revised edition of a one volume history of the Roman Catholic church includes a final chapter giving an impressionistic account ofsome of the issues facing the Church as it nears the third millennium of its existence. It also covers the Christian history of the first twomillennia, from the origins of the Church in New Testament times through to the year 2000.

Authors' preface

7

(1)

Authors' acknowledgements

8

(3)

The origins in early history of the Christian Church to 461

11

(34)

The development of the Western Church and its final separation from the East, 461-1198

45

(36)

Papalism and conciliarism, 1198-1455

81

(37)

The Protestant Reformation and the progress of Catholic reform, 1455-1648

118

(55)

The Age of Rationalism and Absolutism, 1648-1789

173

(38)

The Church, Revolution and Reaction, 1789-1914

211

(46)

The Church and the modern world, 1914-1978

257

(37)

Postscript

294

(6)

Peter Hebblethwaite

The Church in the post-modern world

300

(17)

Peter Doyle

Table of major events in Church history

317

(2)

List of popes and their reigns

319

(3)

Notes on further reading

322

(7)

Index

329

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Short History of the Catholic Church

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