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____________'A useful book of reference by the master of the history of the councils of the Church... There is enormous value in a short, reliable, and careful study of a sequence of events that may have unfamiliar joinings and passageways to modern believers...'- Catholic Historical Review'A short, readable and informed survey of church history.'- The Church of England Newspaper'A rich foundation for Catholic understanding and witness.'- Catholic San Francisco____________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 crusade

Author

Norman P. Tanner

Publisher

Novalis ; Burns & Oates

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441140203

Subjects

History, Christian, Religion

Rating

4 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14