The Catholic Church Through the Ages: A History

by John Vidmar

Overview

A one-volume survey of the history of the Catholic Church from its beginning until, and including, the pontificate of John Paul II.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781616432157
Publisher:	Paulist Press
Publication date:	03/06/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Sales rank:	419,372
File size:	788 KB

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
I	The First Age of the Church (30-330 AD)-The Early Church	1
A	Jewish Sources of Christianity	1
B	Roman Sources of Christianity	5
C	Influence of Jewish and Roman Sources on Christianity	7
D	Christian Sources	9
E	Paul	20
F	Attacks on Christianity	25
G	Rival Religions	31
H	The Life of the Early Church	36
I	The End of the First Age	42
J	Recommended Readings	43
K	Notes	44
II	The Second Age of the Church (330-650 AD)-The Age of the Fathers	46
A	The Fathers of the Church	46
B	The Papacy	51
C	The First Christological Councils	55
D	St. Augustine (354-430)	64
E	The Veneration of the Saints	72
F	The Rise of Monasticism	76
G	The End of the Second Age	84
H	Recommended Readings	85
I	Notes	86
III	The Third Age of the Church (650-1000)-The Dark Ages	88
A	Islam	90
B	The Byzantine Church and the Eastern Schism	96
C	The Barbarians	104
D	The Papacy (955-1057)	111
E	The End of the Third Age	115
F	Recommended Readings	117
G	Notes	117
IV	The Fourth Age of the Church (1000-1450)-The Middle Ages	119
A	The Crusades	119
B	The New Religious Orders	132
C	Scholasticism	138
D	Medieval Mysticism	141
E	The Medieval Inquisition	142
F	The Spanish Inquisition	150
G	Innocent III	152
H	The Decline of the Papacy	154
I	The End of the Fourth Age	162
J	Recommended Readings	162
K	Notes	163
V	The Fifth Age of the Church (1450-1789)-Protestant and Catholic Reformations	165
A	The Renaissance	165
B	The Reformation on the Continent	177
C	The English Reformation	204
D	The Reformation in Scotland	227
E	Protestantism	231
F	The Catholic Response	233
G	The Missions (1500-1800)	241
H	The End of the Fifth Age	252
I	Chronology of the Reformation	252
J	Recommended Readings	254
K	Notes	255
VI	The Sixth Age of the Church (1789-Present)-The Modern Age	258
A	The Enlightenment or the Age of Reason	258
B	The French Revolution	266
C	The Aftermath of Revolution	276
D	The Catholic Church in the United States	289
E	Social Catholicism	301
F	The Revival of the Missions (1800-2000)	307
G	War and Dictatorship	310
H	Nazi Germany and the Catholic Church	316
I	Post-World War II Catholicism	334
J	The End of the Sixth Age	340
K	Recommended Readings	341
L	Notes	343
	Chronological List of the Popes	346
	A Select Bibliography	353
	Index	357