St. Joseph Church History

by Lovasik, Lawrence G.

• ISBN13: 9780899422626
• ISBN10: 0899422624
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-02-01
• Publisher: Catholic Book Pub Co

Summary

As it sets forth the major events in the life of the Church in a clear and logical fashion, The St. Joseph Concise Church History makes them understandable to the modern reader. Ideal for classroom or private use.Written in L arge Type. Illustrations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	5	(8)
Part One THE CHURCH IN THE ANCIENT WORLD (30-476)
The Mission to the Jews and Gentiles	13	(11)
The Roman Persecution of the Church (30-313)	24	(6)
The Spread of Christianity Throughout the Ancient World	30	(5)
Early Heresies and Schisms (30-250)	35	(6)
The Great Heresies (313-476)	41	(4)
The Government and Teaching of the Church (30-476)	45	(4)
The Sacramental and Liturgical Life of the Church (30-476)	49	(7)
The Interior Life of Holiness (30-476)	56	(3)
The Church in the Final Days of the Roman Empire (313-476)	59	(6)
Part Two THE CHURCH IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL ERAS (476-800)
The Foundation of the Christian Social Order in Europe (476-800)	65	(3)
The Development of the Christian Social Order in Europe (600-700)	68	(3)
The Crowning of the Christian Social Order in Europe (600-800)	71	(6)
Part Three THE CHURCH IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD (800-1517)
The Schism of the Eastern Church (800-1073)	77	(4)
The Church and the New Barbarians (800-1073)	81	(2)
The Church and the Feudal Lords (800-1073)	83	(4)
The Conflict with the Temporal Power (1073-1305)	87	(6)
New Religious Orders (1073-1305)	93	(3)
The Crusades (1073-1305)	96	(4)
Doctrine (1073-1305)	100	(3)
Liturgy and Spirituality (1073-1305)	103	(4)
The Papal Exile at Avignon (1305-1417)	107	(3)
The Church at the Close of the Middle Ages (1305-1517)	110	(9)
Part Four THE CHURCH IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE REFORMATION AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1517-1900)
The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648)	119	(5)
The Struggle for the Faith in England and Ireland (1527-1700)	124	(4)
The Catholic Counter-Reformation (1545-1648)	128	(6)
The Missions (1545-1648)	134	(3)
From the Counter-Reformation to the French Revolution (1648-1789)	137	(5)
The Church and the French Revolution (1789-1815)	142	(3)
The Catholic Revival (1800-1900)	145	(4)
The Triumph of the Church Over Liberalism (1800-1900)	149	(5)
The Missions in the Nineteenth Century (1800-1900)	154	(7)
Part Five THE CHURCH IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (1900-The Present)
Twentieth-Century Popes from Leo XIII to Pius XII	161	(5)
The Second Vatican Council	166	(6)
Pope John Paul II (1978-)	172	(4)
The Church of the Twenty-First Century	176	(5)
Appendix The History of the Catholic Church in the United States	181