Lives of the Popes

by McBrien, Richard P.

• ISBN13: 9780060653040
• ISBN10: 0060653043
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-27
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Lives of the Pope is the most thorough, vivid, and fascinating history of the papacy available. Renowned Catholic commentator Richard McBrien offers a fresh, intelligent look at each of the 262 popes, including:-The Apostle Peter, the first pope, in his singular role as Vicar of ChristFormosus, the pope whose corpse was exhumed, dressed in full vestments, and subjected to a mock trial for papal misdeedsBoniface, elected pope after having been defrocked twice for immoralityJohn XXIII, perhaps the most beloved pope in all of historyLives of the Popes provides chronologically arranged biographies of the pontiffs, revealing the full sweep of the papacy. Each entry contains essential information on a pontiff's life, major writings, controversies, and deeds both great and evil. McBrien eloquently and powerfully brings to life the unique stories of the popes and reveals how they transformed Christianity and the world.John Paul II, the present Bishop of Rome

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Time Line: Papal, Ecclesiastical, and Secular Persons and Events	p. 7
Introduction	p. 17
Lives of the Popes
From Peter to the Beginnings of a Universal Papacy	p. 25
From Leo the Great to the Dawn of the Carolingian Empire	p. 73
From the Carolingian Empire to the Beginning of the Monarchical Papacy	p. 127
From the Gregorian Reform to the Protestant Reformation	p. 181
From the Counter-Reformation to the Beginning of the Modern Papacy	p. 275
Modern Popes from Pius IX to Pius XII	p. 341
Modern Popes from John XXIII to John Paul II	p. 367
Epilogue: The Future of the Papacy	p. 393
Appendixes
How Popes Are Elected	p. 403
How Popes Are Removed from Office	p. 417
Rating the Popes	p. 429
Tables
Chronological List of Popes	p. 443
Longest and Shortest Pontificates	p. 451
Papal "Firsts" and "Lasts"	p. 453
Key Papal Encyclicals	p. 458
List of Antipopes	p. 466
Glossary	p. 467
Select Bibliography	p. 489
Photograph Credits	p. 492
Index: Popes	p. 494
Index: Personal Names	p. 497
Index: Subjects	p. 512
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