New Short History of the Catholic Church

by Tanner, Norman

• ISBN13: 9780860124559
• ISBN10: 086012455X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-23
• Publisher: Burns & Oates Ltd

Summary

A new volume to replace the Short History of the Catholic Church (Burns&Oates) new severely out of date.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes and Abbreviations	p. xiii
Map The Mediterranean World	p. XV
Introduction	p. 1
Pentecost to the Fourth Century	p. 5
The Apostolic Age	p. 5
Second and third centuries continuing persecution	p. 13
Establishment of Christianity	p. 26
Early Middle Ages 400-1054	p. 41
Expansion	p. 42
Contraction	p. 51
Ecumenical councils	p. 55
Theologians	p. 64
Rome and Constantinople	p. 67
Institutional developments	p. 70
Popular religion	p. 76
Central and Late Middle Ages	p. 81
Contraction and expansion	p. 82
Popular religion	p. 85
Popes, councils and princes	p. 107
Religious orders and beguines	p. 119
Intellectual developments	p. 127
Liturgy, prayer and mysticism	p. 136
Art, architecture and music	p. 140
Challenges to western Christendom	p. 149
Early Modern Catholicism 1500-1800	p. 165
Extent of Catholicism within Europe	p. 165
Papacy	p. 169
Council of Trent	p. 173
Religious orders	p. 178
Missionary Work and Catholicism outside Europe	p. 185
Popular religion and artistic developments	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 199
Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	p. 201
Introduction	p. 201
Intellectual challenges	p. 205
Popular religion	p. 210
Saints and sinners	p. 213
Vatican I and II	p. 219
Recent developments 1965-2010	p. 230
Conclusion	p. 237
Appendix: List of Ecumenical Councils	p. 241
Glossary	p. 243
Bibiography	p. 245
Index	p. 249
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