Hilarious and comprehensive, the ultimate guide to the universe of saints--and what each one means. Cross-referenced by birthdays, professions, and ailments, this is a must-have for any true believer
The underlying contention of this study is that, since Catholic Moderism was defined not by the so-called modernists but by the anti-modernists, to understand it one must understand the anti-modernist
Historically, black Americans have affiliated in far greater numbers with certain protestant denominations than with the Roman Catholic church. In analyzing this phenomenon scholars have sometimes all
Traces the emergence of a recognizably Medieval church in a diocese of northern Italy to demographic expansion, economic development, and political change, showing how an increasingly inclusive spirit
Militant and Triumphant fills a major gap in the historical record of American Catholicism by presenting a vivid, objective portrait of Cardinal William Henry O'Connell and his significance in the chu
Selected papers of the Second Panafrican Conference of Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) on the theme "Towards Relevant Education for Africa", held December 1-5, 1988, in Yaounde, Cameroon.
A monk and a scholar generally recognized as the keenest philosophical and theological mind of his time, of Bec, found himself forcibly and unwillingly invested as Archbishop of Canterbury on 6 March
Spanning nearly 500 years, "The American Catholic Experience" describes the Catholic experience from the arrival of Columbus and the other European explorers to the present day. Jay P. Dolan discusses
Marcello Cervini (1501-1555) was involved in virtually every aspect of ecclesiastical life in sixteenth-century Italy. He administered three dioceses, traveled widely on ambassadorial assignments, org
This volume deals with the strategies of the Counter-Reformation in the far North during the Thirty Years' War, and untangles the policies and motives that led to the conversion of Queen Christina of
This work contains fifteen key documents illustrative of reform in the Church in the period from 1495 to 1540, an age of great religious ferment and upheaval, which is marked historically by the crisi
