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A history of the popes

from Peter to the present

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Church historian John W. O'Malley examines the 265 individuals who have claimed to be Peter's successors. Rather than describe each pope one by one, the book focuses on the popes that shaped pivotal moments in both church and world history. --from publisher description

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Sheed & Ward
Language
English
Pages
368

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A history of the popes: from Peter to the present
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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Part I: From the margins to the center of the Roman world
Peter : bishop of Rome?
After Peter and Paul
Constantine : the thirteenth apostle
Prosperity to crisis : Damasus and Leo the Great
Gregory the great
Part II: Bringing order out of chaos
Greeks, Lombards, Franks
Charlemagne : savior or master?
Their darkest hour
Saving the papacy from itself
Gregory VII : who's in charge here?
Part III: Dvelopment, decline, disarray
Compromises, crusades, councils, concordats
Innocent III : vicar of Christ
Boniface VIII : big claims, big humiliation
Avignon : the Babylonian captivity
Three popes at a time : the great western schism
Part IV: Renaissance and Reformation
The restored papacy
The Renaissance popes
Luther, Leo, and the aftermath
Paul III : a turning point
Five popes and a council
The new Rome
Part V: Into the modern era
The storm breaks
Pius VII : bowed down and raised up
Beleaguered, infallible, and prisoner again
Leo XIII : searching for solutions
Pius X : confronting modern culture
Part VI: The papacy as a global institution
War, peace, fascism
Pius XII : saint or sinner?
John XXIII : peace and reconciliation
Paul VI : in a tight spot
John Paul II : the world is my parish.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
282.092/2
Library of Congress
BX955.3 .O43 2009, BX955.3.O43 2009, BX955.3 .O43 2010

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xvi, 351p.
Number of pages
368

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23212961M
Internet Archive
historyofpopesfr0000omal
ISBN 13
9781580512275, 9781580512299
LCCN
2009015746
OCLC/WorldCat
318421403
Library Thing
9305666
Goodreads
7021213

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