By James Hitchcock
ISBN-10: 1586176641
ISBN-13: 9781586176648
The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her founder, and regardless of heresy from inside of and hostility from with out, she continues to be within the twenty-first century the steadfast mother or father of trust in his lifestyles, dying, and resurrection. the lessons and redemptive works of Jesus as instructed within the Gospels are expressed by means of the Church in a coherent and constant physique of doctrine, the likes of which can't be present in the other Christian body.
The historical past of the Catholic Church is lengthy, complex, and interesting, and during this booklet it really is expertly and ably advised via historian James Hitchcock. As within the parable of Christ concerning the weeds that have been sown in a box of wheat, evil and sturdy have grown jointly within the Church from the beginning, as Hitchcock in truth documents. He brings earlier than us the numerous characters-some noble, a few notorious-who have left an indelible mark at the Church, whereas by no means wasting sight of the saints, who've given residing testimony to the salvific strength of Christ in each age.
This formidable paintings is finished in its scope and in incisive in its realizing, a important addition to any college or domestic library.
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