Franklin

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a| 9786613089175

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a| BX945.3 b| .T366 2011

a| 282.09 2| 23

a| Tanner, Norman, e| author.

a| New short history of the Catholic Church / c| Norman Tanner.

a| London, [England] ; a| New York, New York : b| Burns & Oates, c| 2011.

c| ©2011

a| 1 online resource (277 p.)

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a| Description based upon print version of record.

a| Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes and Abbreviations; Map: The Mediterranean World; Introduction; Chapter 1 Pentecost to the Fourth Century; Chapter 2 Early Middle Ages: 400-1054; Chapter 3 Central and Late Middle Ages; Chapter 4 Early Modern Catholicism: 1500-1800; Chapter 5 Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Ecumenical Councils; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

a| Here is a one-volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church. Having passed AD 2000 it seems appropriate and necessary to have a new short history of the first two millennia of the Christian era. In the last half century there has been a massive amount of research into Church history, published in learned articles and in multi-volume works. Full notice is taken of these recent scholarly initiatives in writing this short account, which is also eminently readable. In each section there is a balance between the institution

a| English

a| Includes bibliographical references and index.

a| Description based on print version record.

a| Catholic Church x| History.

a| Electronic books.

z| 1-4729-0988-7

z| 0-86012-455-X

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