The Catholic Church through the ages a history / [electronic resource] :
John Vidmar.
- New York : Paulist Press, c2005.
- 1 online resource (viii, 360 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-356) and index.
First Age of the Church (33-330 AD) -- Early Church -- Jewish Sources of Christianity -- Roman Sources of Christianity -- Influence of Jewish and Sources on Christianity -- Christian Sources -- Paul -- Attacks on Christianity -- Rival religions -- Life of the Early Church -- End of the First age -- Second Age of the Church (330-650 AD) -- Age of the Fathers -- Fathers of the Church -- Papacy -- First Christological Councils -- St. Augustine (354-430) -- Veneration of the Saints -- Rise of Monasticism -- End of the second age -- Third Age of the Church (650-1000) -- Dark Ages -- Islam -- Byzantine Church and the Eastern Schism -- Barbarians -- Papacy (955-1057) -- End of the Third Age -- Fourth Age of the Church (1050-1450) -- Middle Ages -- Crusades -- New Religious Orders -- Scholasticism -- Medieval Mysticism -- Medieval Inquisition -- Spanish Inquisition -- Innocent III -- Decline of the Papacy -- End of the Fourth Age -- Fifth Age of the Church (1450-1789) -- Protestant and Catholic Reformations -- Renaissance -- Reformation on the Continent -- English Reformation -- Reformation in Scotland -- Protestantism -- Catholic response -- Missions (1500-1800) -- End of the Fifth age -- Chronology of the Reformation -- Sixth Age of the Church (1789-present) -- Modern Age -- Enlightenment or the Age of Reason -- French Revolution -- Aftermath of Revolution -- Catholic Church in the United States -- Revival of the Missions (1800-2000) -- War and disctatorship -- Nazi Germany and the Catholic Church -- Post-World War II Catholicism -- End of the Sixth age -- Chronological list of the Popes. Introduction I. The The A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. The I. The J. Recommended Readings -- K. Notes -- II. The The A. The B. The C. The D. E. The F. The G. The H. Recommended Reading -- I. Notes -- III. The The A. B. The C. The D. The E. The F. Recommended readings -- G. Notes -- IV. The The A. The B. The C. D. E. The F. The G. H. The I. The J. Recommended readings -- K. Notes -- V. The A. The B. The C. The D. The E. F. The G. The H. The I. J. Recommended Readings -- K. Notes -- VI. The The A. The B. The C. The D. The E. Social Catholicism -- F. The G. H. I. J. The K. Recommended readings -- L. Notes --
"Renowned Catholic historian Christopher Dawson divided the history of the Catholic Church into six "ages" or 350- to 400-year periods that each began with great vitality and ended in decline and loss. In The Catholic Church Through the Ages Fr. John Vidmar surveys the history of the church, from its beginnings up to Pope Benedict XVI's pontificate, through Dawson's lens. He writes with enthusiasm and a down-to-earth quality born of years of teaching. Each chapter ends with an annotated list of readings and audio-visuals, and even includes historical novels to help convey a "feeling" for an age. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.