In The Age of Martyrs, Abbot Ricciotti records the epochal events of Roman history from the rise of Diocletian to the death of Constantine the Great, a period which witnessed the last and greatest of the 10 persecutions of the Christians by the Roman government.
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This is the definitive scholarly statement on the discipline of priestly celibacy in the Church East and West. What Cochini shows through patristic sources and conciliar documentation is that from the beginning of the Church, although married men could be priests, they were required to vow to celibacy before ordination, meaning they intended to live a life of continence. He provides extensive documentation, a bibliography and an index.
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Fr. Hugo Rahner, a renowned church historian, presents for the first time in English a very clear and readable study of the relationship of the Church and State during the first eight centuries. From being persecuted, to tolerated, to being mandated as the Empire's official religion, the Church encountered, during those early centuries, in principle all the forms of the Church-State relationship she could face in the future.
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A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day. From the beginning to 1940. Written for both students and adults. A story of the Church unparalleled in its scope, depth, variety and impact, and a book all Catholics should read.
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Every Christmas Day throughout the world, we rise reverently to hear with wondering awe the beautiful Gospel of the Nativity. This is the rest of the story. Here a research expert in the field of sacred history recreates the story of the Nativity, highlighting it with interesting facts about life in Palestine at the time of Our Lord’s birth.
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Four ancient Christian writers—four witnesses to early Christianity —left us an extensive body of documentation on this vital subject, and this book brings their fascinating testimony to life for modern believers. With all the power and drama of a gripping novel, this book is a journey of discovery of ancient and beautiful truths through the lives of four great saints of the early Church—Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyons
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Flavius Claudius Julianus (331-363), known to history as "Julian the Apostate," is one of the most interesting Roman Emperors (361- 363), and his life is one of the most fascinating in all of ancient history. (There is more accurate historical information about him than about any other Emperor.)
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The Church in the Days of the Apostles. How the Catholic Church got started. Covers Sts. Peter and Paul, first Popes, the written and unwritten word, Council of Jerusalem, persecutions, religious life of early Christians, early popes and martyrs, birth of the New Testament.
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Janice Bennett acquaints the reader with the enthralling story of the Holy Chalice, the renowned relic that embarked from the Last Supper on an amazing pilgrimage that providentially ended in the Cathedral of Valencia, a miraculous odyssey that has been characterized by danger, greed, martyrdom and fire. It is a fascinating and captivating account that will dispel forever the erroneous notion that the famous relic was ever lost. The mythical Quest for the Holy Grail is now over.
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The early Church: we know more than most people think. And one reason is we had scholars who could write as compellingly as Fr. Fouard. Next to the period of Our Lord's earthly life, the apostolic age that followed was -- and is -- the richest and most revealing for Christians. It was then that the blueprint for living the Gospels was drawn.
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Written in Chaucerian English, this book was published by the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1950s, but written down six hundred years ago. It tells the ancient story of the Magi, and is beautifully illustrated with 58 medieval wood-cuts.
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St. Peter and the Primacy of Rome in Scripture and the Early Church. This book contains the most complete compilation of Scriptural and Patristic quotations on the primacy of Peter and the Papal office of any book available. It has over 500 footnotes with supporting evidence from Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and non-Christian authorities.
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