Faith and leadership: the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church

The primitive church -- From bishop to pope (Peter to Leo the Great, 500 a.d.) -- The threats to orthodoxy -- Beyond the end of the empire, 500-800 -- The medieval papacy looks East -- Abuses and reform, 800-1000 -- The papal monarchy, 1000-1500 -- The worldly popes -- The Protestant Reformation --...

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Main Author: Riccards, Michael P. 1944- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham, Md. [u.a.] Lexington Books 2012
In:Year: 2012
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church authority / Pope / Geschichte Anfänge-2010
Further subjects:B Pope
B Geschichte Anfänge-2010
B Authority Religious aspects Catholic Church
B Christian Leadership Catholic Church
B Papacy History
B Church authority
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Summary:The primitive church -- From bishop to pope (Peter to Leo the Great, 500 a.d.) -- The threats to orthodoxy -- Beyond the end of the empire, 500-800 -- The medieval papacy looks East -- Abuses and reform, 800-1000 -- The papal monarchy, 1000-1500 -- The worldly popes -- The Protestant Reformation -- The timidity of reform -- The Catholic Reformation -- The council as a reform movement -- Religious wars and religious repression -- The Enlightenment -- The church confronts the Leviathan -- The church and the ancien regime -- The emperor's attack on the papacy -- Pius IX: the first modern Pope -- Leo XIII: the soul of the industrial state -- Pius X: moods of piety and repression -- Benedict XV and the mad dogs of war -- Pius XI and the new men of violence -- Pius XII and the spiritual twilight of the West -- John XXII and the promise of aggiornamento -- Paul VI: the perils of aggiornamento -- John Paul II: the uneasy agenda of restoration -- Postscript: Benedict XVI
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2012
ISBN:0739171321