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At Your Fingertips Volume Three - The Catholic Counter-Reformation
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by: Laurence J. Spiteri
Only a person with faith can conclude that the Holy Spirit protected and led the Catholic Church during the turbulent years before, during and after the momentous Council of Trent. There were during this period political and religious wars and intrigues on a grand scale , the unbecoming private life of some Popes, robust papal nepotism, redrawing of Europe's map, serious attempts at inner Church reform, intense missionary activities, martyrdom, new scientific discoveries, and so forth.
On the human level, there was every cause and reason for the Catholic to disappear. But she did not. History supplies the fact that the Catholic Church survived and grew despite everything. Faith supplies the reason for her survival.
" At your fingertips, volume three "The Catholic Counter-Reformation"," provides its reader with major Church events, with religious and secular personages, and with a flavor of what took place during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri recalls that the Catholic Church confronted its failings, became renewed and refreshed, and spread beyond Europe. The author hopes to lead to embark on further study and research in Catholic Church history once major Church events and significant person are at the fingertips.
Paperback. 319 pages.
ISBN: 9780818913228
Only a person with faith can conclude that the Holy Spirit protected and led the Catholic Church during the turbulent years before, during and after the momentous Council of Trent. There were during this period political and religious wars and intrigues on a grand scale , the unbecoming private life of some Popes, robust papal nepotism, redrawing of Europe's map, serious attempts at inner Church reform, intense missionary activities, martyrdom, new scientific discoveries, and so forth.
On the human level, there was every cause and reason for the Catholic to disappear. But she did not. History supplies the fact that the Catholic Church survived and grew despite everything. Faith supplies the reason for her survival.
" At your fingertips, volume three "The Catholic Counter-Reformation"," provides its reader with major Church events, with religious and secular personages, and with a flavor of what took place during the time of the Counter-Reformation. Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri recalls that the Catholic Church confronted its failings, became renewed and refreshed, and spread beyond Europe. The author hopes to lead to embark on further study and research in Catholic Church history once major Church events and significant person are at the fingertips.
Paperback. 319 pages.
ISBN: 9780818913228
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