Title:
A history of the popes : from Peter to the present / John W. O'Malley.
Author:
O'Malley, John W.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publ., 2011, c2010.
Call Number:
BX955.3 .O43 2011
Abstract:
Church historian John W. O'Malley examines the 265 individuals who have claimed to be Peter's successors. Rather than describe each pope one by one, the book focuses on the popes that shaped pivotal moments in both church and world history. --from publisher description
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9781580512282
Physical Description:
xvi, 351 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"A Sheed & Ward Book."
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Contents:
From the margins to the center of the Roman world -- Peter : bishop of Rome? -- After Peter and Paul -- Constantine : the thirteenth apostle -- Prosperity to crisis : Damasus and Leo the Great -- Gregory the Great -- Bringing order out of chaos -- Greeks, Lombards, Franks -- Charlemagne : savior or master? -- Their darkest hour -- Saving the papacy from itself -- Gregory VII : who's in charge here? -- Development, decline, disarray -- Compromises, crusades, councils, concordats -- Innocent III : vicar of Christ -- Boniface VIII : big claims, big humiliation -- Avignon : the Babylonian captivity -- Three popes at a time : the great western schism -- Renaissance and Reformation -- restored papacy -- Renaissance popes -- Luther, Leo, and the aftermath -- Paul III : a turning point -- Five popes and a council -- new Rome -- Into the modern era -- storm breaks -- Pius VII : bowed down and raised up -- Beleaguered, infallible, and prisoner again -- Leo XIII : searching for solutions -- Pius X : confronting modern culture -- papacy as a global institution -- War, peace, fascism -- Pius XII : saint or sinner? -- John XXIII : peace and reconciliation -- Paul VI : in a tight spot -- John Paul II : the world is my parish -- List of Popes.
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