{"product_id":"new-short-history-of-the-catholic-church-book-norman-tanner-9781472909886","title":"New Short History of the Catholic Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A useful book of reference by the master of the history of the councils of the Church... There is enormous value in a short, reliable, and careful study of a sequence of events that may have unfamiliar joinings and passageways to modern believers...’ \u003ci\u003e- Catholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A short, readable and informed survey of church history.’ \u003ci\u003e- The Church of England Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A rich foundation for Catholic understanding and witness.’ \u003ci\u003e- Catholic San Francisco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA one-volume history of the Christian people from Pentecost to the present day, with principal focus on the Catholic Church. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving passed AD 2000 it seems appropriate and necessary to have a new short history of the first two millennia of the Christian era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the last half century there has been a massive amount of research into Church history, published in learned articles and in multi-volume works. Full notice is taken of these recent scholarly initiatives in writing this short account, which is also eminently readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn each section there is a balance between the institutional and the more directly religious dimensions of the Church - here are some of the elements: bishops, canon law, charity, councils crusades, devotions, heresies, laity, liturgy, martyrs, missionaries, parishes, pilgrimages, popes, prayer, priesthood, religious orders, sacraments, schools, theologians, universities and the \u003ci\u003evita consacrata.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scope is wide; the pace of the narrative is attractive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49523812172049,"sku":"GOR005707583","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49603620438289,"sku":"GOR013322974","price":13.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50465479295249,"sku":"GOR013782045","price":10.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52106350592273,"sku":"CIN1472909887VG","price":7.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52720033136913,"sku":"GOR009537457","price":10.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53619463160081,"sku":"CIN1472909887G","price":6.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1472909887.jpg?v=1751404798","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/new-short-history-of-the-catholic-church-book-norman-tanner-9781472909886","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}