Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #648579 in Books
• Published on: 1987-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 189 pages

Customer Reviews

A necessary overview of church history
Any student of church history should begin with this book. It provides an overview of the Church and places current teachings in historical perspective. I have found this book to be an excellent gift for non-catholics who have a limited view of the church and its effect upon history.

An excellent introduction to the history of Catholicism!
If you are looking for a short, yet informative, history of the Catholic Church, look no futher. This book gives the reader all the major details from the founding of the church up to the present day. Of course, in a short book such as this, a cursory examination is given each topic, but it is nevertheless a superb introduction to the history of the Catholic Church.

Perfect For Your First Journey Into Church History
This book is not intended to the complete history. It is intended to be the concise history of the Church. What is geat here is that the different periods of the church are explained warts and all. If you don't know a lot about the history of the Catholic Church, this is a great place to start. If you find this interesting and want to know more, there are other works that deal with the history in more detail.