 | Founding Of Christendom: History Of Christendom Vol 1 by Warren H. Carroll
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $13.99 The best overview of church history; This one covers up to Constantine. This series is really worth taking the time to read carefully; These made me fall in love with Catholic history
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 | Building Of Christendom: History Of Christendom Vol 2 (A History of Christendom, Vol. 2) by Warren H. Carroll
Buy used from: $15.38 This is probably the slowest pace volume, but many great events -- first 7 ecumenical councils
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 | Glory Of Christendom: History Of Christendom Vol 3 (History of Christendom Series ; Vol. III) by Warren H. Carroll
Buy new: $25.00 / Used from: $14.99 Volume 3 -- Covers crusades, inquisition, etc...up to reformation
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 | Cleaving Of Christendom: History Of Christendom Vol 4 by Warren H. Carroll
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $9.87 Volume 4 -- They keep getting bigger! Obviously, covers the Protestant Revolt; ends at about the 30-years war.
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 | The Revolution Against Christendom: A History of Christendom, Vol. 5 by Warren H. Carroll
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $12.00 Not yet released
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 | Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words by Rod Bennett
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $11.00 Great intro to the early fathers; easy and fun to read
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 | The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers by Mike Aquilina
Buy used from: $6.00 Very brief, but good intro
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 | Our Glorious Popes by Catherine Goddard Clarke
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $3.87 Fun, brief overview of history...but some anti-semitism by the author takes away from an othewise exciting read. Puts forth a narrow understanding of "no salvation outside the church".
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 | Church History: A Complete History of the Catholic Church to the Present Day for High School, College and Adult Reading by Fr John Laux
Buy used from: $34.90 A better one-volume overview of history than Harry Crocker's 'Triumph'
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 | A History of the Church: The World in Which the Church Was Founded (History of the Church (Sheed & Ward)) (v. 1) by Philip Hughes
Buy used from: $11.11 Amazon only appears to carry one of the 3 volumes in this set; Very good pre-reformation history, but not as lively a read as Carroll; Entire text is available online
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| The church in crisis: A history of the general councils, 325-1870 by Philip Hughes
Buy used from: $7.89 Probably need to find this used. Or you can print each chapter from EWTN's document library
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 | Faith of the Early Fathers, Vol. 1 by William A. Jurgens
Buy new: $12.92 / Used from: $3.99 Get all 3 volumes for a wonderfully organized survey of the early fathers
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 | How the Reformation Happened by Hilaire Belloc
Buy new: $8.55 / Used from: $4.34 This and several other books by Belloc are recommended
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 | The Rise And Growth of The Anglican Schism by Rev. Dr. Nicolas Sander
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $0.79 I'm currently enjoying this book, written in 16th century; Claims Anne Boleyn's father was the future head of the Anglican Church. Long intro, but otherwise very easy to read and follow.
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 | The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen
Buy new: $20.52 / Used from: $6.89 Respected secular scholar nails Protestant myths about the Inquisition
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 | An Essay On Development Of Christian Doctrine (Notre Dame Series in the Great Books, No 4) by John Henry Newman
Buy new: $16.25 / Used from: $15.00 Study this one intently! Newman provides the key to unlocking patristic thought. Essential!
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 | The Church in the Dark Ages (Phoenix Press) by H. Daniel-Rops
Buy used from: $57.76 Another fine Catholic historian
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 | Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion : With Special Reference to the XVII and XVIII Centuries by Ronald Arbuthnott Knox
Buy new: $31.63 / Used from: $27.95 A tremendous Catholic mind concentrates on the history of the 17th-18th centuries
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 | The Age of Martyrs: Christianity from Diocletian (284) to Constantine (337) by Abbot G. Ricciotti
Buy new: $16.50 / Used from: $5.93 A very nice overview of the early church; includes many accounts of martyrdom and a nice summary of Constantine; very readable
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 | History of Heresies: And Their Refutation; Or, the Triumph of the Church by Alphonsus M. Liguori
Buy new: $50.00 / Used from: $48.17 Written by a saint and doctor of the church; My favorite spiritual author writes history!
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 | The New Concise History of the Crusades by Thomas F. Madden
Buy new: $24.31 / Used from: $16.93 Introduction to the Crusades
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 | Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths by Regine Pernoud
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.98 Middle-age myths exploded
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 | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods Jr
Buy new: $21.56 / Used from: $12.43 Gotta love the title
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 | Our Lady Of Guadalupe: And The Conquest Of Darkness by Warren H. Carroll
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $8.46 An amazing story! You'll finish this book in a day. Highly recommended
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