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In eighteen brief chapters Wylie, who wrote this book in the second half of the 19th century, gives a point by point indictment of the Roman Papacy.

The pope claims to be the Vicar of Christ. this first point, which will astound many, is that vice and anti are basically the same thing/5(28). It was this innocent endeavor that would soon lead him to unexpected discoveries and inescapable conclusions concerning the papacy (This book being the fruit of those labors).

With patience and care Guettée skillfully sweeps away the rubble of misconception and fraud that obscured the pristine voice of Church Fathers and their genuine 5/5(5).

Bernhard Schimmelpfennig chronicles the institution of the papacy and its influence on the culture, politics, and economy throughout the decline of the Roman emparie, Byzantine rule, and the Middle Ages in his book, The Papacy. The full spectrum of the institutional Medieval Church is examined as Schimmelpfennig presents its evolution through liturgical, political, artistic, cultural, and.

papacy (pā´pəsē), office of the pope, head of the Roman Catholic is pope by reason of being bishop of Rome and thus, according to Roman Catholic belief, successor in the see of Rome (the Holy See) to its first bishop, St. pope therefore claims to be the shepherd of all Christians and representative (vicar or vicegerent) of Christ.

A History of the Popes tells the story of the oldest living institution in the Western world—the papacy. From its origins in Saint Peter, Jesus' chief disciple, through Pope Benedict XVI today, the popes have been key players in virtually all of the great dramas of the western world in the last two thousand by: 6.

The job of contextualizing Pope Francis and his papacy is an arduous one, especially when his pontificate still seems far from over (thankfully), and after years of his critics distorting the narrative. But Massimo Faggioli attempts to do just that in his book, The Liminal Papacy of Pope Francis: Moving toward Global Catholicity.

He does this. The papacy (like the wider Church) is never only growing in grace or declining into decadence. It is never entirely a vehicle for power-mongering or self.

Following on from his equally well researched book on the Benedictine monastery of Cluny, Edwin has described in great detail the 70 year exile of the papacy from Rome. As other reviewers have alluded, this book could more accurately have been titled "Avignon of the Popes" as it traces the effects the papal period had on this city/5(22).

The Liber Pontificalis (Latin for 'pontifical book' or Book of the Popes) is a book of biographies of popes from Saint Peter until the 15th century. The original publication of the Liber Pontificalis stopped with Pope Adrian II (–) or Pope Stephen V (–), but it was later supplemented in a different style until Pope Eugene IV (–) and then Pope Pius II (–).

Book I. History of the Papacy. Chapter I. Origin of the Papacy. The Papacy, next to Christianity, is the great FACT of the modern world. Of the two, the former, unhappily, has proved in some respects the more powerful spring in human affairs, and has acted the more public part on the stage of the world.

The significance of the papacy has always been an afterthought to me but given the complicated history of popes prior it would be really interesting to read a book on the history of the papacy and the landmark figures and events that led the Catholic Church towards becoming what it is now.

Preview Book × Close. See more about this book on The Spanish church and the Papacy in the thirteenth century. This edition published in by University Press in Cambridge [Eng.]. Edition Notes Bibliography: p. Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought, third series, no.

ISBN: The papacy is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in world history. The use of the term to refer to bishops in general is reflected in the terms "Roman Pontifical" (a book containing rites reserved for bishops, such as confirmation and ordination), and "pontificals" (the insignia of bishops).

George Weigel's latest book, The Next Pope: The Office of Peter and a Church in Mission, is a thin one at only pages. But it is thin, too, in the sense that what it communicates is either a.

Pageant of the Popesby John FarrowThis book contains a continuous history of the Papacy from the first century up to the midth, when it was written. The original book has no chapter heads: the breakdown by century was added here.

We conclude, therefore, that if Jesus of Nazareth be the Christ, the Roman papacy is the antichrist. This book contains the classic teaching of the Protestant Reformation regarding the antichrist (an integral part of that Reformation, we might add—as all the Reformed creeds and confessions attest).

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Shop now & receive FREE shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership. Our Stores Are Open Book Annex Membership Educators Gift Cards Stores & Events Help.The Papacy Sold amidst New Depths of Wickedness. "this is not the place [in Church reference books] to discuss the merits or motives of the multiple claimants" (Catholic Encyclopedia, Pecci ed., iii, pp.

; Catholic Dictionary). The introduction of the word "anti-pope" was a retrospective move by the Church to eliminate the reality of.