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The Story of the Church: Her Founding, Mission and Progress

by Rev. George Johnson, Ph.D. Author, Rev. Jerome D. Hannan, Ph.D. Author, Sister M. Dominica, O.S.U., Ph.D. Author

To know and to understand the Church is a sacred duty for every Catholic. The Church is not just an organization to which we belong; it is an organization of which we are a part. Loyalty to the Church is not merely one among many loyalties. It is the one great loyalty of our lives in which all other loyalties are rooted and from which all derive their life and strength. For the Church is Christ and in the Church we are united with Him and with one another as members of one Body. Hence, a burning love for the Church must always be an outstanding characteristic of a good Catholic.

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ISBN
978-0895551566
Print Status
In Print
Sections
174
Pages
590
Copyright
1980
Written
1935
URL
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/089555156X/re...

Sections

  • 1 THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THEIR RELIGION AND LIFE
  • 2 THE GENTILES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE NEW RELIGION
  • 3 THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
  • 4 THE COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST
  • 5 LIFE AMONG THE FIRST CHRISTIANS
  • 6 THE CHRUCH IS PERSECUTED
  • 7 THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
  • 8 THE FIRST CONVERTS FROM PAGANISM
  • 9 THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH
  • 10 THE MISSIONARY LABORERS OF THE St. Paul
  • 11 THE WORK OF THE OTHER APOSTLES
  • 12 THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM
  • 13 THE JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS IN ROME
  • 14 THE MARTYRDOM OF STS. PETER AND PAUL
  • 15 THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE FATE OF THE JEWISH CONVERTS
  • 16 THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH
  • 17 THE HIERARCHY OF THE NEW CHRUCH
  • 18 THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS
  • 19 THE CHURCH, THE INTERPRETER OF THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
  • 20 ROMAN CONCERN AT THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH
  • 21 THE APOLOGISTS
  • 22 THE MARTYRS
  • 23 APOSTATES
  • 24 ST. LAWRENCE
  • 25 THE PERSECUTION UNDER DIOCLETIAN
  • 26 ST. AGNES
  • 27 "AS DYING AND, BEHOLD, WE LIVE"
  • 28 THE CATACOMBS
  • 29 THE CATACOMBS BEAR WITNESS TO THE FAITH
  • 30 CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
  • 31 THE EDICT OF MILAN
  • 32 THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE
  • 33 THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE
  • 34 THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE
  • 35 JULIAN THE APOSTATE
  • 36 THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • 37 ARIANISM
  • 38 THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA
  • 39 ST. ATHANASIUS
  • 40 THE THREE CAPPADOCIANS
  • 41 ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
  • 42 NESTORIUS AND THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS
  • 43 ARIANISM IN THE WEST
  • 44 ST. AMBROSE
  • 45 ST. JEROME
  • 46 ST. AUGUSTINE
  • 47 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
  • 48 THE PAPACY - ST. LEO THE GREAT
  • 49 CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
  • 50 CHARITY
  • 51 THE COMING OF THE MONKS
  • 52 THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BISHOPS
  • 53 ST. BENEDICT AND HIS MONKS
  • 54 ARIANISM AMONG THE BARBARIANS
  • 55 THE FRANKS
  • 56 CLOVIS, KING OF THE FRANKS
  • 57 THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH IN GAUL
  • 58 ST. PATRICK
  • 59 ST. COLUMBA
  • 60 ST. COLUMBANUS
  • 61 ST. GREGORY THE GREAT
  • 62 ST. AUGUSTINE, THE APOSTLE OF ENGLAND
  • 63 ST. BONIFACE
  • 64 ST. BONIFACE AND THE FRANKS
  • 65 BONIFACE, THE MONK
  • 66 MOHAMMED
  • 67 RELIGION OF MOHAMMEDANISM
  • 68 THE MOHAMMEDANS ADVANCE ON CHRISTENDOM
  • 69 THE CHURCH DURING THE RUL EOF HTE MEROVINGIANS
  • 70 THE CHURCH UNDER FEUDALISM
  • 71 THE PAPACY
  • 72 NICHOLAS I
  • 73 THE EAST AND THE WEST
  • 74 THE ICONOCLASTS
  • 75 THE GREEK SCHISM
  • 76 THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF HTE GERMAN NATION
  • 77 HENRY III
  • 78 SANCTITY IN THE CHURCH
  • 79 REFORM OF THE MONASTERIES
  • 80 HILDEBRAND
  • 81 NEW LAWS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE POPE
  • 82 THE CARDINALS
  • 83 HILDEBRAND ELECTEDPOPE
  • 84 HENRY IV GOES TO CANOSSA
  • 85 KNIGHTHOOD
  • 86 CHRISTIAN CHIVALRY
  • 87 THE CRUSADES
  • 88 THE MILITARY ORDERS
  • 89 ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX
  • 90 THE PREMONSTRATENIANS
  • 91 THE CARTHUSIANS
  • 92 GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES
  • 93 INNOCENT III
  • 94 THE INQUISITION
  • 95 THE GROWTH OF THE TOWNS
  • 96 THE GUILDS
  • 97 ST. DOMINIC
  • 98 ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
  • 99 THE WORK OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS
  • 100 CHURCH GOVERNMENT
  • 101 THE PIETY OF THE PEOPLE
  • 102 CHARITY
  • 103 ARCHITECTURE
  • 104 PAINTING
  • 105 LITERATURE
  • 106 THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS
  • 107 THE UNIVERSITIES
  • 108 GREAT TEACHERS
  • 109 THE MYSTICS
  • 110 ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
  • 111 SCHOOLS FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE
  • 112 THE PAPACY AND PHILIP THE FAIR, KING OF FRANCE
  • 113 THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE
  • 114 ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA
  • 115 THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE AND THE GREEK CHURCH
  • 116 THE PASSING OF THE MIDDLE AGES
  • 117 SHOLASTICISM DECLINES
  • 118 THE POPE AND THE NATIONS
  • 119 WICKLIPP AND HUS
  • 120 THE SAINTS
  • 121 THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES
  • 122 THE OWRK OF THE POPES
  • 123 THE DARK SIDE OF THE PICTURE
  • 124 THE CONDITION OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE
  • 125 MARTIN LUTHER
  • 126 REVOLT IN SWITZERLAND
  • 127 JOHN CALVIN
  • 128 THE SPREAD OF CALVINISM
  • 129 THE NETHERLANDS
  • 130 SCOTLAND
  • 131 HENRY VIII
  • 132 MARY THE CATHOLIC
  • 133 THE REVOLT UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH
  • 134 THE SUCCESSORS OF ELIZABETH
  • 135 THE GLORY OF IRELAND
  • 136 THE BEGINNINGS OF REFORM IN THE CHURCH
  • 137 THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
  • 138 THE GREAT POPES OF THE REFORM
  • 139 ST. CHARLES BORROMEO
  • 140 THE STORY OF ST. IGNATIUS
  • 141 ST. FRANCIS ZAVIER
  • 142 THE JESUITS IN CHINA
  • 143 THE JESUITS IN INDIA
  • 144 ST. PETER CANISIUS
  • 145 THE FLOWERING OF SANCTITY
  • 146 ST. ANGELA MERICI AND THE URSULINE NUNS
  • 147 ST. TERESA OF AVILA
  • 148 ST. PHILIP NERI
  • 149 ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
  • 150 ST. VINVENT DE PAUL
  • 151 THE ROLE OF SPAIN
  • 152 THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
  • 153 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STAETS
  • 154 THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN NORTH AERICA
  • 155 ST. ISSAC JOGUES
  • 156 PERE MARQUETTE
  • 157 PERSECUTION IN MEXICO
  • 158 CHRIST THE KING
  • 159 THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE REIGN OF POPE PIUS XI
  • 160 THE NEW POPE, PIUS XII
  • 161 THE STRUGGLE TO PREVENT WAR
  • 162 POPE PIUS XII AND THE UNITED STATES
  • 163 THE RESTORATION OF PEACE
  • 164 COMMUNISM
  • 165 POPE PIUS XII AND THE NEDDS OF SOCIETY
  • 166 POPE PIUS XII AND HOLINESS OF LIFE
  • 167 THE THIRD PLENARY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE
  • 168 CATHOLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
  • 169 CATHOLIC EDUCATION AND THE STATE
  • 170 CHRISTIAN CHARITY
  • 171 LOVE OF THE MISSIONS
  • 172 THE PAPAL DELEGATE
  • 173 THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE CONFERENCE
  • 174 CATHOLIC ACTION IN THE UNITED STAETS DURING WWII

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