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"Joseph and Barbara Stuart highlight the watershed events of the reformation period (including the Protestant schism and Council of Trent), profile the main Catholic and Protestant figures such as Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus, and give readers the guidance they need to understand the deeper context and consequences of these tumultuous centuries"--

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (first place, best new religious book series).Suspense, politics, sin, death, sex, and redemption: Not the plot of the latest crime novel, but elements of the true history of the Catholic Church.Larger-than-life figures such as Athanasius of Alexandria, Augustine, and Constantine played an important part in the history of the Christianity. In The Church and the Roman Empire (AD 301-490): Constantine, Councils, and the Fall of Rome, popular Catholic author Mike Aquilina gives readers a vivid and engaging account of how Christianity developed and expanded as the Roman Empire declined.Aquilina explores the dramatic backstory of the Council of Nicaea and why Christian unity and belief are still expressed by the Nicene Creed. He also sets the record straight about commonly held misconceptions about the Catholic Church.In this book, you will learn: The Edict of Milan didn't just legalize Christianity; it also established religious tolerance for all faiths for the first time in history.The growth of Christianity inspired a more merciful society: crucifixion was abolished; the practice of throwing prisoners to wild beasts for entertainment was outlawed; and slave owners were punished for killing their slaves.Controversy between Arians and Catholics may have resulted in building more hospitals and other networks of charitable assistance to the poor.When Rome fell, not many people at the time noticed. Books in the Reclaiming Catholic History series, edited by Mike Aquilina and written by leading authors and historians, bring Church history to life, debunking the myths one era at a time.

"The Early Church (AD 33-313): St. Peter, the Apostles, and Martyrs is the first volume of the Reclaiming Catholic History series. In this browsable narrative, early Catholic Church historian and Biblical expert James Papandrea dispels numerous commonly accepted myths and misconceptions. Tracking the challenges of heresy and persecution throughout the period, Papandrea spotlights Catholicism's earliest saints and explores the growth and development of the Church in the first three centuries of Christian faith-a period of, missionary zeal, deep thought, and tribulation"--

Catholics--both religious and the laity--made significant contributions to science, the arts, and the betterment of human life during the Enlightenment, the period between the Reformations and the modern world.Scholar Dominic A. Aquila writes that it is not uncommon for historical accounts of the time to conclude that the Church stood in the way of the scientific revolution and that faith and reason could not coexist. In The Church and the Age of Enlightenment (1648-1848), Aquila outlines Catholic contributions in mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, the arts, and politics, and highlights key figures of the era including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, St. Vincent de Paul, Queen Christina of Sweden, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.Aquila begins by looking back at the work of important figures such as Copernicus, Francis Bacon, and Galileo, all of whom died before the 1648. Aquila bookends the Enlightenment era by wars due to dynastic rivalries and social change--beginning with Europe's Thirty Years War, which prompted a rethinking of religious and political practices, and ending with the Napoleonic Wars.Aquila also highlights key works of visual arts and music from the period, including Giovanni Bellini's Frari Triptych, the world-renowned Oberammergau Passion Play, and George Fredric Handel's Messiah.In this book, you will learn: the Church has been western civilization's primary patron of art and science for centuries;Blaise Pascal believed that the Biblical revelation of God is the story of God's action in human history;Isaac Newton was unique among the Enlightenment elite because he believed in God;the separation of Church and state was influenced by Catholic thinkers;Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson embodied Enlightenment ideals in the American colonies; andone of the most enduring outcomes of the Enlightenment is the heart-felt desire for continual improvement of life for more people. Books in the Reclaiming Catholic History series, edited by Mike Aquilina and written by leading authors and historians, bring Church history to life, debunking the myths one era at a time.

"Steve Weidenkopf shines a spotlight on some of the Catholic Church's greatest saints and dispels nine misconceptions. He explores the shifting centers of power, reform movements, and tensions both within the Church and between Church and State while also examining the challenges the Church faced in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries"--