The papacy.
By: Translated from the French by Michael Derrick.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: The Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism,; v. 81. Section 8:; The organization of the church; Twentieth century encyclopedia of Catholicism ;; v. 81.
Publisher: Hawthorn Books
Published: 1959
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Papacy.
Description: The single thread which links the first ages of Christianity to our own times is the essential work of the popes in the different periods in which each was a vicar of Christ. In spite of the schisms in the eleventh and sixteenth centuries, the essential words, "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church", conferring on Peter the primacy and the special mission of the Church, have endured as the basic charter of the Church throughout the centuries.
Notes: Includes bibliography.