A history of the popes
Subtitle: from Peter to the present
By: John W. O'Malley.
Publisher: Sheed & Ward
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781580512275; 9781580512299
Subjects: Papacy -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Part I: From the margins to the center of the Roman world; title: Peter : bishop of Rome?; title: After Peter and Paul; title: Constantine : the thirteenth apostle; title: Prosperity to crisis : Damasus and Leo the Great; title: Gregory the great; title: Part II: Bringing order out of chaos; title: Greeks, Lombards, Franks; title: Charlemagne : savior or master?; title: Their darkest hour; title: Saving the papacy from itself; title: Gregory VII : who's in charge here?; title: Part III: Dvelopment, decline, disarray; title: Compromises, crusades, councils, concordats; title: Innocent III : vicar of Christ; title: Boniface VIII : big claims, big humiliation; title: Avignon : the Babylonian captivity; title: Three popes at a time : the great western schism; title: Part IV: Renaissance and Reformation; title: The restored papacy; title: The Renaissance popes; title: Luther, Leo, and the aftermath; title: Paul III : a turning point; title: Five popes and a council; title: The new Rome; title: Part V: Into the modern era; title: The storm breaks; title: Pius VII : bowed down and raised up; title: Beleaguered, infallible, and prisoner again; title: Leo XIII : searching for solutions; title: Pius X : confronting modern culture; title: Part VI: The papacy as a global institution; title: War, peace, fascism; title: Pius XII : saint or sinner?; title: John XXIII : peace and reconciliation; title: Paul VI : in a tight spot; title: John Paul II : the world is my parish.