How the Church Has Changed the World
Subtitle: Volume 1
Publisher: Magnificat
Published: May 16, 2019
Number of pages: 160
Description: 25 essays originally published by Magnificat (December 2013 – December 2015) that will give you a new appreciation for the Church and her mission in the world.

You know the Church supports your sacramental life, but did you know…
- Who created the tradition of the Christmas manger?
- Who is the father of modern genetics?
- Who developed hospitals to continue the healing work of Christ?
- That the greatest dramatist of all time was Catholic?
- And more!

Professor Esolen's captivating style is as entertaining as it is eye-opening.

A great book to affirm that God guides his Church!
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: A Child Enthroned; title: The Play's the Thing; title: Raising a Nation from the Dead; title: X Man, Risen from the Dead; title: Civilization in the Seed; title: In Praise of Woman; title: Whatsoever You Do; title: The Church, the Ennobler of Cultures; title: The Poet in Love with the Word; title: And God Saw That It Was Good; title: The True History of the World; title: The Church and the Beginning of It All; title: Small Enough to Enter the Cathedral; title: A Catholic to the Roots; title: Mother of Freedom; title: The "Black Gown"; title: For God is Light; title: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God; title: The Church, Mother of Scholars; title: Forgotten Father; title: The Abbot and the Peas; title: The Father of California; title: Here is Truth; title: The Church, Mater Dramatis; title: The Miracle of Jasna Gora