Catholicism
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Gerald O'Collins.
Series: Very short introductions
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780199545919; 9780191562891
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church -- Customs and practices
Description: "In this Very Short Introduction, Gerald O'Collins answers these questions and more, and presents, in clear and accessible language, a fresh introduction to the largest and oldest institution in the world."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: From Pentecost to Christopher Columbus (AD 30; title: 1492); title: From Christopher Columbus to date (1492; title: 2008); title: Catholics on God and the human condition; title: The sacraments and the Catholic Church; title: Catholic moral life and teaching; title: Characteristics of Catholicism; title: The future of Catholicism.