Heresy in the Roman Catholic Church
Subtitle: a history
By: Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780786444489
Subjects: Christian heresies; Catholic Church; History
Description: "This book explains the construction and beliefs of the organized movements against the Roman Catholic Church and documents the individuals and their efforts in challenging papal infallibility, singular doctrine, and the Inquisition. It examines how heretics have never ceased to appear and reappear from ancient times into modern times"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Heresy in historical perspective; title: The origins of heresy: the first four centuries; title: Heresy from the fifth to the eighth century; title: Heresies in the ninth and tenth centuries; title: Catharism: a major heretical movement; title: The Waldensians: heretics and witches; title: The seeds of the Reformation; title: The new paganism and witchcraft; title: The Spanish Inquisition; title: Martin Luther; title: The growth of the Reformation; title: The Roman Inquisition; title: The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; title: Old Catholics and modernism: nineteenth century heresy; title: The modern view: politics of the Roman Church.