John W O'Malley Sj

Catholic History for Today's Church

How Our Past Illuminates Our Present

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Produktbeschreibung

We can't understand the issues swirling in today's Catholic Church without understanding the past. In this book acclaimed historian John W. O'Malley, SJ, illuminates contentious issues-from celibacy to the role of the pope-through their history and then shows how that past connects with life today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781442250024
• ISBN-10: 144225002X
• Artikelnr.: 42235086

Autorenporträt

By John W. O'Malley, SJ

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I. The Papacy and the Popes 1 The Millennium and the
Papalization of Catholicism 2 Papal Job Descriptions: Yesterday and Today 3
Cardinals in Conclave: A Troubled History 4 Reform of the Papal Curia:
Historical and Theological Perspectives 5 The Beatification of Pope Pius IX
6 Two Popes: Benedict and Francis Part II. Two Councils: Trent and Vatican
II 7 The Council of Trent: Myths, Misunderstandings, and Unintended
Consequences 8 Bishops and Theologians at the Council of Trent: A Lesson
for Today 9 The Council of Trent and Michelangelo's Last Judgment 10 Ten
Sure-Fire Ways to Mix Up the Teaching of Vatican II 11 What Happened and
Did Not Happen at Vatican II 12 Dialog and the Identity of Vatican II 13
Two Councils Compared: Trent and Vatican II Part Three: The Church at Large
14 Some Basics about Celibacy 15 Were Medieval Universities Catholic? 16
Excommunicating Politicians 17 One Priesthood, Two Traditions Conclusion:
My Life of Learning