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The chair of Peter : a history of the papacy /

Covers the period from Peter to Pope Paul VI, including an account of Vatican Council II, the death of Pope John XXIII and the accession of Paul VI, a chronological list of the popes, a summary of the 21 ecumenical Councils to 1962, and a comprehensive index.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gontard, Friedrich (Author)
Other Authors: Peeler, A. J. (Translator), Peeler, E. F. (Edward Francis), 1898- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translation of Die Päpste.
Published: New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, ©1964.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church
Papacy > History.
Papauté > Histoire.
Papacy
Religious materials
Informational works
History
Religious materials.
Informational works.
Matériel religieux.
Documents d'information.
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Church of the fishers of men, Christianity a product of the East: The oldest people believing in one God
  • The trial of Jesus of Nazareth
  • Peter the poor fisherman deputizes for his Lord
  • The wolf of Damascus approaches the sheep of Jerusalem
  • The charge to Simon, called the Rock
  • Should Gentile and Jew eat together?
  • Was Peter ever in Rome?
  • The Christians of Rome go underground: Bishop Clement, the first organizer of the church
  • The first Bible critic takes up residence in Rome
  • Schism arouses the Fathers of the church
  • Christian controversies unshared by Rome: For the first time Peter's chair is unoccupied
  • The church in the East and West: The Emperor Constantine
  • Civil War on behalf of religion: The foundations of the church of Rome
  • The first head of the whole church: Pope Leo the Great
  • The popes victimized by the clergy and the emperors
  • The saintly band led by Benedict of Nursia
  • II. The church of the popes and kings: Pope Gregory the Great
  • Shift of power from East to West
  • Charlemagne, ruler of the West
  • The East is lost
  • Peter unchained
  • The 'regiment of women' in the Lateran
  • The holy Roman Empire of the German nation
  • The first German and the first French pope
  • III. Church against church, Popes and anti-popes: Leo IX
  • Hildebrand, the Cluniac monk, as Gregory VII
  • The religious genius of the twelfth century: Bernard of Clairvaux
  • IV. The church in glory, the greatest power in the Western world: Innocent III, ruler at the age of thirty-seven
  • Tragic memories of the fourth crusade
  • Secrets and laws of the papal elections
  • The struggle between papacy and empire: Frederick II and Gregory IX
  • A friend of the emperor becomes his next opponent
  • Of the truth of faith and reason: Thomas Aquinas
  • Angelope and imperator
  • V. The church divided, Avignon, the asylum of the French popes
  • Two visionaries: Bridget of Sweden and Catherine of Siena
  • Schism in the papacy
  • The blind popes: Florence as God's city
  • Savonarola
  • Father Borgia: Alexander VI
  • A condottiere with a mitre: Julius II
  • The "crazy" Christians, The golden age: Leo X
  • The Reformation becomes a national problem
  • The last Netherlandish-German pope: Adrian VI
  • VI. The struggling church: Catholic renewal
  • The great reform Council of Trent
  • Pope Paul IV
  • The Council of Trent completed under Pius IV
  • Sixtus V, pope of reform
  • The church and the Thirty Years' War
  • The patrimonium near bankruptcy
  • A fresh revival of Christianity: The most popular of popes: Benedict XIV
  • VII. Church and nation: Pope Clement XIV faced with a decision
  • The Canossa of Pius VI: his journey to Joseph II
  • Napoleon's harsh treatment of Pius VII
  • The choice between throne and altar
  • Pius IX and the end of the temporal power of the papacy
  • VIII. The church
  • the conscience of 450 million Catholics, The pope of social welfare: Leo XIII
  • A pontifical disciplinarian: Pius X
  • Pope Benedict XV struggles for peace
  • The pope of the concordats: Pius XI
  • The 259th pontificate: Pius XII
  • Pope John XXIII "Shepherd and sailor."
  • 1962: The Second Vatical Council.