Church History

— George Weigel A leading Catholic intellectual explains why the teachings of the Second Vatican Council are essential to the Church's future — and the world's The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) ...

— Fr. Charles P. Connor, S.T.L., PH.D The story of the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence Charles Carroll’s life began nearly four decades before the War of Independence and ended while ...

— Randall Petrides In every era of the Catholic Church, holy men and women have shaped history through their gifts and talents and, most importantly, through their resolute commitment to Jesus Christ. Some ...

We hear the voices of the early Church Fathers even today. Their teachings, guidance, insights, and sacrifice shaped the Catholic Church. They defined the canon of Scripture, developed our creeds and forms of ...

— Jem Sullivan, Ph.D. For centuries, the Catholic Church served the cultural role of principal patron of the arts. It is a historical fact that many of the world’s most admired and treasured artistic ...

Selected and translated by William A. Jurgens. These three volumes represent a wonderful reference book of the patristic works. Vol. I covers the writings of the Fathers to circa 382. Vol. II concludes with Julian ...

— James Hitchcock The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day, the Church has been planted in every nation on ...

A HISTORY OF CATHOLICISM IN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES - Fr. Charles Connor It's easy to think that American Catholic history began with the first American archbishop (John Carroll) or the first born-in-America saint ...

NINE TIMES THE CHURCH WAS IN TURMOIL, AND CAME OUT STRONGER THAN BEFORE -Steve Weidenkopf Ask Catholics about the crisis in the Church today and you’ll often get one of two responses: The end is upon us! or ...

AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA — Dr. Helen Hoffner and Deirdre Folley New converts and cradle Catholics alike are often perplexed by the myriad of devotions, traditions, practices, and beliefs that the Catholic ...

— Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP Our Catholic churches are filled with an abundance of signs and symbols, some of which you may have never noticed or understood. The sacred art, architecture, and artifacts of a church ...

— Mike Aquilina Jerusalem, Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, Ephesus, Carthage, Edessa . . . These were some of the ancient cities that once raged against the Gospel and persecuted the Church but later came to ...

— Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke In this book, discover, in Cardinal Burke’s own words, the profound history, beauty, and purpose of the Shrine. The Shrine book will answer all your questions about devotion to ...

— Stephen Auth with Evelyn Auth and Fr. Shawn Aaron, LC Have you ever visited a museum and found the narrations in the self-guided-tour headsets a bit tedious? Slightly too clinical, perhaps? Have you ever ...

THE RISE OF CATHOLICISM DURING THE CIVIL WAR In the bloody war that split our nation, American bishops worked for the success of the Union... and of the Confederacy! Fr. Charles Connor shows how in the nineteenth ...

— Andrew Willard Jones The prevailing narrative of human history, given to us as children and reinforced constantly through our culture, is the plot of progress. As the narrative goes, we progressed from ...

Why were the early Christians willing to die to protect even a single iota of the creed? Why have the Judeans, Romans, and Persians—among others—seen the Christian creed as a threat to the established social ...

What was the early Church like? Rod Bennett shows that, contrary to popular belief, there is a reliable way to know. Four witnesses to early Christianity have left us an extensive body of documentation on this ...

— Patrick Novecosky 'There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for ...

— Mike Aquilina When we survey the history of the Faith, it is undeniable that the lands of northern Africa were profoundly influential in the development of early Christianity. The faith arrived early in ...