Church History

FROM THE APOSTOLIC AGE TO THE THIRD MILLENNIUM. 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 ...

— 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 ...

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 ...

— Sophie Mouquin; Delphine Mouquin Through art and essay, delve into the Father’s loving plan to restore His creation and offer eternal life in His presence. The Mouquin sisters combine their talents as ...

— 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 ...

SCRIPTURE, LITURGY, AND THE EARLY CHURCH -Mike Aquilina “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me.”—John 5:39 It takes some real ...

— James L. Papandrea In this brief yet penetrating book, Dr. James Papandrea reveals what the early Church Fathers actually taught and believed about the Holy Scriptures as well as how they read, understood, ...

— 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 ...

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 ...

— 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 ...

— 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 ...

Ancient Rome’s brutal culture exploited the weak and considered human life expendable. Women were used as property; unwanted children were left on the streets to die. Four centuries later, even ordinary men and ...

— Helen Hoffner Many faithful Catholics greet God and give Him thanks and praise when they arise in the morning and retire at night. How they stay connected with Him and the Faith throughout the day, ...

— 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 ...

UNKNOWN PAGES OF CHURCH HISTORY -Written by: Grzegorz Gorny -Photographs by: Janusz Rosikon This latest book by the internationally acclaimed investigative journalism team is their most intriguing work to date. ...

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 ...

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 ...

— 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 ...

— 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 ...

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 ...