Short History of the Catholic Church

(Paperback)

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This revised edition of a one volume history of the Roman Catholic church includes a final chapter giving an impressionistic account of some of the issues facing the Church as it nears the third millennium of its existence. It also covers the Christian history of the first two millennia, from the origins of the Church in New Testament times through to the year 2000.

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"There is no other book . . . which conveys so much information in so limited a space, or which can be relied upon with more confidence."--E.E.Y. Hales, The Tablet

Author Bio

J. Derek Holmes was formerly Lecture in Church History at Ushaw College, Durham. Bernard W. Bickers was ordained in 1973. After advanced studies at Cambridge University he went to Ushaw as Lecturer in Church History.