From the Age of Christ and the Roman Empire, through the holy wars of the Middle Ages and humanism of the Renaissance, to the church crisis in modern times, this engagingly narrated history comprises the colossal undertakings, byzantine politics, and profound spiritual experiences that gave shape to one of the world’s great religions. God or man or myth, Jesus Christ has exerted greater influence on human history than any other single figure, and the story of the religion that took his name circles the globe. For two millennia the art and architecture, the literature, the ethic, thought, and theology of the Christian people have evolved and continue to flourish in countries and cultures worldwide. Those two thousand years have produced spectacular successes, but often, as Bamber Gascoigne’s illuminative chronicle shows, spiritual triumphs have been overshadowed by the horrors of intolerance, bloodshed, and greed. The events Gascoigne relates are as varied and vast as the cast—as dramatically different as the humble St. Francis of Assisi and bold Richard the Lion Heart battling Islam.
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The Best Book on Christianity!!!,
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This Is the best book obout religion ever vritten. It is short but contains everything you need to know about Cristianity. After this book, you don't neen read any other books on religion. You may want to read it several times. Bravo Gascoigne!!!
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For the first fifty years of what we now call the Christian era, not a word survives in any document about Christ or his followers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Roman Catholic, Holy Spirit, New Testament, Virgin Mary, Church of England, George Fox, John the Baptist, Las Casas, Santa Sophia, Black Death, George Whitefield, Jesus Christ, John Wesley, New England, Old Testament, Catholic Reformation, Son of God, Crown of Thorns, Duke of Berry, Edict of Nantes, Juan Diego, Latin America, Mary Magdalene, Mexico City New!
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For the first fifty years of what we now call the Christian era, not a word survives in any document about Christ or his followers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Roman Catholic, Holy Spirit, New Testament, Virgin Mary, Church of England, George Fox, John the Baptist, Las Casas, Santa Sophia, Black Death, George Whitefield, Jesus Christ, John Wesley, New England, Old Testament, Catholic Reformation, Son of God, Crown of Thorns, Duke of Berry, Edict of Nantes, Juan Diego, Latin America, Mary Magdalene, Mexico City New!
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- The Protestant Reformation (Documentary History of Western Civilization) by Hans J. Hillerbrand in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics) by Karl Marx on page 221, and page 223
- The Middle Ages (Journey Through History) by Maria Rius on page 43, and page 56
- The Medieval Village (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) by G. G. Coulton in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Black Death (Great Disasters) by James Day on page 63, and Back Matter
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