Saints & sinners
豆瓣
a history of the popes
Duffy Eamon
简介
This abundantly illustrated book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II.
"Duffy offers a comprehensive overview of the 2,000-year history of the papacy. . . . This digestible survey provides a compelling introduction to one of the most durable and significant institutions to influence the course of Western civilization."—Booklist
"As [Duffy] works his way through the papal roll of honour and dishonour, he is always careful to re-create the political, social and economic background to different reigns. He eschews opaque ecclesiastical jargon and, where a theological or doctrinal dispute has to be explained, he does so in a way that even those unversed in biblical concepts or Christian history will immediately grasp. . . . [An] outstanding work of popular scholarship."—Peter Stanford, The Daily Telegraph
目录
Content: 'Upon this rock' c. AD 33-461. From Jerusalem to Rome
The Bishops of Rome
The age of Constantine
The birth of papal Rome. --
Between two empires 461-1000. Under Gothic kings
The age of Gregory the Great
The Byzantine captivity of the papacy
Empires of the West. --
Set above nations 1000-1447. The era of papal reform
From papal reform to papal monarchy
The pinnacle of papal power
Exile and schism. --
Protest and division 1477-1774. The Renaissance popes
The crisis of Christendom
The Counter-Reformation
The popes in an age of absolutism. --
The pope and the people 1774-1903. The church and the revolution
From recovery to reaction
Pio Nono: the triumph of ultramontanism
Ultramontanism with a liberal face: the reign of Leo XIII. --
The oracles of God 1903-2005. The age of intransigence
The attack on modernism
The age of the dictators
The age of Vatican II
Papa Wojtyla
The way we live now. --
Appendix A: Chronological list of popes and antipopes. --
Appendix B: Glossary. --
Appendix C: How a new pope is made.
