Catholic History

Did you know that the Catholic Church is the oldest institution to exist in the Western world?

The Catholic Church has a history that spans over 2,000 years, and it began with none other than Jesus Christ himself. At least, that is what modern popes believe. But at first, there was just one church, and there was no division between Catholics, Protestants, Eastern Orthodox, and other branches of Christianity. Christians all over the known world were united, and together, they made their spirituality bloom. Their religion took over the lives of villagers, nobles, kings, queens, and even newly arrived pagan armies that came to conquer Europe.

In Catholic History, you will find out:

• How Christ built the church on the rock that is Saint Peter
• Learn about Christianity during the age of Apostles
• How the first monasteries came to life
• Why Christians were persecuted through the ages
• How one emperor embraced the faith and legalized it
• The great schism that divided the Christians
• How the pope founded the Holy Roman Empire
• How emperors asserted their authority over the church
• Why Martin Luther revolted against the church
• Who started the reform of the church
• Who were the Jesuits, Jansenists, and Gallicans
• How the church survived the Age of Reason
• How the French Revolution influenced the papacy
• How liberal Catholics rose to power
• Why Pope Pius IX issued his famous Syllabus of Errors
• How the Catholic Church developed outside of Europe and traveled to the Americas
• What the role of the church is in the modern world and how the popes changed the conservative views of the medieval church into democratic and liberal ones

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