{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-church-volume-i","title":"A History of the Church, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Philip Hughes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo survey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe history of the Catholic Church is, in the words of Eamon Duffy, to be left with “a sense of the intractable complexity of the historical reality of the Church and its institutions.” To do justice to this complexity, Philip Hughes wrote an ambitious, three-volume survey of Church history—comprehensive in scope yet accessible in detail. In Volume I:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Church and the World in Which It Was Founded\u003c\/i\u003e, Hughes dispenses with the chronological method, instead following the organic division of West and East and the development of the Church in those respective regions. In this “politically Roman and culturally Hellenic” world, Hughes treats the West through to the conversion of Constantine in the early years of the fourth century and the East up to the death of Justinian II in the eighth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of antiquity, as in the other stages of history, the Catholic Church was an “all-present, unceasingly active institution.” As such, its history demands to be known.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e, Volume I, is the first part of a magisterial response to that demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Hughes \u003c\/b\u003e(1895–1967) was a Roman Catholic priest, ecclesiastical historian, and prolific author. After holding a professorship in history at St. Thomas College, he served as pastor at various English parishes, as archivist for the Archdiocese of Westminster, and as professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, where he concluded his career. In addition to the outstanding three-volume \u003ci\u003eA History of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e, his works include \u003ci\u003eThe Church in Crisis \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Popular History of the Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338pp.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826801\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100033016175,"sku":"978-1952826801","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product124.jpg?v=1781124687","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-church-volume-i","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}