{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-church-volume-ii","title":"A History of the Church, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Philip Hughes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo survey the history of the Catholic Church is,\u003c\/b\u003e 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 introductory and accessible in detail. For V\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eolume II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Church and the World It Created\u003c\/i\u003e, Hughes focuses on the West from the Augustinian moment and the conversion of Constantine, when the Church was just beginning to establish a civilization built on the new principles of the Gospel, and concludes with the capstone of the Medieval period: the triumphant genius of Saints Bonaventure, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOver the course of history, the Catholic Church has been an “all-present, unceasingly active institution.” As such, its history demands to be known. \u003ci\u003eA History of the Church\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cem\u003eV\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eolume II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, is the second part of a magisterial response to that demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1952826870\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[\u003cem\u003eHardcover edition available from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/History-Church-II-World-Created\/dp\/195282690X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100032328047,"sku":"978-1952826870","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product127_28d61fab-584a-44f5-900a-e17ff3b89f1c.jpg?v=1781124687","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-church-volume-ii","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}