{"product_id":"an-age-of-renewal-the-catholic-reformation-volume-1","title":"An Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation \u003c\/b\u003eis the fifth installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume surveys the re-awakening of the Catholic soul which began even before the advent of Luther’s revolution and which culminated in the tireless devotion of St. Ignatius of Loyola and his founding of the Society of Jesus; provides a superbly detailed summary of the Council of Trent and a fascinating analysis of the decrees and canons and various methods of their applications, the outstanding individuals responsible for the reforms—including Pope St. Pius V, St. Charles Borremeo, and St. Philip Neri—and the diffuse effects of those reforms in art and culture; and, lastly, makes an opening foray into that “age of fanaticism,” in which Christian unity was rent apart by wars and persecutions waged by both Protestants and Catholics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA brilliantly adroit account of the years 1500–1602, \u003ci\u003eAn Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates that period in which the Church—in the same heroic spirit of the Gregorian, Cluniac, or mendicant reforms—enacted “the rediscovery of living Tradition,” an endeavor “undertaken \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003eGod, \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003eJesus Christ, as a protestation of unwavering loyalty.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe whole difference between Catholic reform and Protestant “reformation” is summed up in these words uttered by a monk of shining faith, Giles of Viterbo: “Men must be changed by religion, not religion by men.” \u003c\/i\u003e(H\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eenri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops \u003c\/b\u003e(1901–1965), the nom de plume of Henri Petiot, was a French Catholic historian. His bibliography comprises seventy books—written over a span of just thirty years—and includes \u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental, ten-volume \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as editor for the \u003ci\u003eTwentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism\u003c\/i\u003e, which consisted of one hundred and fifty volumes. Phenomenally successful in his own time, Daniel-Rops made religious history accessible and popular; in 1955, he was elected to the Aca­démie française and in 1956 he received the Order of St. Gregory from Pope Pius XII.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685952440\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100037570927,"sku":"978-1685952440","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product183.jpg?v=1781124818","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/an-age-of-renewal-the-catholic-reformation-volume-1","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}