{"product_id":"an-age-of-renewal-the-catholic-reformation-volume-2","title":"An Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation, Volume 2","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\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 continues the foray into the “age of fanaticism,” during which Protestantism amassed victories in the Netherlands, Scotland, and Elizabethan England; offers a comprehensive account of \u003ci\u003eDe Propaganda Fide\u003c\/i\u003e, the amazing missionary efforts of such men as St. Francis Xavier, Bartholomew de las Casas, and Matteo Ricci; and, lastly, presents the fruits of reform’s victories—the splendor of the new St. Peter’s and the successes of the post-Tridentine popes; the great “defenders of the faith,” Baronius and Bellarmine, and the exuberance of the Baroque; and the freshly-minted treasures in mysticism and spirituality bequeathed by St. John of the Cross, St. Teresa of Avila, and St. Francis de Sales, “the living embodiment of an era, the reward of three generations’ hopes and prayers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA brilliantly adroit account of the years 1500–1602,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eilluminates 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\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGod,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efor\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJesus Christ, as a protestation of unwavering loyalty.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.”\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(H\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eenri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental, ten-volume\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as editor for the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e292pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685952457\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100037833071,"sku":"978-1685952457","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product184.jpg?v=1781124820","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/an-age-of-renewal-the-catholic-reformation-volume-2","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}