{"product_id":"the-church-of-cathedral-and-crusade-volume-2","title":"The Church of Cathedral and Crusade, Volume 2","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Church of Cathedral and Crusade \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eis the third installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ monumental \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume includes the last seven chapters of that work, surveying the rise of the universities and triumph of scholasticism in Sts. Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas; the emergence of that “perfect expression of a faith,” the cathedral; the callings, conflicts, and controversies of the Crusades; the ascent to glory and decline into schism in the Christian East; the adventures and agonies of missionary efforts to expand the Christian sheepfold; the heretical rendings in the fabric of Christianity by Manicheanism and Albigensianism; and the tumultuous, at times outrageous, closing of the age, at which the Church yet speaks the last word—above the indignity of antipopes and the putrefying horror of the Black Death rises another glorious witness to the living Word: Dante Aligheri and the \u003ci\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere is nothing gloomy about medieval culture; it radiates joy and a spirit of bold originality.…\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eI hold God made all for the best.…\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThere you have that tranquillity and sublime confidence which alone could have produced the cathedrals and crusades.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSpectacular in scope and detail,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Church of Cathedral and Crusade\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003epresents Christ­endom in “the springtime of its youth” in which it “built the cathedrals, compiled the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003esummae\u003c\/i\u003e, embarked on the crusades, spread and intensified the Gospel message; while the Church’s power reached heights hitherto unexplored, and she herself became the guide of human thought.” The cause of this incomparable creativity? Simply, on Daniel-Rops’ studied assessment, that “from the lowest to the highest, society\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ebelieved\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops\u003cspan\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\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSacred History\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJesus and His Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the monumental, ten-volume\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. He also served as editor for the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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 style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 404pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685952136\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page--description font--paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte-content\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-js-loaded=\"true\" data-cart-form-position=\"left\" data-size-chart-option=\"size\" data-size-chart-enabled=\"true\" data-product-modal-enabled=\"true\" data-zoom-enabled=\"true\" data-magnify=\"1.7\" data-section-type=\"product_page\" data-section-id=\"product\" data-js-class=\"ProductPage\" class=\"product-page--root\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"row\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" itemscope=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page--main-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-page--description font--paragraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte-content\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso available: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-church-of-cathedral-and-crusade-volume-1\" style=\"color: #cc7722;\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-church-of-cathedral-and-crusade-volume-2\"\u003eThe Church of Cathedral and Crusade, Volume 1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover editions available for purchase \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eon Amazon.com: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #cc7722;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Church-Dark-Ages-1\/dp\/1950970922\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Church-Dark-Ages-1\/dp\/1950970922\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc7722;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #cc7722;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Church-Dark-Ages-2\/dp\/1950970949\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Church-Dark-Ages-2\/dp\/1950970949\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100036882799,"sku":"978-1685952136","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product174.jpg?v=1781124814","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-church-of-cathedral-and-crusade-volume-2","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}