{"product_id":"the-church-of-the-classical-age-the-era-of-great-splintering-volume-1","title":"The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the seventh installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. This vol­ume surveys the eighteenth century’s intellectual revolution, wrought by Galileo, Descartes, and Rousseau (among others); appraises the Church’s missionary efforts—in Asia, with the Chinese rites controversy and the spirited work of de Nobili and de Britto in India; in Canada, with the heroic endeavors of Sts. Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf; in the New World and Africa, where clashing cultures and tumultuous race relations deepened the difficulty of evangelization; and in Russia, where the Jesuits labored to re-establish fraternity with the Orthodox Church; and, lastly, opens a candid examination of the “churches outside the Church,” beginning with the proliferation of European Protestant sects and the emergence of new groups like the Quakers and the Pietists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eBearing within it a secret wound, the neo-classical order could not hope for ever to resist the forces that were about to attack. The exaltation of man without reference to God\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ewas destined to result in man’s claim to be independent of God.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\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\"\u003eThe eighteenth century saw the Church—and, indeed, the world—stand as upon the knife’s edge; “stray but a little” and they would fail. With Daniel-Rops’ typical talent for engaging historical narrative, \u003ci\u003eThe Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the steps (and mis-steps) that brought the Church into the harsh light of the scaffold and reveals the grace which empowered her to “preserve her loyalties intact.”\u003c\/p\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\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685952860\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100039635311,"sku":"978-1685952860","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product200.jpg?v=1781124881","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-church-of-the-classical-age-the-era-of-great-splintering-volume-1","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}