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Seton's Description:History textbook of the Catholic Church from its founding by Christ up to 1935, now published by Tan Books. The apostles and their mission to preach to all nations; the early Church as it weathers the storms of heresy and persecution; the rise of Constantine and how peace was established between the Roman Empire and the Church; the Church after the Roman Empire falls; how the Church spread the Gospel to the barbarian tribes and how it grew under Charlemagne and flourished during the Age of Chivalry; Protestant Revolt, and how the Church responded; the "Enlightenment" and the nineteenth century.
Recommended for 8th grade. Includes abundant discussion questions. Companion volume to Bible History: A Textbook of the Old and New Testaments in Grade 7. Written by Rev. George Johnson, Ph.D., Rev. Jerome D. Hannan, Ph.D., J.C.D., and Sr. M. Dominica, O.S.U., Ph.D.
Imprimatur. Black and white illustrations. Answer key available. 1980 copyright. 1946,1935 original copyright by Benziger Brothers, Inc. Soft cover. 561 pp. Table of Contents: (Show)THE CHURCH IN THE DAYS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1-600)
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unit One
HOW THE APOSTLES, GOING FORTH,
PREACHED THE GOSPEL TO
ALL NATIONS
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. The Church Begins Her Mission
THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THEIR RELIGION AND LIFE
THE GENTILES AND THEIR RELATION TO THE NEW
RELIGION . . . . . . . . . .
THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN . . .
H. The Church in Jerusalem
THE COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST . . . . .
LIFE AMONG THE FIRST CHRISTIANS . . .
THE CHURCH IS PERSECUTED . . . . . . .
THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL . . . . . . .
ITT. The Church Among the Gentiles
FIRST CONVERTS FROM PAGANISM . . . . . .
THE CHURCH IN ANTIOCH . . . . . . . .
THE MISSIONARY LABORS OF ST. PAUL
THE WORK OF THE OTHER APOSTLES
THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM . . . . . . .
TV. The Foundation of the Church in Rome
THE JEWS AND THE CHRISTIANS IN ROME . . . .36
THE MARTYRDOM OF STS. PETER AND PAUL . . .37
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE FATE OF THE JEW-
ISH CONVERTS . . . . . . . . . . .40
Unit Two
HOW THE CHURCH WEATHERED THE STORMS
OF ERROR AND PERSECUTION AND PRE-
SERVED THE DOCTRINES OF CHRIST
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I. The Growth of the Church and Her Organization
THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH . . . . . . . . 45
THE HIERARCHY OF THE NEW CHURCH . . . . 46
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS 47
THE CHURCH, THE INTERPRETER OF THE TEACHINGS
OF CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . .
11. The Defense of the Church
ROMAN CONCERN AT THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCH
THE; APOLOGISTS . . . . . . . . . . .
ST. JUSTIN MARTYR . . . . . . . . .
ST. IRENAEUS . . . . . . . . . . .
TERTULLIAN . . . . . . . . . . .
ORIGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ST. CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE . . . . . . . .62
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ITT. The Persecutions
THE MARTYRS . . . . . . . . . . .
APOSTATES . . . . . . . . . . . .
ST. LAWRENCE . . . . . . . . . . .
THE PERSECUTION UNDER DIOCLETIAN . . . . . 70
ST. AGNES. . . . . . . . . . . 71
IV. The Glory of the Martyrs
"As DYING AND, BEHOLD. WE LIVE . . . .
THE CATACOMBS . . . . . . . . . . .74
THE CATACOMBS BEAR WITNESS TO THE FAITH
Unit Three
HOW PEACE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE
ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE GLORY OF THE
CHURCH BEGAN TO UNFOLD
?REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
1. The State and the Church
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT . . . . . . . .
THE EDICT OF MILAN . . . . . . . . .
THE CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE . . . . . . .
THE DEATH OF CONSTANTINE . . . . . . .
JULIAN THE APOSTATE . . . . . . . . . :
IT. The Church Defines Her Principal Doctrines
THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
ARIANISM . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE COUNCIL OF NICAEA . . . . . . . .
ST. ATHANASIUS . . . . . . . . . . .
THE THREE CAPPADOCIANS . . . . . . . .
ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM . . . . . . . . .
NESTORIUS AND THE COUNCIL OF EPHESUS 97
111. The Great Teachers of the West
ARIANISM IN THE WEST . . . . . . . . . 99
ST. AMBROSE . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
ST. JEROME I . . . . . . . . 102
ST. AUGUSTINE . . . . . . . . . . . 104
IV. Christian Society, Its Priesthood and Government
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH . . . . . 109
THE PAPACY-ST. LEO THE GREAT . . . . . 111
V. The Internal Life of the Church
CHURCH ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . 115
CHARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
THE COMING OF THE MONKS . . . . . . . 119
PART II
THE CHURCH DURING THE AGES
OF FAITH (600-1400)
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Unit One
HOW THE CHURCH SURVIVED THE DOWNFALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE WEST
AND BROUGHT THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST
TO THE BARBARIAN NATIONS
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
1. The Barbarian Invasions
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BISHOPS . . . . . . 132
ST. BENEDICT AND HIS MONKS . . . . . . . 132
II. The Conversion of the Franks
ARIANISM AMONG THE BARBARIANS . . . . . 136
THE FRANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
CLOVIS, KING OF THE FRANKS . . . . . . . 137
THE SPREAD OF THE FAITH IN GAUL . . . . . 139
111. The Conversion of Ireland and Scotland
ST. PATRICK . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
ST. COLUMBA . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
ST. COLUMBANUS . . . . . . . . . . 143
IV. The Conversion of England
ST. GREGORY THE GREAT . . . . . . . . 144
ST. AUGUSTINE, THE APOSTLE OF ENGLAND . . . 147
V. The Conversion of the Germans
ST. BONIFACE . . . . . . . . . . . 150
ST. BONIFACE AND THE FRANKS . . . . . . 152
BONIFACE, THE MONK . . . . . . . . . 153
VI. The Church and the Mohammedans
MOHAMMED . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
RELIGION OF MOHAMMEDANISM . . . . . . . 155
THE MOHAMMEDANS ADVANCE ON CHRISTENDOM 155
Unit Two
HOW THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WAS ESTAB-
LISHED AND THE CHURCH PROSPERED
UNDER CHARLEMAGNE
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
1. The Founding of the Temporal Power of the Popes
THE CHURCH DURING THE RULE OF THE MEROVIN-
GIANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
. . . . 166
II. Charlemagne, a Great Christian Ruler
PATRON OF LEARNING AND THE ARTS 172
III. The Gospel Is Preached to the People of the North
and the Slavs
OF THE SLAVS . . . . . . 179
THE CONVERSION OF THE POLES . . . . . . 181
THE CONVERSION OF RUSSIA . . . . . . . 183
SOUTHERN SLAVS . . . . . . . . . . 183
HUNGARY BECOMES CHRISTIAN . . . . . . . 184
Unit Three
HOW THE EMPIRE FOUNDED BY CHARLE-
MAGNE CAME TO AN END AND HOW THE
CHURCH SURVIVED THE DOWNFALL
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
1. The End of the Empire Founded by Charlemagne
. . . . 190
THE CHURCH UNDER FEUDALISM . . .
THE PAPACY . . . . . . . . . .
II. Pope Nicholas the Great and the Greek Schism
NICHOLAS I
THE EAST AND THE WEST - . . . . . 196
THE ICONOCLASTS . . . . . . . . . . 197
THE GREEK SCHISM . . . . . . . . . . 199
111. The Church and the German Kings
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION 203
HENRY III . . . . . . . . .
111. The Pope Who Is Known as Hildebrand
SANCTITY IN THE CHURCH . . . . . . . . 205
REFORM OF THE MONASTERIES . . . . . . . 206
HILDEBRAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
NEW LAWS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE POPE - 208
THE CARDINALS . . . . . . . . . . . 209
HILDEBRAND ELECTED POPE . . . . . . . . 209
HENRY IV GOES TO CANOSSA . . . . . . . 210
Unit Four
HOW THE CHURCH FLOURISHED DURING
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
1. The Knight in the Service of the Church
KNIGHTHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
CHRISTIAN CHIVALRY . . . . . . . . . 218
THE CRUSADES . . . . . . . . . . . 219
THE MILITARY ORDERS 222
II. New Fountains of Holiness
ST. BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX . . . . . . .
THE PREMONSTRATENSIANS . . . . . . . .
THE CARTHUSIANS 228
III. The Age of Innocent III
GUELPHS AND GHIBELLINES . . . . . . . . 230
INNOCENT III . . . . . . . . . . . 231
IV. The Inquisition
THE INQUISITION . . . . . . . . . . 236
Unit Five
THE PEOPLE AND FOSTERED CHARITY AND EDUCATION
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
I. The Church and Society
THE GROWTH OF THE TOWNS . . . . . . . 241
THE GUILDS . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
II. The Mendicant Orders
ST. Dominic . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
ST. FRANCIS OF Assisi
THE WORK OF THE MENDICANT ORDERS
III. The Government of the Church and Her Liturgy
CHURCH GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . . . 251
THE PIETY OF THE PEOPLE . . . . . . . . 253
CHARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
IV. The Church and the Arts
ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . . .
PAINTING . . . . . . . . . .
LITERATURE . . . . . . . . .
V. The Church and Education
THE CATHEDRAL SCHOOLS . . . . . . .
THE UNIVERSITIES . . . . . . . . . . 263
GREAT TEACHERS . . . . . . . . . . . 263
THE "MYSTICS" . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS . . . . . . . . . 266
SCHOOLS FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE . . . . . 268
Unit Six
HOW GREAT PERILS BESET THE CHURCH AND ENDANGERED HER UNITY
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . .
I. The Babylonian Captivity of the Popes
THE PAPACY AND PHILIP THE FAIR, KING OF FRANCE 273
II. The Western Schism
THE COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE . . . . . . . 276
ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA . . . . . . . . 277
III. The Council of Florence and the Greek Church
IV. On the Threshold of a New Age
. . . . . . . 282
THE POPE AND THE NATIONS . . . . . . . 283
WICKLIFF AND HUS . . . . . . . 284
THE SAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
PART III
THE CHURCH AND THE MODERN WORLD
(1400 to the Present Time)
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Unit One
HOW SOME OF HER CHILDREN REVOLTED
AGAINST THE CHURCH AND PROT-
ESTANTISM WAS BORN
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
I. The Church and the Renaissance
THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES . . . . . . . . 295
THE WORK OF THE POPES . . . . . . . . 296
THE DARK SIDE 01' THE PICTURE . . . . . . 298
11. The Eve of the Protestant Revolt
THE CONDITION OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE . . . . 299
111. Martin Luther
MARTIN LUTHER . . . . . . . . . . . 302
IV. The Rise of Calvinism
REVOLT IN SWITZERLAND . . . . . . . . 311
JOHN CALVIN . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
THE SPREAD OF CALVINISM . . . . . . . . 313
THE NETHERLANDS . . . . . . . . . . 315
SCOTLAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
V. England Is Lost to the Church
HENRY VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
MARY THE CATHOLIC . . . . . . . . . 323
THE REVOLT UNDER QUEEN ELIZABETH . . . . 324
THE SUCCESSORS OF ELIZABETH . . . . . . 326
THE GLORY OF IRELAND . . . . . . . . . 326
Unit Two
HOW THE CHURCH RENEWED HER SPIRIT
AND BROUGHT ABOUT A NEW REFORM
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. The Council of Trent
THE BEGINNINGS OF REFORM IN THE CHURCH
THE COUNCIL OF TRENT . . . . . . . . .
THE GREAT POPES OF THE REFORM . . . . .
ST. CHARLES BORROMEO . . . . . . . . .
. St. Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus
THE STORY OF ST. IGNATIUS . . . . . . . 340
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER . . . . . . . . . . 343
THE JESUITS IN CHINA . . . . . . . . . 344
THE JESUITS IN INDIA . . . . . . . . . 346
ST. PETER CANISIUS . . . . . . . . . . 346
III. The Century of the Saints
THE FLOWERING OF SANCTITY . . . . . . . 348
ST. ANGELA MERICI AND THE URSULINE NUNS 349
ST. TERESA OF AVILA . . . . . . . . . 350
ST. PHILIP NERI . . . . . . . . . . . 352
ST. FRANCIS DE SALES . . . . . . . . . 354
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL . . . . . . . . . 355
IV. The Faith Comes to the New World
THE ROLE OF SPAIN . . . . . . . . . . 358
THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA . . . . . . . 358
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED
STATES . . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN NORTH AMERICA
ST. ISAAC JOGUES . . . . . . .
PARE MARQUETTE . . . . . . . . . . 365
V. The Renewal of Catholic Life
DISCIPLINE AND DEVOTION . . . . . . . . 367
EDUCATION . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
ART AND ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . 369
Unit Three
HOW THE CHURCH MET THE ONSLAUGHT OF
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
I. The Church and Nationalism
THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR . . . . . . . . 377
GALLICANISM . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
II. The Age of the Enlightenment
THE RISE OF RATIONALISM . . . . . . . . 380
THE EFFECT OF THE ENLIGHTFNMENT . . . . 383
THE FREEMASONS . . . . . . . . . . 383
III. The Suppression of the Jesuits
PORTUGAL AND THE JESUITS . . . . . . . 384
IV. The French Revolution
LIBERTY, FRATERNITY, EQUALITY . . . . . . 387
THE CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY 387
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE . . . . . . . . .388
V. The Internal Life of the Church During This Period
SANCTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
NEW RELIGIOUS ORDERS . . . . . . . . . 391
ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE . . . . . . 392
VI. Early Days of the Church in the United States
THE SETTLEMENT OF MARYLAND . . . . . . 395
Unit Four
HOW THE CHURCH WEATHERED THE STORMS
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
1. The Church in the Midst of Revolution
PIUS VII AND NAPOLEON . . . . . .
THE TREATY OF VIENNA . . . . . . .
THE SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION . . . . . . . .
DANIEL O'CONNELL . . . . . . . . . .
II. The Revival of Catholic Thought
THE CHURCH AND DEMOCRACY . . . . . . .
THE REVIVAL IN FRANCE . . . . . . . .
THE CHURCH IN GERMANY . . . . . . . .
THE REVIVAL IN ENGLAND . . . . . .
111. The Growth of the Church in the United States
THE HIERARCHY Is ESTABLISHED . . . . . .
THE SPREAD OF RELIGION . . . .
MOTHER SETON . . . . . . . . .
CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
THE CATHOLIC PRESS . . . . . . .
THE INDIAN AND 'NEGRO MISSIONS . . . . . . 426
ARCHBISHOP JOHN- H17GIIES . . . . . . . 42T
BISHOP NEUMANN . . . . . . . . . . 430
IV. Saints in the Nineteenth Century
THE CURE OF ARS . . . . . . . . .
ST. JOHN Bosco . . . . . . . . . . .
OUR LADY OF LOURDES . . . . . . . . .
V. The End of the Papal States
POPE PIUS IX . . . . . . . . . . .
THE TWENTIETH OF SEPTEMBER . . . . . . 443
VI. The Vatican Council
THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE POPE
TROUBLE IN GERMANY . . . . .
Unit Five
HOW THE CHURCH HAS COATE DOWN TO THE
PRESENT DAY ENRICHING THE WORLD
WlTH THE BLESSINGS OF THE
K I INGDOM OF CHRIST
PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
1. The Glorious Reign of Leo XIII
. . 455 THE LITTLE FLOWER . . . . . . . . . 455
II. The Pope of the Eucharist
111. The Church in the Midst of World War I
POPE BENEDICT XV . . . . . . . . . . 460
IV. The Peace of Christ in the Reign of Christ
ACHILLE RATTI . . . . . . . . . . .
POPE Pius XI . . . . . . . . . . .
THE LATERAN TREATY . . . . . . . . .
POPE PIUS XI AND THE MISSIONS . . . . . .
POPE PIUS XI AND HOLINESS OF LIFE
POPE PIUS XI AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION . . .
COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA . . . . . . . . .
PERSECUTION IN MEXICO . . . . . . . . . . 478
CHRIST THE KING . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
THE CLOSING YEARS OF THE REIGN OF POPE Pius XI 484
V. The Church in the Midst of World War II
THE NEW POPE, PIUS XII . . . . . . . . . . 486
THE STRUGGLE TO PREVENT WAR . . . . . . . 488
POPE PIUS X11 AND THE UNITED STATES . . . . . 489
THE RESTORATION OF PEACE . . . . . . . . . 490
COMMUNISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
POPE PIUS XII AND THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY . . . . 494
POPE PIUS XII AND HOLINESS OF LIFE . . . . . . 496
VI. The Church Flourishes in Our Own Country
Il . . . . . . . . . . . 514
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
LIST OF POPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XXiii
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN CHURCH XXVi
ALPHABETICAL INDEX AND PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY XXXiii
List of Maps
THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT ITS GREATEST EXTENT . . . . .
THE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS OF ST. PAUL . . . . . .
ROMAN EMPIRE . . . . . . . . 130
EUROPE AT THE TIME OF THE THIRD CRUSADE . . . . . . 157
THE EXTENT OF THE PAPAL STATES IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY 167
THE EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE AND EUROPE IN His TIME 173
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT MONASTERIES OF WESTERN EUROPE 226
CENTURIES . . . . . . . . . . 345
SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES . . . . . . . 361
AND DIOCESES . . . . . . 520
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