The history of the church / Guy Bedouelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bedouelle, Guy.

Series:

Handbooks of Catholic theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--History.

Catholic Church.

History.

Church history.

Physical Description:

iii, 307 pages 4 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.

Summary:

This comprehensive study argues that church history is both a historical and theological discipline.

In this fourth volume in the Handbooks of Catholic Theology series, Bedouelle presents, over 15 chapters, a theological view of church history drawn from the work of such thinkers as Jean Danielou, Gaston Fessard, Charles Journet, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. He lucidly describes the unfolding history of the church as a series of challenges -- of the Barbarians, of Feudalism, of Lay Thought, of Ideologies and Cultures. He goes on to sketch the variety of Eastern Churches and the forms of Protestantism.

Contents:

Introduction: The Purpose of this Book 1

1. The Christian View of Time 5

2. Church History Viewed as a Discipline 15

3. The Church and the Challenge of Universality 35

4. The Church and the Challenge of the Barbarians 51

5. The Church and the Challenge of Feudalism 59

6. The Church and the Challenge of Secular Thought 69

7. The Church and the Challenge of the Renaissance 83

8. The Church and the Challenge of the Reformation 95

9. The Church and the Challenge of Absolutism 109

10. The Church and the Challenge of the Enlightenment 123

11. The Church and the Challenge of the Revolutions 135

12. The Church and the Challenge of Ideologies 145

13. The Church and the Challenge of Cultures 165

14. The Eastern Churches 187

15. Forms of Protestantism 215

16. Can Church History be Interpreted Theologically? 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-276) and index.

ISBN:

082641480X

0826414818

OCLC:

52163474