A History of the Church, Volume I Mauriac Clarke wields practical knowledge and

Clarke wields practical knowledge and philosophical acumen in equal supply as he encourages a robust appreciation of the validity of the Catholic Church’s social doctrine as a “third way” of economic life

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leaving the management of Saint Michael’s Mill to his wife

Catherine’s theology has at its crux the immense and inexpressible love of God for mankind

Capra’s masterpiece—the triumph of the common man

A History of the Church, Volume I Mauriac Clarke wields practical knowledge andBy Philip Hughes To survey the history of the Catholic Church is, in the words of Eamon Duffy, to be left with a sense of the intractable complexity of the historical reality of the Church and its institutions. To do justice to this complexity, Philip Hughes wrote an ambitious, three volume survey of Church historycomprehensive in scope yet accessible in detail. In Volume I: The Church and the World in Which It Was Founded, Hughes dispenses with the