Two thousands years of spiritual heritage at your fingertips. Saints and sinners, popes and prophets, councils and creeds, reformers and renegades--you'll find them all in Catholic Church History from A to Z. In these pages, Church historian Alan Schreck provides more than historical facts; he places the facts in their spiritual context, pointing to thier significance for contemporary Catholics. The result is an easy-to-use inspirational dictionary that offers brief, insightful portraits of the major figures, movements, and events that have shaped Catholic history and continue to influence the life of the Church today.
