With about one billion members, the Catholic Church is one of the
world's largest religious bodies, and its history is crucially
linked to global events. In the Historical Dictionary of
Catholicism, author William J. Collinge provides the reader with a
comprehensive introduction to the theology, doctrines, and worship
of the religion. He covers the entire Catholic tradition from the
time of Jesus to the present, including the periods before the
present division of Christianity into Roman Catholic, Eastern
Orthodox, and Protestant. Collinge has also included entries on
heretical, schismatic, and dissident movements within Catholicism,
and he covers the relation of Catholicism to other Christian
traditions, to the major non-Christian religions, and to Western
cultural and philosophical traditions. The second edition of the
Historical Dictionary of Catholicism has been updated to reflect
recent developments in the Catholic Church, most notably the death
of Pope John Paul II and his succession by Pope Benedict XVI. An
updated introduction precedes the main body of the dictionary,
which contains more than 500 alphabetical, cross-referenced entries
covering persons, organizations, places, events, titles, and
concepts. The entries are followed by several appendixes on popes,
ecumenical councils, the documents of Vatican Council II, major
papal encyclicals, and Catholic prayers, and a comprehensive
bibliography provides the researcher with further readings. The
second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Catholicism is an
ideal access point for students, researchers, or anyone interested
in the history of the Catholic Church.
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