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Hilaire Belloc's The Great Heresies examines the major theological movements that challenged the unity and authority of the Christian Church throughout history.

In this thoughtful historical study, Belloc analyzes several influential doctrinal controversies... Read Full Overview

Hilaire Belloc's The Great Heresies examines the major theological movements that challenged the unity and authority of the Christian Church throughout history.

In this thoughtful historical study, Belloc analyzes several influential doctrinal controversies... Read Full Overview

Hilaire Belloc examines the five most destructive heretical movements to have affected Christian Civilization: Arianism, Mohammedanism (Islam), Albigensianism (Cathar), The Reformation (Protestant), and "The Modern Phase." Belloc describes how these movements began, how they... Read Full Overview

Hilaire P. R. Belloc (1870-1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century, known as an orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist... Read Full Overview

In this new edition of a classic work, the great Catholic apologist and historian Hilaire Belloc examines the five most destructive heretical movements in Christianity: Arianism, Mohammedanism (Islam), Albigensianism, Protestantism, and Modernism. Belloc describes how these... Read Full Overview

Hilaire P. R. Belloc (1870-1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century, known as an orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist... Read Full Overview

In The Great Heresies, Hilaire Belloc takes the reader on a fast and furious tour of European history seen through the lens of its chief religious conflicts - Arianism, 'Mohammedanism' (Islam), Albigensianism, the Reformation, and what he terms 'The Modern Phase.'

The terrorist attack on 9/11, and an increasing Muslim population in Europe, has made it fashionable to warn about the dangers of Islam. But what makes Belloc so special, is that in this prophetic book he warned about that conflict nearly 100 years ago, before anyone else was... Read Full Overview

Hilaire P. R. Belloc (1870-1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian who became a naturalised British subject. He was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century, known as an orator, poet, satirist, man of letters and political activist... Read Full Overview