The Wisdom of the Popes: A Collection of Statements of the Popes Since Peter on a Variety of Religious and Social Issues

By: Craughwell, Thomas J.

Book Overview

This volume collects and reproduces original bits of wisdom from all of the popes, enabling readers to trace the evolution of papal views and opinions. Two-color text.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312253567
• ISBN13: 9780312253561
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

This book belongs in every Catholic home.

Papal proclamations, encyclicals, and meditations have fathered and fostered what is Western culture. Thomas Craughwell has compiled a splendorous and thematic bouquet of the spiritual and political positions of the Popes throughout the last two millennia. His masterful creation serves as a roadmap for anyone who wishes to trace the true influence of Catholicism upon the formation of the modern world.From the stalwart simplicity of Peter and the prosaic acclaimations of the goodness of God penned by Clement I, down to the more recent and politically volatile legacies of Paul XI and Pius the XII, Mr. Craughwell artfully crafts an enthralling, intriguing, and inspiring legacy of the Pontiffs that will undoubtedly become a standard household reference for all Catholic families.