A History of the Popes: From Peter to the Present

• Author: John W. O'Malley
• Publisher: S~ & W~ (2010)
• Language: English
• Pages: 372
• ISBN-10: 1580512275
• ISBN-13: 9781580512275
• Format: PDF

A History of the Popes tells the story of the oldest living institution in the Western world—the papacy. From its origins in Saint Peter, Jesus' chief disciple, through Pope Benedict XVI today, the popes have been key players in virtually all of the great dramas of the western world in the last two thousand years. Acclaimed church historian John W. O'Malley's engaging narrative examines the 265 individuals who have claimed to be Peter's successors. Rather than describe each pope one by one, the book focuses on the popes that shaped pivotal moments in both church and world history. The author does not shy away from controversies in the church, and includes legends like Pope Joan and a comprehensive list of popes and antipopes to help readers get a full picture of the papacy.

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Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages

• Author: Brett Edward Whalen
• Publisher: H~ U~ P~ (2009)
• Language: English
• Pages: 342
• ISBN-10: 0674036298
• ISBN-13: 9780674036291
• Format: PDF

Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages—an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion—the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God’s people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.

Starting with the eleventh-century papal reform, Whalen shows how theological readings of history, prophecies, and apocalyptic scenarios enabled medieval churchmen to project the authority of Rome over the world. Looking to Byzantium, the Islamic world, and beyond, Western Christians claimed their special place in the divine plan for salvation, whether they were battling for Jerusalem or preaching to unbelievers. For those who knew how to read the signs, history pointed toward the triumph and spread of Roman Christianity.

Yet this dream of Christendom raised troublesome questions about the problem of sin within the body of the faithful. By the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, radical apocalyptic thinkers numbered among the papacy’s most outspoken critics, who associated present-day ecclesiastical institutions with the evil of Antichrist—a subversive reading of the future. For such critics, the conversion of the world would happen only after the purgation of the Roman Church and a time of suffering for the true followers of God. This engaging and beautifully written book offers an important window onto Western religious views in the past that continue to haunt modern times.

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Pope Innocent III (1160/61–1216): To Root Up and to Plant

• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean
• Author: John C. Moore
• Language: English
• Pages: 344
• ISBN-10: 9004129251
• ISBN-13: 9789004129252
• Format: PDF

This book is a biography of Pope Innocent III. Avoiding the many scholarly controversies concerning the pope, it offers a concise and balanced portrait of the man and his pontificate. Its chronological organization—unusual in biographies of Innocent—enables the reader to see how the pope was usually dealing with many different subjects at the same time, and that the events in one aspect of his life could influence his views of other topics. This structure, together with the thorough documentation, can provide new insights even for scholars well-versed in his pontificate. Written in clear, jargon-free English, the book also gives the students and general reader a good sense of this pope and of the medieval papacy.


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A Sudden Terror: The Plot to Murder the Pope in Renaissance Rome

Author: Anthony F. D'Elia

Publisher: H~ U~y P~ (2009)
Language: English
Pages: 252
ISBN-10: 0674035550
ISBN-13: 9780674035553
Format: PDF

In 1468, on the final night of Carnival in Rome, Pope Paul II sat enthroned above the boisterous crowd, when a scuffle caught his eye. His guards had intercepted a mysterious stranger trying urgently to convey a warning—conspirators were lying in wait to slay the pontiff. Twenty humanist intellectuals were quickly arrested, tortured on the rack, and imprisoned in separate cells in the damp dungeon of Castel Sant’Angelo.


Anthony D’Elia offers a compelling, surprising story that reveals a Renaissance world that witnessed the rebirth of interest in the classics, a thriving homoerotic culture, the clash of Christian and pagan values, the contest between republicanism and a papal monarchy, and tensions separating Christian Europeans and Muslim Turks. Using newly discovered sources, he shows why the pope targeted the humanists, who were seen as dangerously pagan in their Epicurean morals and their Platonic beliefs about the soul and insurrectionist in their support of a more democratic Church. Their fascination with Sultan Mehmed II connected them to the Ottoman Turks, enemies of Christendom, and the love of the classical world tied them to recent rebellious attempts to replace papal rule with a republic harking back to the glorious days of Roman antiquity.


From the cosmetic-wearing, parrot-loving pontiff to the Turkish sultan, savage in war but obsessed with Italian culture, D’Elia brings to life a Renaissance world full of pageantry, mayhem, and conspiracy and offers a fresh interpretation of humanism as a dynamic communal movement.

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Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)

Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)

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Director: Leonardo Defilippis
Writers: Patti Defillipis (writer), Saint Therese of Lisieux (writer)
Genre: Biography | Drama
Tagline: Ordinary girl. Extraordinary soul.
Plot: The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity. A contemplative film based on the true story of Saint Therese of Lisieux, the most popular saint of modern times.
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Leonardo Defilippis ... Louis Martin
Maggie Rose Fleck ... Marie Martin
Susan Funk ... Sister Anne
Linda Hayden ... Pauline Martin
Sybil Johnson ... Sister Aimee
Judith Kaplan ... Mother Marie de Gonzague
Samantha Kramer ... Sister Augustine
Jen Nikolaisen ... Celine Martin
Mandy Rimer ... Leonie Martin
Mary Magda Schultz ... Sister Vincent
Brian Shields ... Pranzini
Melissa Sumpter ... Young Therese
Lindsay Younce ... Therese Martin

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(BBC) Vatican: The Hidden World (HD/SD - 2010)

To mark the Papal visit to the UK, a camera crew have spent a year filming a world that few have ever seen. With unprecedented access to the Vatican and the people who live and work there, this is a unique profile of the heart of the Catholic Church and the world's smallest Sovereign State.

Archivists reveal the Vatican's secrets, including the signed testimony of Galileo recorded by the Inquisition. A Cardinal journeys deep below St Peter's Basilica to inspect the site claimed to be tomb of the Saint himself, and curators share a private viewing of Michelangelo's extraordinary decoration of the Sistine Chapel.

An intriguing behind-the-scenes look at the workings of one of the world's most powerful and mysterious institutions.


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Toward a Catholic Theology of Nationality

Dorian Llywelyn, "Toward a Catholic Theology of Nationality"

Publisher: Lexington Books | 2010 | ISBN 0739140892 | PDF | 342 pages | 1.2 MB

Nationality continues to be an important part of how people identify themselves and others. _Who am I?_ is inseparable from the question _Who and what are we?_ Historically, many nations have made use of the Bible and Christian notions to understand themselves and to justify their political ambitions. Catholic theology, however, has never elaborated on a systematic treatment of nationality. Dorian Llywelyn forges a new approach, treating the nation as a form of culture. He addresses some key questions: How are the religious and national aspects of human identity connected? What does Catholic doctrine have to say about nationality and nationalism? Is there really such a thing as a Christian nation? Is Catholicism compatible with patriotism? Llywelyn's wide-ranging book introduces the reader to contemporary approaches to nationality, nationality, national identity, nationalism and patriotism. Drawing from the insights of sociology, history, and anthropology, he investigates the many ways in which nations and Christianity have intertwined and explores what scripture and twentieth-century papal teaching have to say on the matter. He pres an original, Catholic theology of national belonging, one which is based on the implications of the Incarnation. Examining popular devotions to the Virgin Mary as national patroness and drawing from the metaphysical acumen of the medieval thinker John Duns Scotus, Llywelyn argues for the theological value of nationality and proposes that global community and cultural and national diversity are mutually necessary values.

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