A History of the Church, Volume I Franco David Fanucci At a time in which

At a time in which stress

Benedict brings to his study the vast learning of a brilliant scholar

recreation and the exercise of self-denial

The second and more extensive part supplies the parallel wisdom of other saints and spiritual figures

A History of the Church, Volume I Franco David Fanucci At a time in whichTo survey the history of the Catholic Church is, in the words of Eamon Duffy, to be left with a sense of the intractable complexity of the historical reality of the Church and its institutions. To do justice to this complexity, Philip Hughes wrote an ambitious, three volume survey of Church historycomprehensive in scope yet accessible in detail. In Volume I: The Church and the World in Which It Was Founded, Hughes dispenses with the chronological