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is this the best single-volume history of the church? other recommendations?

>> No.11553812

That’s a single volume history of Christianity. There’s only one true Church.

>> No.11553825

>>11553807
Robert Barron's Catholicism looks p dope. Anybody read it?

>> No.11553860

>>11553825
Yes. It’s not a history

>> No.11553882

>>11553812
good point, thanks.

>>11553825
no, but i was just listening to dave rubin's interview with him yesterday. seemed like an interesting guy.

>> No.11553891

>>11553807
this is the best, but others are worth reading.

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and a whole book on silence? sign me up.

>> No.11554166

>>11553807
I've read that and I have a friend who has spoken with MacCulloch. It's very good and by all accounts he is a very nice person.

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>>11553825
Hey reading it right now! My Grandmother recommenced it to me. I gave her "Confessions" by Augustine to read first. Plan on giving her "Fear and Trembling" next.
>tfw you have a based /lit/ Roman Catholic Vavo

>> No.11554240

>>11554232
lol would never expect a Catholic to enjoy Kierkegaard.

>> No.11554246

>>11553807
Certainly the best I've read. If you're asking because you haven't read it, I highly recommend reading it.

>> No.11554251

>>11554240
he doesnt know hes a protestant yet

>> No.11554273

>>11553807
>3000 years
Did I miss a millenium here?

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>>11554240
>>11554251
Why wouldn't a Catholic enjoy Kierkegaard? He speaks of having commitment to faith in God. Catholic church is all about the teaching of Church Fathers.
>Kierkegaard was a Catholic the entire time

>> No.11554587

>>11554273
I assume it talks about the Jewish prophets, like Isaiah. Just my guess because I haven't read it.

>> No.11554735

>>11554524
I mean I guess it's possible to incorporate some of his stuff. I can't see how you can reconcile the infinite qualitative difference between God and man (which is central to Kierkegaard) with the Thomism that much of Catholicism is rooted in (mainly the belief that the truths of revelation can be discerned through reason alone). That's not even to mention Kierke's attack upon Christendom near the end of his life.

>Catholic church is all about the teachings of Church Fathers
No, its all about the Magisterium, which is different, aka "Church Fathers reviewed, edited, interpreted, and approved by Rome."

>> No.11555865

>>11554524
I recently read him after some 12 volumes of Church Fathers and 4-5k pages of thomism. It felt like I was reading an alien trying to explain Christianity. It was so hegelian and so far away from what I'd call Christian I couldn't believe it. This was 5 years after I read Kierk for the first time, read Sickness unto D and Fear and T, now Concept of Anxiety.
>>11554735
Anything universally agreed upon by the Doctors is considered a matter of faith.

>> No.11555897

Early History of the Christian Church: From its Foundation to the End of the Fifth Century
Pagans and Christians
The Rise of Western Christendom: Triumph & Diversity 200–1000
The Reformation: A History