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A Concise History of the Catholic Church Thomas Bokenkotter
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group

In Called to Serve, Margaret M. Most commentators begin with the premise that Catholicism is whatever a Pope says it is, acting I suggest reading A Concise History of the Roman Catholic Church by Thomas Bokenkotter. (Excerpted from the Macmillan Concise Dictionary of World History, compiled by Bruce Watterau. The concise entries list the location, date, notable attendees, and major points of discussion in the following format:. The first thing I would be doing if I ran the show is put that .. The Concise History of the Catholic Church, by Thomas Bokenkotter. No the Catholic Church has been integral in shaping our history in re-writing it to suit their agenda, and has far from been a force for good, like all religions. Boring, scholarly endeavour but this is a great historical over view of the institution which gives lots of hints about what became of the book over time (footnote #74 of this run down [A Concise History of the Catholic Church]). Some are only willing to admit the church existed in the first century but most just avoid . Yet despite their high profile, a concise history of American Catholic sisters and nuns has yet to be published. This is the first I'd heard of him and I know stuff-all about the Catholic church but geez that bloke can speak - he's clear concise and to-the-point and cuts through bullshit like a champion. Their work has shaped the American Catholic Church throughout its history. However, some of the citations in that article look like they could be what I'm looking for. This begins with a misconception of the papacy itself, and one that is both mystifying and dreadfully indicative of a lack of media interest in what the Catholic Church is really all about. Not exactly what I was looking for. Despite being nearly 650 pages long, this book really does live up to its name. From Thomas Bokenkotter's A Concise History of the Catholic Church (revised), page 35: “The Catholic Church met the threat of disintegration from within by welding a system of authority out of bishop, canon, and creed. These councils are crucial for addressing Catholic dogmatics, ecclesiastical is an invaluable reference collection that spans centuries of church council history! Thomas Bokenkotter wrote that for "Luther, 'Scripture alone' was the supreme authority in religion-and henceforth this phrase became the rallying cry of all Protestants" (A Concise History of the Catholic Church, 208). But throughout Catholic Church history, there have been hundreds of General, Patriarchal, National, and Primatial Councils, where church leaders and theologians met to discuss church doctrine and discipline. In the Roman Catholic Church, he is considered to be the first Pope. When researching the history of the Catholic Church using public sources we find that many times thay are reluctant to give the full truth as to when and by whom the Catholic Church was found.