{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-church-volume-i-the-church-and-the-world-in-which-it-was-founded-hardcover","title":"A History of the Church, Volume I: The Church and the World in Which It Was Founded - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo survey\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 history-comprehensive in scope yet accessible in detail. In Volume I: \u003cem\u003eThe Church and the World in Which It Was Founded\u003c\/em\u003e, Hughes dispenses with the chronological method, instead following the organic division of West and East and the development of the Church in those respective regions. In this \"politically Roman and culturally Hellenic\" world, Hughes treats the West through to the conversion of Constantine in the early years of the fourth century and the East up to the death of Justinian II in the eighth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of antiquity, as in the other stages of history, the Catholic Church has been an \"all-present, unceasingly active institution.\" As such, its history demands to be known. \u003cem\u003eA History of the Church\u003c\/em\u003e, Volume I, is the first part of a magisterial response to that demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47631457943773,"sku":"9781952826832","price":63.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Si84TDRpaW9teXloYnRsemxkaUxPQT09.webp?v=1773810052","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-church-volume-i-the-church-and-the-world-in-which-it-was-founded-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}