In the pallium the medieval papacy created a mechanism of control over the far-flung bishops of the Latin church, a prerogative by which the popes shared honor and power with local prelates—and simult
At the dawn of the 20th Century, several writers who were to become famous under the title of "Modernists" were advancing a deep agenda for reform in the faith and praxis of the Roman Catholic Church.
In English art critic Ruskin's (1819-1900) writing, art and religion must never be held apart, says Nichols, and as the writing progresses, the robust anti-Catholicism enters on a trajectory of ph
Supper at Emmaus traces various important intellectual topics from the ancient world to the modern period. Generally, as in its treatment of the question of whether the long-standing contrast between
Children of God in the World is a textbook of theological anthropology structured in four parts. The first attempts to clarify the relationship between theology, philosophy and science in their respec
"A new translation, with scholarly commentary and notes, of Rufinus's modified translation and updating of Eusebius's Historia ecclesiastica. The history covers the period from the first century A.D.
In this sequel volume to his Dark Passages of the Bible (CUA Press, 2013), author Matthew Ramage turns his attention from the Old to the New Testament, now tackling truth claims bearing directly on th
