OSV's Encyclopedia of Catholic History

Matthew Bunson; Archbishop of New York Timothy M Dolan, Cardinal
Our Sunday Visitor
 9781592760268
1-59276-026-0

Still the most comprehensive single-volume compendium on the Church's past -- from Pentecost morning to today's pontiff -- OSV's Encyclopedia of Catholic History, Revised, gives you: - Some 2,750 entries.

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based on more than 1,000 sources- An easy-to-use alphabetical format and a reader-friendly style- Cross references for finding additional information- A trusted resource on which students -- from grade school to graduate school -- can rely.Each entry has been examined for improvement or updating, and more than two hundred items have been added. New features include: - The latest encyclicals and papal documents (Evangelium Vitae, Ut Unum Sint, Fides et Ratio, Ecclessia de Eucharistia, and more)- Biographies of the most recently canonized and beatified, such as Padre Pio, Josemaria Escriva, and Mother Teresa- Histories of Catechetics, the Divine Office, and the Marian Year- And more!