Kristna kyrkor & samfund

The Medieval Clergy gives voice to the so-called secular clergy in the Central Middle Ages -- a group that included priests, bishops, deacons, and canons, whose primary …

The Catholic Way is an up-to-date reflection on what it means to be a Catholic today. It is a clear, intelligent, and authoritative guide to the perennial faith of the Catholic …

For centuries, the kings of Christendom exercised extraordinary control over the Church in their realms. They convened synods, appointed bishops, endowed monasteries, and helped …

This volume looks at how mid-seventeenth-century debates on the government and order of the Church related to the political crisis of the time. It explores debates concerning the …

The Reformation used to be singular: a unique event that happened within a tidily circumscribed period of time, in a tightly constrained area and largely because of a single …

The Roman emperor Julian is a figure of ongoing interest and the subject of David Neal Greenwood's Julian and Christianity. This unique examination of Julian as the last pagan …

Originally published in 1929, this volume provides a study of the factors which led to the rise of Christianity in the ancient world. Central to this study is the relationship …

Im »Examen vanitatis« geht es Pico nicht um die Auseinandersetzung mit einzelnen Positionen paganer Philosophen, sondern um einen Kampf gegen die Philosophie insgesamt. Pico wollte …