TY - BOOK AU - Hitchcock,James TI - History of the Catholic Church: from the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium SN - 9781586176648 AV - BX945.3 .H58 2012 U1 - 282.09 23 PY - 2012///] CY - San Francisco PB - Ignatius Press KW - Catholic Church KW - History KW - Modern period, 1500- KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Middle Ages, 600-1500 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-538) and index; Beginning at Jerusalem -- The seed of Christians -- The triumph of the Cross -- Holy wisdom -- Light in darkness -- Christendom -- East and West -- Decline and rebirth -- Reform and counter-reform -- Reason and revolution -- Modernity -- To the ends of the Earth -- The new nations -- Joy and hope, grief and anguish N2 - A comprehensive history of the Catholic Church from its beginnings in Jesus' ministry to its current status in an increasingly secular world ER -