papacy

Clear and concise replies to tough questions about religion. Also contains hundreds of quotations from the Bible, authoritative Church documents, and many other reliable and persuasive sources.

An easy-to-use resource the reader can rely on to improve command of the scriptural basis for the institution of the papacy, papal authority, infallibility, and other critically important but difficult to remember facts.

A history of the papacy, covering a period that ranges across twenty centuries, with chronologically arranged biographies divided into seven key historical periods, a timeline of events, essays on how popes are elected and removed, a glossary, and other related information.

Traces the history of the Papacy from its development after the execution of Peter to the reign of Pope John Paul II.

A portrait of Peter Morrone, who was transformed from a humble monk to Pope Celestine V, only to mysteriously abdicate the chair a half year later.

Examines a life of Lucrezia Borgia as it is known to historians, and explores her relationship with her father, Pope Alexander VI, and her brothers, as well as provides details about the intrigue surrounding the Borgia family.

When her older brother is killed, Joan, a rebellious ninth-century woman, assumes his identity, enters a monastery and becomes a great Christian scholar, eventually attaining the throne of Pope.