The Complete Idiots Guide To The Popes And The Papacy

Author : Brandon Toropov
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028642901
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy written by Brandon Toropov and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Popes and the Papacy offers a comprehensive look at the history, trials, and triumphs of the Bishops of Rome. This book offers an easy-to-understand historical survey of the papacy, which is among the oldest institutions on earth, and may well be the oldest continuous position of leadership in existence. It's all here: remarkable stories of popes who held immense power within the Church and popes who served as figureheads; popes who ruled as supreme authorities in their own right and popes who offered an inspired model of resistance to secular tyrannies; popes who lost sight of the dictates of their own faith and popes who set sublime moral and devotional examples to the world. The book offers history, trivia, and trends new and old -- as well as a look at the future of the office. This is an entertaining and enlightening look at one of the world's most remarkable jobs, one that has guided Catholicism for two millennia and wields an influence today.

Author : James S. Bell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028642703
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Reformation & Protestantism written by James S. Bell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-understand history of the Reformation and how it created modern Protestantism, for anyone interested in understanding why the Protestant churches, denominations and beliefs are what they are today.

Author : Bob O'Gorman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592570850
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Catholicism written by Bob O'Gorman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Author : Denise Zimmermann
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592575336
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft written by Denise Zimmermann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers information on the theory, ritual, tradition, and history of Wicca, including advice on how to practice the magical art.

Author : Jeffrey B. Webb
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592571765
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Christianity written by Jeffrey B. Webb and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIG to Christianityhelps readers define what Christianity is all about, from the roots of Catholicism and the three streams of Protestantism, to "Christianity without borders"-fundamentalism, evangelicalism, the Charismatic movement, and "New Age" Christianity. Whether people are searching for the right Christian church for themselves or seeking to understand the differences between denominations, this book is a fascinating look at where Christianity is right now. How different are Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches? Lutherans and reformed denominations? Quakers and Mennonites? Can you be a Christian without belonging to a church?

Author : James S. Bell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028643823
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Bible written by James S. Bell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes summaries of the Bible's most famous stories, detailed maps of the journeys of its major figures, and descriptions of everyday life depicted in the Bible.

Author : Eric Nelson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028641515
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Roman Empire written by Eric Nelson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re no idiot, of course. The battle scenes in Gladiator had you on the edge of your seat and wondering where you could find more information on the rise and fall of ancient Rome. But so far, your search has left you feeling like a blundering barbarian. Pick yourself up off the coliseum floor! Consult The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Roman Empire—a fun-to-read introduction to the fascinating history, people, and culture of ancient Rome. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: --The history of the Roman Empire’s rise and fall. --An idiot-proof introduction to the great epic literature of the Roman Republic. --A survey of the Romans in arts and popular culture. --Fascinating details of some of history’s most nefarious emperors, including Nero, Caligula, and Commodus.

Author : J. Michael Matkin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592577569
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Early Christianity written by J. Michael Matkin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With around 2 billion followers, Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world. Especially dominant in the western world, today's Christianity has a wide variety of forms, beliefs, and practices. But what kind of world was Jesus of Nazareth born into? How was the initial Christian message received by the different cultures into which it was spread? What was its early background and foundation, and how did it set the stage for what Christianity became? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Early Christianity explores who the early Christians were, how they lived, what they believed-and what their impact was on the church we know today.

Author : J. Michael Matkin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781592573882
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gnostic Gospels written by J. Michael Matkin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founding of the early Christian Church had as much to do with politics and intrigue as it did with theology and religion. This history and the documents uncovered at the Nag Hammadi site in Egypt have formed the basis of some of the most interesting and mysterious questions today. Was Mary Magdalene a disciple of Jesus? What role did Jesus mother Mary play? What does the Gospel of Thomas tells us? Enter The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gnostic Gospels. Expert author J. Michael Matkin has provided easy and understandable overviews to all these major works and more. With chapters discussing each of the major and minor documents found at Nag Hammadi, the book also includes an overview of Gnosticism and its most influential people. Readers get an easy, understandable view of the early Church, these relatively new documents, and their meaning to modern religion and philosophy today.

Author : Richard P. McBrien
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061763667
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pocket Guide to the Popes written by Richard P. McBrien and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St. Peter to Benedict XVI.