The History Of The Church And Court Of Rome - Softcover

Hallifield Cosgayne O'donnoghue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371679222 ISBN 13: 9780371679227

Publisher: HardPress

Synopsis

The History Of The Church And Court Of Rome: From The Establishment Of Christianity Under Constantine To The Present Time is a polemical historical survey of the rise and abuses of papal authority and the Inquisition from the Middle Ages into the modern era, offering relentless critique of the Roman Church’s persecutions, political meddling, and pieties that mask coercion. It treats the Inquisition as a centralized instrument of papal power—the Holy Office—tracing its origins with Dominic and the Dominicans, its vast powers to arrest, torture, convict, and burn heretics, and the routine procedures, prisons, interrogations, and show trials that produced fear and public executions. The narrative follows a chronology of popes and regimes—from Paul IV to Clement XIV and beyond—highlighting expansion of ecclesial power, suppression of reform, and entanglement with secular rulers. It engages with the Council of Trent, the Four Gallican Propositions, and clashes with French kings over issues of regale and sovereignty. Major events such as the Saint Bartholomew’s Day massacre, excommunications, the Jesuit–Jansenist controversies, suppression of the Jesuits, and the Unigenitus bull are discussed alongside the growth of Catholic missions and Pope–state tensions with Louis XIV and Napoleon. The work depicts a trajectory from dominance toward contested reform, underscoring how politics shaped doctrine, persecution, and sovereignty.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371679222
• ISBN 13: 9780371679227
• Binding: Paperback