Best One Volume History of the Catholic Church?

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Well, I liked Triumph, the Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H.W. Crocker.
 
joey(name removed by moderator):
Well, I liked Triumph, the Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church by H.W. Crocker.
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You beat me to it while I was formating my text!!! Darn it!!! 😃
 
Yowza! I hadn’t even hit the “Submit” button when I got your responses! Thanks so much!
 
I think we have a consensus here! You must go and purchase Triumph now! 👍
 
I have been giving Triumph as a Confirmation gift to new Catholics over the past few years… and it has not only been well received… but most have actually admitted to reading and enjoying, (and learning) the book:clapping:
 
I have read “Triumph” by David Crocker twice. Its a real page turner.
 
There’s “Church History” by Fr. (john?) Laux. It is Pre-Vatican 2, but it has the good and the bad things that happened within, by and to the Church. It’s 600+ pages long with small print, but it has excerpts from historical documents about the events by famous people usually, if not always, writing at the time of the events.
 
I’m reading A Concise History of the Catholic Church by Thomas Bokenkotter right now. It seems pretty fair (not too pro-Catholic, not anti-Catholic). I’ve not too far into it, but he seemed pretty harsh on Jerome. But then again, Jerome may have been harsh himself.

Anyways, I find it easy to read, interesting, and educational.
 
Yeah, I read Triumph and I LOVED it! I think every Catholic should read that one. 🙂
 
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I’m reading A Concise History of the Catholic Church by Thomas Bokenkotter right now. It seems pretty fair (not too pro-Catholic, not anti-Catholic). I’ve not too far into it, but he seemed pretty harsh on Jerome. But then again, Jerome may have been harsh himself.

Anyways, I find it easy to read, interesting, and educational.
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Steer clear of Bokenkotter. His book has a very liberal slant, and the entire last section is devoted to idealizing Liberation Theology.

'thann
 
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