jamesshi. Welcome to the forum. You said:
I’m looking for a book series that talks about the history of the Catholic Church. I know there are many one volume summaries, but I’m looking for an extensive series.
Here is a free history book online (
here and
here)
A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH by the late Msgr. Philip Hughes.
This series is not to be confused with his “Popular History” (abridged version of above).
The following Msgr. Hughes bibliography is from
Wikipedia:
Bibliography
- Hughes, Philip (1914-1948 (3 volumes)). A History of The Church. New York City:
Sheed and Ward). [3]
- Volume I: The Church And The World In Which The Church Was Founded
- Volume II: The Church And The World The Church Created. Augustine To Aquinas
- Volume III: The Revolt Against The Church. Aquinas To Luther.
- Hughes did not complete a planned fourth volume before his death.[3]
- Hughes, Philip (1949-1959 (20 printings)). A Popular History of the Catholic Church. New York City: Image (Doubleday). An abridgment of his three-volume series and published concurrently[3]
- The Catholic Question, 1688-1829: a Study in Political History.
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Code:
Hughes, Philip (1960). The Church in Crisis: A History of the General Councils, 325-1870. New York City.[4]
- A History of the Church to the Eve of the Reformation, by Philip Hughes.[4]
- The Reformation in England. MacMillan. New York. 1951[5]
- Pope Pius the Eleventh (1937)[6]
- Meditations for Lent from St. Thomas Aquinas 1225?-1274, translated by Philip Hughes (London: Sheed & Ward, 1917)[7]
- Philip Hughes papers (Notre Dame)[1]
The Founding of Christendom Series by the late
Dr. Warren Carroll is another option. Here is a link to Vol. I-IV (
here). Vol. V
here. Vol. VI
here.
The last two books in the series was co-written by his wife who is a fine historian and author too, as Dr. Carroll was ill.
Vol. V in hard cover is asking over $700.00 on Amazon right now. You can snag the paperback for about $16.00
here which is about the same price it is on Amazon (for the PB).
Before embarking on Dr. Carroll’s series, you may first want to read a couple of books by his wife (Anne W. Carroll). *Christ The King Lord Of History: A Catholic World History from Ancient to Modern Times *and
Christ And The Americas
The non-fiction portion of Dr. Carroll’s bibliography (also
from Wiki) is below:
Non-fiction bibliography of Dr. Carroll’s . . .
- Reasons for Hope (1978), co-written with William Marshner, Jeffrey A. Mirus, and Kristin Popik Burns
- 1917: Red Banner, White Mantle (1981)
- Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Conquest of Darkness(1983)
- A History of Christendom (Six Volumes when complete)
- The Founding of Christendom, (to 324) (1985)
- The Building of Christendom, (324-1100) (1987)
- The Glory of Christendom. (1100-1517) (1993)
- The Cleaving of Christendom, (1517-1661) (2000)
- The Revolution against Christendom, (1661-1815) (2005), co-written with Anne Carroll
- The Crisis of Christendom, (1815-2005) (2013, co-written with Anne Carroll)[10]
- The Guillotine and the Cross (1986)
- Seventy Years of the Communist Revolution (1989)- Deprecated
- Isabel of Spain: The Catholic Queen (1991)
- The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution (1995)
- The Last Crusade: Spain 1936 (1996)
- 2000 Years of Christianity (2000), co-written with Gloria Thomas.
If also interested in shorter histories . . .
History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium* by Dr. James Hitchcock. His current univ. webpage is
here.
This may also interest you–a little something for when you travel in the car.
Scott Hahn audio series on the early Church Councils.
The Real Jesus: Christ In The Creeds And Councils (
here)
And on sale now from Catholic Answers is their Catholic History Audio Package (
here).
Throw in
The Real Story of the Crusades (
here) and you will have good automobile listening for awhile.
Hope this all helps you.
God bless.
Cathoholic
