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Can anyone suggest a book or a series of books that teach our Roman Catholic Church history? I’m very interested!
 
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Can anyone suggest a book or a series of books that teach our Roman Catholic Church history? I’m very interested!
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The book of Acts

Acts 9:31 the church throughout all ἐκκλησία καθ’ ὅλης τῆς

Translation:
ἐκκλησία (ecclesia) = church
καθ’ (kata)= according to ,
ὅλης (holos)= whole / all / complete / universal ,
τῆς (ho)= the ,
= the Kataholos Church = the Catholic Church.

Apostolic Fathers of the Church

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1st century, Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, was bishop from ~69 a.d. to ~107 a.d. ordained by the apostles, and direct disciple of St John. It was in Antioch where the disciples were first called Christian Acts 11:26 Acts 11:26 RSVCE - and when he had found him, he brought - Bible Gateway Ignatius in his writings uses both “Christian” and “Catholic Church” here, (Christian) in (ch 2) and Catholic Church in (ch 8). From his Epistle to the Smyrnæans http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm . He also writes schismatics won’t be going to heaven, from his Epistle to the Philadelphians (ch 3) . http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0108.htm . Where would Ignatius learn to teach that warning and consequence for one’s soul, for committing and remaining in the sin of schism / division /schism from the Catholic Church? Since he was ordained by the apostles, and was a direct disciple of St John, THAT is a great pedigree.

To read all letters from Ignatius
Muratorian canon ~170 A.D. (where we got the scriptures that we read)

HERE

Bp Irenaeus, ~180 A.D.

Bk 1, ch 10, para 3 describes Catholic

Bk 3, Ch 3, vv2-3 describes, succession, & why the Church of Rome has pre eminent authority

Bp Cyprian of Carthage, ~250 a.d.

calls the Church the Catholic Church Epistle 54

This is all before the Nicene council, in 325 a.d., and the Creed, when, it is a profession of faith to believe in the 4 marks of the Church

One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic, Church.

And as you know, it keeps on going
 
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The Barbarian Conversion by Richard Fletcher is a highly readable book about a period that most Church histories overlook. In just over 500 pages, Fletcher covers the conversion of Europe outside the Roman Empire, a heroic process that took a thousand years, beginning when the Goths crossed the Danube, invading the Empire, in 376 and ending with the baptism and coronation of King Ladislas of Poland in 1385. Alcuin, Charlemagne, and the Holy Roman Empire emerge in all their historical significance. The book is twenty years old now but I can still warmly recommend it. I read it again only a few months ago and it hasn’t lost any of its impact.

https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Co...er,p_28:barbarian&s=books&sr=1-1&unfiltered=1
 
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