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Informationen zum Autor By Michael P. Riccards Klappentext This volume is the first major study of the papacy as a managerial structure that has evolved over two thousand years. Special emphasis is placed on the environments in which the Church functioned and in which it had to reach uneasy compromises. The volume is both scholarly and very readable. Zusammenfassung This volume is the first major study of the papacy as a managerial structure that has evolved over two thousand years. Special emphasis is placed on the environments in which the Church functioned and in which it had to reach uneasy compromises. The volume is both scholarly and very readable. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Primitive ChurchChapter 2: From Bishop to Pope (Peter to Leo the Great, 500 A.D.)Chapter 3: The Threats to OrthodoxyChapter 4: Beyond the End of the Empire, 500-800Chapter 5: The Medieval Papacy Looks EastChapter 6: Abuses and Reform, 800-1000Chapter 7: The Papal Monarchy, 1000-1500Chapter 8: The Worldly PopesChapter 9: The Protestant ReformationChapter 10: The Timidity of ReformChapter 11: The Catholic ReformationChapter 12: The Council as a Reform MovementChapter 13: Religious Wars and Religious RepressionChapter 14: The EnlightenmentChapter 15: The Church Confronts the LeviathanChapter 16: The Church and the Ancien RegimeChapter 17: The Emperor's Attack on the PapacyChapter 18: Pius IX: The First Modern PopeChapter 19: Leo XIII: The Soul of the Industrial StateChapter 20: Pius X: Moods of Piety and RepressionChapter 21: Benedict XV and the Mad Dogs of WarChapter 22: Pius XI and the New Men of ViolenceChapter 23: Pius XII and the Spiritual Twilight of the WestChapter 24: John XXII and the Promise of AggiornamentoChapter 25: Paul VI: The Perils of AggiornamentoChapter 26: John Paul II: The Uneasy Agenda of RestorationPostscript: Benedict XVIConclusion
