A History of the Church, Volume III Stories and Saint Bridget of Sweden

and Saint Bridget of Sweden

lex orandi

and rend your hearts and not your garments

suddenly reveals itself as an epoch of fading and decay

A History of the Church, Volume III Stories and Saint Bridget of SwedenBy Philip Hughes To survey the history of the Catholic Church is, in the words of Eamon Duffy, to be left with a sense of the intractable complexity of the historical reality of the Church and its institutions. To do justice to this complexity, Philip Hughes wrote an ambitious, three volume survey of Church historycomprehensive in scope yet introductory and accessible in detail. Volume III: The Revolt Against the Church covers the critical period of