A History of the Church, Volume I Mauriac Hughes focuses on the West

Hughes focuses on the West from the Augustinian moment and the conversion of Constantine

The Sacred Triduum is both source and zenith of the Catholic liturgical year

leaving the management of Saint Michael’s Mill to his wife

Clarke wields practical knowledge and philosophical acumen in equal supply as he encourages a robust appreciation of the validity of the Catholic Church’s social doctrine as a “third way” of economic life

A History of the Church, Volume I Mauriac Hughes focuses on the WestBy 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 accessible in detail. In Volume I: The Church and the World in Which It Was Founded, Hughes dispenses with the