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The Catholic Church: A Short History
Written by Hans Kung
Narrated by Robert O'Keefe
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In 1979 the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith withdrew Hans KUng's missio canonica. Pope Paul VI approved the censure saying, "We are obligated to declare that in his writings he fell short of integrity and the truth of the Catholic faith." Through a 1980 agreement with the Vatican, KUng is now permitted to teach, but only under secular auspices. In this acclaimed Modern Library Chronicle, KUng examines the Catholic Church through its many reformations, focusing on the people and events that have molded it into the largest and oldest Christian denomination in the world.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What a great book. Without understanding the history of something, how can one have committed to its principles, its importance, its values? If one day you can be surprised by something that changes the fundamentals of what you believe, I can you truly committee to it? There is always a fog about knowing more about religion history, even one is talking about historical facts and occurrences it seems that one cannot know the history of a religion without infringement of rule. It’s like if you should only listen to what is told to you and ask nothing else. That is just dumb. And history as proven that time and time again. If we stop asking if the institutions follow their propose, even religion institutions, they will become self-serving and ultimate will go astray from that propose. History as proven that with all kind of institutions.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An entry in a series of short books on historical themes, the Modern Library Chronicles Series. This book is a bit polemical, since Hans Kung was a theological advisor to the Second Vatican Council, and disapproves of the central authority of the Popes. He spends much of the history discussing the lack of basis the Roman Pope has for infallibility, and the lack of biblical basis for such staunch strictures as celibacy for clergy and the anti-contraception stance of the church. It is part of my rediscovery of the Church, brought about by the forced church attendance once a week. I am considering Pascal's wager, and his dictum that faith will follow form. Kung has some very amusing stories about Papal misdeeds in the past, and some very rapid syntheses of major events such as the reformation and the schism with Byzantium.