The Church at the Turning Points of History

By Godfrey Kurth and Patrick Foley

Having survived 2,000 years of attacks, emperors, kings, traditions and philosophies, and heresies and schisms, the Catholic church and its place in history are the focus of this compelling chronicle. This miracle of constant regeneration, the book explains, is both the mystery of the church for nonbelievers and the confirmation of the truth for Catholics. Concise, erudite, and intelligent, the analysis provides a firm grasp and understanding of this longstanding religion's complex history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IHS Press
• Release date: Mar 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781605700137

Godfrey Kurth

Professor Kurth was a leading Belgian Catholic historian of the second half of the nineteenth century. Indeed his renown was such that the prestigious Catholic Encyclopedia featured more than a dozen contributions from him on a range of subjects within his professional expertise. He completed his education at l'Ecole normale des Humanités de Liège (1868) and thereafter served as Professor of French at l'Athénée de Liège (1869-1872). Eventually he succeeded Adolphe Borgnet at the Chair of Medieval History and the History of Belgium at the State University of Liege (1872-1906), during which time (1873) he received his special doctorate in historical sciences. He was the Secretary of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (1906-1916). He was a member of the Academy of the Catholic Religion in Rome; a member of the Royal Society of Literature in London; a member of the Dutch Literary Society in Leyden; a member of the Madrid Historical Academy; he was the President of the Board of Administration of the Royal Library. These are only a few of his many titles. He was also a Commander of the Order of Leopold and a Knight of the Order of Pius IX. He was the author of some 20 books, many of them multi-volume, and a number of which ran to five and more editions.