A Catholic Classic -- UPDATED AND EXPANDED!
For 2,000 years, Catholicism--the largest religion in the world and in
the United States--has shaped global history on a scale unequaled by any
other institution.
Triumph offers an accessible, affirmative, and exciting entry into
that history. Inside, you'll discover the spectacular story of the
Church from Biblical times and the early days of St. Peter--the first
pope--to Pope John Paul the Great (already a saint), Pope Benedict XVI
(a master theologian), and the controversies surrounding Pope Francis.
It is a sweeping drama of Roman legions, great crusades, epic battles,
toppled empires, heroic saints, and enduring faith, as well as Dark Age
skullduggery, the Inquisition, the Renaissance popes, and the Protestant
Revolt.
A classic for twenty years -- now updated and expanded -- Triumph is a
brawling, colorful history full of inspiring pageantry and spirited
polemic that will exhilarate, amuse, and infuriate as it extols the
power and the glory the Catholic Church and the gripping stories of some
of its greatest men and women.