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Dawson, Christopher, 1889-1970.

The dividing of Christendom [by] Christopher Dawson. Foreword by Douglas Horton.

New York, Sheed and Ward [1965]

x, 304 pages 22 cm

"Drawn, in considerable part, from the lectures which ... [the] author gave while occupying the Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at the Divinity School of Harvard University." Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

Schism.

Reformation.

Church history.

"Drawn, in considerable part, from the lectures which ... [the] author gave while occupying the Charles Chauncey Stillman Chair of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at the Divinity School of Harvard University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The cultural consequences of Christian disunity -- The decline of the unity of medieval Christendom -- The Renaissance -- Martin Luther and the call to revolt -- The revolution of the princes -- The reformation in England -- The reformation in France -- The council of Trent and the rise of the Jesuits -- The puritans and the formation of the New England way -- The national divisions of divided Christendom -- The Catholic revival and the baroque culture -- The culture of divided Christendom -- The age of Louis XIV and the formation of classical French culture -- The Wesleyan movement in America -- The secularization of modern culture -- The age of the Enlightenment -- The French revolution: the situation of Catholicism in the 18th century.

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