Bibliograph

Absolute power, how the pope became the most influential man in the world, Paul Collins

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Absolute power, how the pope became the most influential man in the world, Paul Collins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-348) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Absolute power

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1028731176

Responsibility statement

Paul Collins

Sub title

how the pope became the most influential man in the world

Summary

The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority"In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished. In this gripping narrative of religious and political history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. In a strange contradiction, as the papacy has lost its physical power--its armies and states--and remained stubbornly opposed to the currents of social and scientific consensus, it has only increased its influence and political authority in the world"--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Extinction? -- A death in Valence -- The "new consciousness" and "neo-ultramontanism" -- From "supreme power" to supreme pontiff -- Tackling a whole new world -- "God and the revolver!" -- "Obbedire, Obey" -- Pontificating on everything -- Rolling out and rolling back Vatican II -- Good Pope John -- "Throwing open the windows" -- The Polish colossus -- "The smell of the sheep" -- "Reform of the reform" -- The "field hospital" -- Death and resurrection

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