History & Biography

During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated news on a near-weekly basis. This book provides an account of the council from the...

In lucid and non-technical prose, Young demonstrates how and why the two most familiar Christian creeds - the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed - came into being. She aims to bring the creeds back to life again in the challenging and demanding...

Trent, the Catholic Church's attempt to put its house in order after the Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for things it never did. This one-volume history, the first in modern times, explores the volatile issues that pushed several Holy...