Faith and Leadership: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church PDF
Preview Faith and Leadership: The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church
Faith and Leadership Faith and Leadership The Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church Michael P. Riccards LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK Published by Lexington Books A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 http://www.lexingtonbooks.com 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth PL6 7PP, United Kingdom Copyright © 2012 by Lexington Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riccards, Michael P. Faith and leadership : the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church / Michael P. Riccards. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 978-0-7391-7132-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7391-7133-2 (electronic) 1. Papacy—History. 2. Christian leadership—Catholic Church. 3. Authority— Religious aspects—Catholic Church. I. Title. BX957.R53 2012 262'.1309—dc23 2011052625 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America To: Cheryl Anne Flagg Because friendship is the rarest gift of all CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1 The Primitive Church 1 2 From the Bishop of Rome to Pope (Peter to Leo the Great, 500 A.D.) 13 3 The Threats to Orthodoxy 29 4 Beyond the End of the Empire, 500–800 39 5 The Medieval Papacy Moves East 51 6 From Abuses to Reforms, 800–1100 61 7 The Papal Monarchy, 1100–1500 69 8 The Worldly Popes 81 9 The Protestant Reformation 111 10 The Timidity of Reform 133 11 The Catholic Reformation 155 12 The Council as a Reform Movement 163 13 Religious Wars and Religious Repression 179 14 The Enlightenment 209 15 The Church Confronts the Leviathan 223 16 The Church and the Ancien Regime 239 17 The Emperor’s Attacks on the Papacy 259 18 Pius IX: The First Modern Pope 275 19 Leo XIII: The Soul of the Industrial State 297 vii viii Contents 20 Pius X: Moods of Piety and Repression 323 21 Benedict XV and the Mad Dogs of War 341 22 Pius XI and the New Men of Violence 365 23 Pius XII and the Spiritual Twilight of the West 403 24 John XXIII and the Promise of Aggiornamento 439 25 Paul VI: The Perils of Aggiornamento 475 26 John Paul II: The Uneasy Agenda of Restoration 525 Postscript: Benedict XVI (2005– ) 589 Conclusion 597 Selected Bibliography 601 Index 603 About the Author 615 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I have been encouraged by several people to finish my history of the papacy and leadership: my former bishop, his Excellency Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, one of the truly great princes of the Church, and Rev. Richard Lewandowski, a beloved priest, chaplain, writer, and friend who epitomizes to me the rediscovered paradigm of love and forgiveness. A previous study, The Vicars of Christ, covered the modern papacy; I had the rare opportunity to present that work in person to the late Pope John Paul II in 1999. The opinions expressed in this study are of course mine alone. As usual, I am appreciative of the dedicated efforts of Cheryl Flagg and also of Jarrett Chapin who have labored diligently with me on this volume. Professor Lawrence G. Duggan of the University of Delaware has shared with me his meticulous and learned observations. None of them is responsible for my statements in this volume. ix x
The list of books you might like
