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“A History of the Popes” tells the story of the oldest living institution in the Western world-the papacy. From its origins in Saint Peter, Jesus' chief disciple, through Pope Benedict XVI today, the popes have been key players in virtually all of the great dramas of the western world in the last two thousand years. Acclaimed church historian John W. O'Malley's engaging narrative examines the 265 individuals who have claimed to be Peter's successors....
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
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108 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Author Megan Stine charts the beginning of Christianity and its hold on members of the faith as well as the countless struggles for power (one pope was poisoned by his own men!), the building of the Vatican and creation of the Sistine Chapel, and the Secret Archives that hold papers the church has accumulated over the centuries"--
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Mart�inez Roca
Pub. Date
2023.
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366 pages ; 23 cm
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Durante siglos la iglesia ha negado su existencia.La novela sobre la mujer que se sent en el trono papalSiglo IX, Maguncia. Hija de un predicador que lleg a Sajonia para esparcir la palabra de Dios, Juana es una joven poco comn. Cada da acude a la iglesia del padre Carolus, quien, a cambio de que ayude en la cocina, comparte con ella la sabidura de los textos sagrados. Tras el asedio y el asesinato del sacerdote a manos de los brbaros, es abandonada...
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