What is the History of the catholic church? Like The popes Vatican ?

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What is the History of the catholic church? Like The popes Vatican ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hello,

It requires a lot of reading to learn it as it covers from the Roman Empire to modern times and 2000 years. You will need to know the history of Europe concurrently. The Vatican as a State is about 80 years old.

This book will give a good overview:

http://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Ca...

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

Answer 3

The first Pope was Peter, Jesus made him the Pope

Matt 16:15-19

Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and "rock" of the Church.[4]

In the early Christian era, Rome and a few other cities had claims on the leadership of worldwide ("Catholic") church. James the Just, known as "the brother of the Lord", served as head of the Jerusalem church, which is still honored as the "Mother Church" in Orthodox tradition. Alexandria had been a center of Jewish learning and became a center of Christian learning. Rome's first bishop was the disciple Peter,[citation needed] to whom Jesus had given church authority. Paul the Apostle was also martyred there.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Only a select few books have summed up the history of the Catholic Church with a degree of justice.

Might I recommend, "Triumph: The Power and Glory of the Catholic Church: A 2,000 year history", by H.W. Crocker III.

Answer 6

Here are some Catholic Church history websites:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07365a.h...

http://www.catholic-pages.com/dir/histor...

http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/history.h...

http://catholicism.about.com/cs/history/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_...

With love in Christ.