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Title: Europe and the Faith

Author: Hilaire Belloc


Release date: July 1, 2005 [eBook #8442]
Most recently updated: May 6, 2022

Language: English

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Europe and the Faith

“Sine auctoritate nulla vita”

by Hilaire Belloc


Contents

INTRODUCTION. THE CATHOLIC CONSCIENCE OF HISTORY
I. WHAT WAS THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
II. WHAT WAS THE CHURCH IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
III. WHAT WAS THE “FALL” OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE?
IV. THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONS
V. WHAT HAPPENED IN BRITAIN?
VI. THE DARK AGES
VII. THE MIDDLE AGES
VIII. WHAT WAS THE REFORMATION?
IX. THE DEFECTION OF BRITAIN
X. CONCLUSION