{"product_id":"the-church-in-the-dark-ages-volume-2-hardcover","title":"The Church in the Dark Ages, Volume 2 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenri Daniel-Rops\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Church in the Dark Ages \u003c\/strong\u003eis the second installment in Henri Daniel-Rops' monumental \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Church of Christ\u003c\/em\u003e. This volume includes the last five chapters of that work, surveying the threats to the Christian East, from the rise of Islam and onslaughts of \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e to the Iconoclastic Controversy, burgeoning heresy, and imminent schism; the greatness of Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance; the subsequent era of disorder in the West, counteracted by the first great medieval pope, St. Nicholas I; the Byzantine Revival, emergence of \"Caesaro-Papism,\" and conclusive Great Schism; and, lastly, the tragic dawn of the new millennium, whose light finds the Church inspired by a spirit of renewal, manifest in the monastic reforms of the Abbaye de Cluny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA magnificent presentation of six centuries' worth of Church history, \u003cem\u003eThe Church in the Dark Ages \u003c\/em\u003eproves the aptness of the term \u003cem\u003eles temps barbares\u003c\/em\u003e. From 400 a.d. to 1050 a.d., the world endured-in Rops' eloquent phrasing-\"a night in which humanity seemed to be groping blindly amid the bloody confusion of today and the anguish of the morrow. Only the Church, guided by a transcendent ambition, pursued her course unwaveringly, and in working to her own supernatural ends she became the most effective means of ensuring the salvation of civilization.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 374\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52532851015987,"sku":"9781950970940","price":78.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ckFSakNYTXRRM2FhZitvVFkybTEwQT09.webp?v=1760709487","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-church-in-the-dark-ages-volume-2-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}