http://www.amazon.com/Popular-History-Catholic-Church-Philip/dp/00208564\
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If this link doesn't go through, I'd be grateful if anyone could post a
working link. -John




--- In ancientpapacy@yahoogroups.com, "John Collorafi"
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> I'd like to recommend, especially for inquirers to Catholicism like
> Louis, A Popular History of the Catholic Church
> by Fr. Philip Hughes. I read it as a ninth grader, over 30 years ago,
> and found it among the best
> introductions to Church History ever written. It's particularly good
for
> the background to the first seven
> ecumenical councils. It's like four bucks used, and a great investment
> for those who would like to tool up and
> sharpen their intellectual gears.
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> John
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