Absolute Power How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World

Paul Collins, Oliver Wyman

eAudio - 2018

The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across Europe and the next papal election uncertain, even if Catholicism survived, it seemed the papacy was finished.In this gripping narrative of religious and political history, Paul Collins tells the improbable success story of the last 220 years of the papacy, from the unexalted death of Pope Pius VI in 1799 to the celebrity of Pope Francis today. In a strange contradiction, as the papacy has lost its physical power — its armies and states ... and remained stubbornly opposed to the currents of social and scientific consensus, it has only increased its influence and political authority in the world.

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Published
Hachette Audio
Language
English
Main Authors
Paul Collins, Oliver Wyman
Online Access
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Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size426 GB
Parts16
ISBN9781549114892
Release Date3/27/2018
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size426 GB
ISBN9781549114892
Release Date3/27/2018