A History of the Church, Volume II Theology freely received as it was

freely received as it was freely given

It pleased the almighty God to stake the salvation of man on the response of the virgin of Nazareth… When that answer was given

worth reading again and again and again

but degenerated into a vice

By Caroline Gordon

A History of the Church, Volume II Theology freely received as it wasBy Philip Hughes To survey the history of the Catholic Church is, in the words of Eamon Duffy, to be left with a sense of the intractable complexity of the historical reality of the Church and its institutions. To do justice to this complexity, Philip Hughes wrote an ambitious, three volume survey of Church historycomprehensive in scope yet introductory and accessible in detail. For Volume II: The Church and the World It Created, Hughes focuses on the