A Catholic Vision

Although the bulk of this slender volume is devoted to an examination of the familiar major events, figures and trends of Catholic history, it is by no means a standard survey of Catholic history. Rather, it is a sustained meditation on the theological and/or ecclesial significance of church history by two systematic theologians concerned with the future orientation of the Church. Beginning from a brief that only the secure possessing of an ecclesial identity can both ground and direct action, the authors examine each of the major periods of church history in order to discover the ways in…