2,000 Years of Papal History: The History of the Popes, the Papacy, and the Catholic Church
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John W. O'Malley
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Internationally best-selling author, renowned professor, and the dean of American Catholic Historians, Fr. John O’Malley presents his monumental course on the papacy. This masterpiece series covers the most fascinating history in the Western world. Now, you can trace the amazing history of the papacy, the oldest still-functioning institution of any kind in the Western world in 36 erudite lectures.
By focusing on popes who shaped vital moments in global history, you will gain a deep understanding of the people, issues, and ideas that gave us the Catholic church and our world.
The story features both trouble and triumph - and Fr. O'Malley deftly tackles both aspects - but above all, it tells of resilience. You will be enthralled as you listen to Fr. O'Malley explaining how pope after pope responded to challenges from barbarians, "Christian" monarchs, disgruntled bishops, and, above all, the faults and failures of human nature in order to guide Peter's bark through the rugged seas of time.
This course is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF study guide.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Not a huge fan
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It’s not the complete book.
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Amazing introduction to Buddhism
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- Christopher
- 03-20-24
An amazing overview of 2000 years of papacy
While this course may seem daunting with 33 chapters, I found it to be well worth listening to and I’m amazed at the authors depth and breath of knowledge, and to be able to see the entirety of the papal history. He makes it clear that the history of the popes is not the history of Catholicism, but it is an amazing story to the men who have lead it from Saint Peter to John Paul, the second
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- Sebastian Franzén
- 02-06-21
Surprisingly pleasant story
I found the story of the Popes to be surprisingly pleasant and easy to listen to. I also particularly liked that the author narrated his own book.
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- T. Armstrong
- 02-23-24
Really well done series of lectures
FR O’Malley is great at keeping it interesting and hitting main points of papal history. Don’t grab this if you want a history of the Church or Catholicism, purely about the Papacy.
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- Dave Heywood
- 02-17-22
Great course.
This is a fascinating lecture series for Catholic and non-Catholic alike (I’m of the non-Catholic persuasion). The popes are part of world history no matter what your religious feeling. I appreciated the expertise and fairness of Father O’Malley. He wasn’t trying to preach or convert to Catholicism, but gave the institution a fair historical coverage, including both positive and negative aspects.
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- Joseph
- 08-29-24
As objective of a view on the Papacy as you will ever find
This presentation was made better because it was not just a book with dry history, but lectures from a very good professor.
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- Cris
- 04-10-24
Concise yet detailed
Thought this was a great lecture series covering 2000 years of the papacy - going into detail where it was important, glossing over less significant papacies or events and putting it all in the context of the times. Very interesting, well written and excellent narration.
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- Bob Bortolin
- 01-11-20
Wonderful Narration!
The author somehow managed to squeeze in 2000 years of history into about 30 lectures and not get bogged down in dates and meaningless trivia. His narration style made me feel like he was speaking directly to me and kept me interested. I didn't detect any bias or favoritism toward any particular Pope or any criticism of the church, so I felt that I was listening to a genuine explanation of both the history and the personalities of those times.
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- JJares
- 01-31-21
What an Extraordinary Experience!
The speaker indicates there were 260 popes over the past 2000 years; depending on how one counts (remember the Schism and various anti-popes). Before listening to this series, I thought popes were elected without much difficulty. It was eye-opening to learn that between 1201 and 1300 CE, there were 7 anti-popes!
One thing that Dr. O'Malley said that I thought was profoundly appropriate was in reference to the Crusades. He said that Pope Urban II unleashed the 'Law of Unforeseen Circumstances.' He used this term in relation to the events that occurred during the Catholic Crusades. The blood lust must have been truly horrible when most of the Muslims and Jews were murdered when the Crusaders took the Holy Cities. Dr. O'Malley mentions that ONLY the First Crusade was successful, in relation to recapturing the Holy Lands.
The presenter picks-and-chooses the important/infamous popes over the years and centuries. The PDF book that comes with these lessons is important reading to reinforce the points made. He also asks 3 questions after each lesson, to cement the important points into the reader's mind. I liked Dr. O'Malley's style of speaking and his clear narration. I walked away with a genuine understanding of the popes and their times.
The presenter explained that the early leaders of the Church were more likely to be the erudite Bishops (St. Augustine and St. Ambrose), or later, the Abbots of Cluny. The pope, as the undisputed leader of the Catholic Church, is a fairly recent emergence. With world travel and worldwide communication, the papacy has become more acknowledged than ever before. 2000 years of the papacy has provided us with continuity and change at the same time.
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- C. Jack Martin
- 10-21-23
Very informative
Listen to this if you want to understand the history of the Catholic Church in a very straight forward and consumable manner👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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- Thorsten Kramer
- 01-05-23
Terrible presentation
I really wanted to like this. The material sounded very interesting, the presenter however was terrible (in my opinion). Could not finish it
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