The Church

<p><em>The Church</em> is a lucid balanced and readable book--a work of integration that is always reasonable well informed honest and deeply hopeful.<br />--<em>Commonweal<p></p></em></p> <p> </p></p><p>In <em>The Church </em>renowned religious historian and Vatican expert Richard P. McBrien offers a sweeping history of the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church its influence and power in an ever-changing world. From Jesus's apostle Peter to Pope Benedict XVI <em>The Church </em>is a remarkable achievement that delves deeply into the past and the future of Christianity's largest branch--in fact the largest religious institution in the world--exploring its politics doctrines and the way the Roman Catholic Church views itself.<p></p></p>