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Title: How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
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| How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. an essential work for any one who would understand the West | Dr. Woods has written a book that has long been needed: one that tells the truth about the Church and the development of western culture over and against the lies, distortions and misrepresentations of to-day's anti-Catholic, anti-God visual and print media--not to mention the rabid hatred of the Church in much of academia.
The chapter on the Church and science will be particularly enlightening to those who have accepted, carte blanch, the often repeated modern mantra about the Church being anti-science--always using a distorted version of the Galileo controversy as the ONE example in 2000 years to "prove" the Churches' scientific backwardness and authoritarian posturing: nothing could be further from the truth. Such a view is not only wrong; it is the opposite of wrong.
Those anti-Catholics, both Protestant and secular, who dare to come to terms with the historical content and insights in Dr. Woods' book will find themselves with a new understanding and appreciation of the true roots and foundations of the moral, relational, scientific and metaphysical concepts they have previously taken for granted.
How many converts will the book influence? It's hard to say. But those who read it with even a remote sense of fair-mindedness are likely to lose much of the Catholic animus they may have previously harbored--and that, in itself, is a good thing.
Dr. Woods' book also has a virtue that Catholic homilists are encouraged to develop: transparency. It is very easy to understand. Difficult concepts and ideas are explained with a simplicity and clarity even a Fulton J. Sheen would have admired.
The text is extremely lucid and enjoyable to read.
An outstanding introduction to a great diversity of ideas and disciplines, Dr. Woods shows that virtually every thing we have and value in the West, with the possible exception of peanut butter, finds its origin in the past and its sustaining bulwark in the present in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church,. | | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. WOW! | | This book kicks holes in the Dark Ages and makes it bleed light. A must for anyone with an interest in the West. Find out the great contributions to literature, art, science, education, farming, the legal system, industrial technology and much more. | | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. Simply Astonishing ... A Must Read! | This was an eye-opening encounter with the past. Thomas Woods takes us step by step through the growth of civilisation from about the 8th century onwards.
It is amazing how much modern myth has been generated by those who have had and still have a bigoted view towards the Catholic Church. Its also equally amazing how easily we have been manipulated those polemic views.
Tackling one prejudice at a time, the author lays out the effect of the Catholic church's existence and its motives behind every great institution we have today. There seems not to be a single area of modern existence, which has not been made possible by Catholic Christianities efforts, which is simply astonishing!
Some have accused this author of being too one-sided, but I see no evidence of this. He clearly states at every stage what he is talking about, why it came to pass through the direct influence or action of the Catholic Church, and why it had not or could not come about under the influence of other elements in society. | | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. The facts speak for themselves. |
A book like this is long overdue. Woods has done a wonderful job of showing how the Vikings,Magyars and Muslins efforts to destroy Western Civilization was unsuccessful through the efforts of the Catholic Church by its unfailing vision and determination of its popes,bishops,monks,priests,scholars and civil administration.
The Church not only preserved from destruction the advances in civilation made by the Greek and Roman Civilizations ,as well as previous Civilizations;but also advanced all areas of learning ,keeping the flame of civilization alive and giving us what we have today.
The history of the Middle Ages has been distorted over the centuries,and Woods sets it straight.
An overall interesting read ,that will show ,without doubt,that struggles against evil isms ,materialism and secularism,have tried to destroy Western Civilization and the greatest force to combat them has been Christianity led by the Catholic Church.
| | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. the author's purpose is timely when The West is under attack | | The rating should be 3 or 4 stars instead of the 2 that you see. This book seeks to counter the prevailing hostility against The West both from without, and, incredibly, within. I recommend it highly though one must keep in mind that the positive contributions of the Catholic Church are the subjects here. The author pointed this out to me in an exchange, asking why he couldn't choose to do so without answering for that emphasis and I must say that he has a point. I also confess to having made an error regarding a point of erudition in which the author convinced me of my mistake. | | How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Regnery Publishing, Inc. Product Description | | From modern economics to Western art and m usic, the Catholic Church has contributed more to the development of Western civilization than any other institution--but rarely gets credit for it. |
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