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Title: Triumph : The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church, a 2,000-Year History by H. W. Crocker III ISBN: 0-7615-1604-2 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Rest of the Story
Comment: I bought the hardback of this book after seeing the author on C-Span Book TV. I disagree completely with the negative reviews of this book for the following reasons. First, the authors of those reviews seem to be well-versed in the history of the last 2000 years and object to how Mr. Crocker presents his version. All I can say is they have been lucky not to have had to sit through what passes as history as I have. I have never heard Mr. Crocker's side, even in so-called Catholic books. "A church that never went right would be quite as miraculous as a church that never went wrong," Chesterton quipped in Orthodoxy. In all the other versions of history I've been exposed to, the church never goes right. Obviously their fairy tales were as flawed as Mr. Crocker's critics feel his presentation to be. Yet even now these inventive revisions top the best seller list. How I pity the innocent readers who, unaware of the marketing ploy foisted on them, may attempt to create a coherent philosophy from the hacked together bits of historical shrapnel that pass for, and are taught as, history. Second, if you wonder why so many people are today reconsidering the Catholic Church, it's because its detractors have overstated their case. It's as if, to quote Chesterton again, "any stick was good enough to beat Christianity with." All that happens is one loses respect for the beaters and gains respect for the beaten. Chesterton wrote his comments 100 years ago, summarily dismantling the idiotic pre-modern world (back now as the idiotic post-modern world). As a convert, Crocker is naturally excited to tell the other side of the story, and as a hungry soul starved by the meaninglessness of the non-philosophies of today I was excited to read it. One caveat: the time of the Reformation and the Thirty Year war is an account of unbelievable violence and carnage. But as Mel Gibson's movie shows, a great many in our day are hungry for the truth to set us free.
Rating: 5
Summary: Gotta love it
Comment: To all the Catholic bashers, haters, and bigots who convinced themselves that the Catholic Church was all washed up:...WE'RE BACK!
Rating: 3
Summary: Good History Badly Written
Comment: I was really looking forward to reading this book, based on its title. But, upon receipt, on the back cover I saw one of the "personalities" called upon to recommend this volume and the red flags went up. Sean Hannity is not a source I would look to when recommemnding anything Catholic. That said, I soldiered on anyway. First, Mr. Crocker should tame his enthusiasm for being Catholic, as it affects his objectivity. Second, the author is too apologetic in instances when the Church was clearly in the wrong. It is not that he doesn't say that the Church was wrong, it is just that he feels that events justified how the Church acted. Well, to quote the warn out cliche', "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Also, he completely ignores or glosses over events that were important, even though the Church does look bad, most notably the Mortara incident of the 19th century. His lack of objectivity meant that I am very reluctant to pass this work along to my non-Catholic friends. He does do an adaquate job on the Church and how it reacted to Naziism and Communism. The highlight of the book was his narative about the Mexican revolution of the early 2oth century, which is too often ignored in the annals of Catholic historical writing. Finally, you cannot give half star ratings. If I could, H.W. Crocker III would have gotten 2 1/2 stars for Triumph. Enthusiasm is not substitute for objectivity.
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Title: Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385501706 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Mass of the Early Christians by Mike Aquilina, Joseph C. Linck, Scott Hahn ISBN: 0879739428 Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church: A 2,000-Year History by H. W. Crocker III ISBN: 0761529241 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 13 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth by Scott Hahn ISBN: 0385496591 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God by Scott Hahn, Leon J. Suprenant ISBN: 0966322304 Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing, Inc. Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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