The lives of the popes.

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Lives of the Pope is the most thorough, vivid, and fascinating history of the papacy available. Renowned Catholic commentator Richard McBrien offers a fresh, intelligent look at each of the popes, including: The Apostle Peter, the first pope, in his singular role as Vicar of ChristFormosus, the pope whose corpse was exhumed, dressed in full vestments, and Cited by: 8.

Bartolomeo Platina (–), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library.

A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist academies of Cardinal Bessarion and Pomponio Leto, and was twice imprisoned for conspiring against Pope. Lives of the Pope is the most thorough, vivid, and fascinating history of the papacy available.

Renowned Catholic commentator Richard McBrien offers a fresh, intelligent look at each of the popes, including: The Apostle Peter, the first pope, in his singular role as Vicar of ChristFormosus, the pope whose corpse was exhumed, dressed in full vestments, and 4/5.

This is a good book about the lives & times of the Popes. If you are a Catholic student - in grade school, RCIA, CYO, or just a Catholic Geek - this book is for you. It contains information on the Popes throughout history and is available /5(18).

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The Liber Pontificalis (Latin for 'pontifical book' or Book of the Popes) is a book of biographies of popes from Saint Peter until the 15th century.

The original publication of the Liber Pontificalis stopped with Pope Adrian II (–) or Pope Stephen V (–), but it was later supplemented in a different style until Pope Eugene IV (–) and then Pope Pius II Ascribed to: Jerome for the first chapters up to. This is a naughty, irreverent little book that in many ways makes it clear that the history of Catholic popes was littered with men and women of base character.

These individuals may have focused their lives on the spiritual, but did not forget or forfeit their carnal desires.3/5(4). Lives of the Popes NPR coverage of Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St.

Peter to John Paul II by Richard P. McBrien. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more. The Lives of the Popes and Emperors. By Pseudo-Petrarch. Translated by Aldo S. Bernardo and Reta A.

Bernardo. Edited and introduced by Tania Zampini. (New York: Italica Press. xxxviii, S ISBN )Author: Ronald G. Witt. Buy Sex Lives of the Popes 2nd Revised edition by Cawthorne, Nigel (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders/5(12).

Amid the fallout over the book, Vatican commentators picked over its origins, with some saying “the two popes” were the victims of exploitation by the warring conservative and liberal factions.

Get this from a library. Lives of the popes. [Platina; Anthony F D'Elia] -- Bartolomeo Platina (), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library.

A papal. This book was written in Italian, in the Tuscan vernacular, and offers the lives of popes and emperors from Julius Caesar to Pope Clement VII and the year It combines the medieval chronicle's narrative of people, events, natural and celestial wonders with the grand themes of papal and imperial history and of sacred and secular Pages: Full text of "The book of the popes (Liber pontificalis)" See other formats.

Get this from a library. Lives of the popes: the pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II. [Richard P McBrien] -- Contains brief biographies of every pope, as well as information about a pope's election, his removal from office if necessary, and the papacy's history and future; includes a.

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This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, Brand: Harperone. Prion’s internationally bestselling Sex Lives series presents lighthearted accounts of the sexual escapades of major figures in history, politics, religion, the arts, and film.

Irreverent and gossipy, the books are packed with carnal tidbits and eye-opening revelations. In the last 2, years the Popes have set the sexual agenda for almost a quarter of the world's population.3/5(2). Horace K.

Mann's The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages (19 vols.) aims at giving a full, authoritative, and systematic account of the life of each succeeding pope from the 7th–13th centuries.

Drawing from numerous sources, Mann provides the main political and historical context for each pope before delving into their lives and work. This book was written in Italian, in the Tuscan vernacular, and offers the lives of popes and emperors from Julius Caesar to Pope Clement VII and the year It combines the medieval chronicle’s narrative of people, events, natural and celestial wonders with the grand themes of papal and imperial history and of sacred and secular.

A powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. Michelangelo Buonarotti, creator of "David", painter of the Sistine ceiling, architect of the dome of St Peter's, lives once more in Irving Stone's marvelous book. Look inside the book at Amazon.This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's acclaimed Lives of the Popes is a practical quick reference tool for scholars, students, and anyone needing just a few concise facts about all the popes, from St.

Peter to Benedict XVI.Contained in eight libraries across the United States is a book in Italian, in the Tuscan vernacular,Chronica de le vite de pontefici et im peradori Romani, on the lives of popes and emperors from Julius Caesar to Pope Clement much is known about this work beyond its title, which ascribes the majority of its composition to Petrarch — an attribution, for all .