The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering

By Henri Daniel-Rops (NB: Product contains two individual volumes.) The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering is the seventh installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent History of the Church of Christ.  The eighteenth century saw the Church—and, indeed, the world—stand as upon the knife’s edge; “stray but a little” and they would fail. With Daniel-Rops’ typical talent for engaging historical narrative, The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering chronicles the steps (and mis-steps) that brought the Church into the harsh light of the scaffold and reveals the grace which empowered her to “preserve her loyalties intact.” Volume 1 surveys the eighteenth century’s intellectual revolution, wrought by Galileo, Descartes, and Rousseau (among others); appraises the Church’s missionary efforts—in Asia, with the Chinese rites controversy and the spirited work of de Nobili and de Britto in India; in Canada, with the heroic endeavors of Sts. Isaac Jogues and