title: New Short History of the Catholic Church
author:  Norman Tanner 
description: <div>'A short, readable and informed survey of church history.'<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></div> (The Church of England Newspaper)<br /><br /><p style=" font-size: 10pt">'Tanner covers a tremendous amount of ground but never leaves the reader overwhelmed with dates and names... If you want a reliable general survey of Church History, allowing you to see the woods for the trees, then this is the book for you.' <o:p></o:p></span>
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  **Church History**
  
  
  **A Complete History Of The Catholic Church To The Present Day**
  
  
  **For High School, College, and Adult Reading**
  
  
  **Rev. John Laux, M.A**.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nihil Obstat|  | Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D.
  
  
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  Censor Librorum
  
  
  Imprimatur|  +| Patrick Cardinal Hayes
  
  
  | | Archbishop of New York
  
  
  | | New York
  
  
  | | May 20, 1930
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 1930, 1931, 1932, 1945 by Benziger Brothers, New York.
  
  
  Republished in 1989 by TAN Books.
  
  
  Typography is the property of TAN Books, and may not be reproduced, in whole
  or in part, without written permission from the publisher.
  
  
  Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 88-51074
  
  
  TAN Books  
  
  
  Charlotte, NC  
  
  
  [www.TANBooks.com](http://www.tanbooks.com)
  
  
  2012
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  
  
  In addition to providing a textbook for students, the author has also
  endeavored to present to the general reader, especially the Catholic layman, a
  concise, clear history of the Catholic Church.
  
  
  Although th