title: The Compact History of the Catholic Church: Revised Edition
author: Alan Schreck Ph.D.
description: History is always written from a particular point of view. If you want to read Church history from a spiritual point of view, this revised edition of a fine book is for you. --Fr.Benedict J. Groeschel, C.F.R., author, <i>Healing the Original Wound: Reflections on the Full Meaning of Salvation: How to Experience Spiritual Freedom and Enjoy God s Presence</i>
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  THOMAS 
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  THE BRUCE PUBLISHING COMPANY 
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  CORTES 
  
  TO THE MEMORY OF 
  REvEREND RAYMOND CORRIGAN, S.]. 
  (1889-1943), SCHOLAR, TEACHER, FRIEND, 
  WHO APPRECIATED THE ROLE OF THE LAYMAN 
  IN THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
  COPYRIGHT, 1951, THOMAS P. NEILL, PH.D. 
  MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  
  PREFACE 
    
  Two considerations, above others, have prompted the writing 
  of this book. The 
  first 
  is concerned with historical truth, the 
  second with the work of Catholic laymen today. 
  In the first place, the ordinary history textbook covering the 
  nineteenth century (1815-1914) 
  tells 
  of the industrial revolu- 
  tion, 
  of great strides in material progress, 
  of the advance 
  of 
  literacy and of universal suffrage, of a few short wars, and of 
  Europe overcomi