Title: At Your Fingertips: Volume Four The Catholic Church Rides the Waves of Turbulent History (1648-1848)  Author: Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri, JCD, PhD  ISBN 10: 0-8189-1333-9  ISBN 13: 978-0-8189-1333-4  Paperback: xviii + 206 pp.  Price: $19.95 + shipping  To Order call:  1 800-343-ALBA (2522)  Please have your Master  or Visa card ready To order online click here.

During these two hundred years (1648-1848) Catholic princes and other secular authorities tried to control the Church and to marginalize her influence. Yet, despite the very low state to which the Papacy and the Catholic Church had fallen, wonderful achievements were being realized throughout Europe and beyond. Divine Providence provided great saintly men and women, churchmen, preachers, missionaries, scholars and artists to swell her ranks. This fourth volume of At Your Fingertips was written to provide the reader with a quick and concise reference to some of the highlights of this era which began in 1648, the year of the Peace of Westphalia, and concluded in 1848, when revolutions swept across Europe. The Church survived the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon to see the restoration of the Society of Jesus and the founding of many new religious communities, and the unprecedented growth of the Church in many newly emerging nations in the Americas. History shows us that God, the Lord of all times, is ultimately in charge of events and their outcome.

 

Msgr. Laurence J. Spiteri, JCD, PhD is presently in charge of the legal office of the Vatican Apostolic Library and a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Roman See. He has written three other volumes in the At Your Fingertips series: Volume One: A History of the Roman Catholic Church Until the Council of Trent (ST PAULS / Alba House, 2008), Volume Two: The Triumphs and Intrigues of the Renaissance Popes (ST PAULS / Alba House, 2009), and Volume Three: The Catholic Counter-Revolution (ST PAULS / Alba House, 2010). Spiteri is also the author of The Ten Commandments: A Positive Approach Toward Catholic Morality, Lifestyle and Attitude (ST PAULS / Alba House, 2007) and The Code in the Hands of the Laity: Canon Law for Everyone (ST PAULS / Alba House, 1997). He was most recently one of the contributors to the book A Priest for All Liturgical Seasons (ST PAULS / Alba House, 2009) and has likewise authored a number of publications in a variety of languages and is the translator into English of the very fine work of Cardinal Pierre Philippe, The Virgin Mary and the Priesthood (ST PAULS / Alba House, 1993). Reviews Top of Page