The Church of Cathedral and Crusade, Volume 1 novel First published in 1934

First published in 1934

a surface god who will not tolerate his clients looking into the deeps of life

Clarke wields practical knowledge and philosophical acumen in equal supply as he encourages a robust appreciation of the validity of the Catholic Church’s social doctrine as a “third way” of economic life

again and again

not merely as some extrinsic means for attaining eternal happiness

The Church of Cathedral and Crusade, Volume 1 novel First published in 1934By Henri Daniel Rops The Church of Cathedral and Crusade is the third installment in Henri Daniel Rops monumental History of the Church of Christ. This volume includes the first seven chapters of that work, surveying the salient characteristics of the period 1050 to 1350; the religious foundation of the age and its expressions in prayer and pilgrimage, liturgy and sacrament; the archetype of medieval manhood, St. Bernard of Clairvaux; the leavening