Keepers of the keys of heaven : a history of the papacy / Roger Collins.

By: Collins, Roger, 1949-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2009. Description: vi, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0465011950 (alk. paper); 9780465011957 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Papacy -- HistoryDDC classification: 262.1309 LOC classification: BX 955.3 | .C655 2009
Contents:
Bishop of Rome -- Primacy is given to Peter -- The successor of the fisherman -- Peter himself -- The two swords -- Slave of the slaves of God -- The keys of the Kingdom -- Judging all men, judged by none -- Our Mother of the Holy Roman Church -- Free, chaste and Catholic -- The successor not of Peter but of Constantine -- Less than God but greater than man -- False guilt-laden Babylon -- Three bishops on one seat -- A leader of the world, not of the church -- Beautiful as a dove -- Sundial of the church -- The last Pope -- The last great thing left to Italy -- The prisoner of the Vatican -- The impregnable rock of Peter.
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library
Main Collection (Lower Floor) 		262.1309 C696k (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS001287489

Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-548) and index.

Bishop of Rome -- Primacy is given to Peter -- The successor of the fisherman -- Peter himself -- The two swords -- Slave of the slaves of God -- The keys of the Kingdom -- Judging all men, judged by none -- Our Mother of the Holy Roman Church -- Free, chaste and Catholic -- The successor not of Peter but of Constantine -- Less than God but greater than man -- False guilt-laden Babylon -- Three bishops on one seat -- A leader of the world, not of the church -- Beautiful as a dove -- Sundial of the church -- The last Pope -- The last great thing left to Italy -- The prisoner of the Vatican -- The impregnable rock of Peter.

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