Church History

Apostles and Their Times
Archeology, History, and Scripture Unveil What Life Was Really Like During the Apostolic Age.
Autobiography of a Hunted Priest
Truth is stranger than fiction. And nowhere in literature is it so apparent as in this classic work, the Autobiography of a Hunted Priest.
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent
This Council spanned the pontificates of five popes and shone as a beacon to all the world, condemning errors of the Protestant Reformation and making pronouncements on a vast n
Catholic East Anglia
A History of the Catholic Faith in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Christians Courageous
For every half-dozen heroes antiquity could muster, Christendom produced thousands; and often from the strangest holes and corners.
Diaries of the Chinese Martyrs
With tens of millions killed and thousands of Catholics incarcerated because of rigged trials, China under Mao’s dictatorship was the Asian version of the Nazi concentration cam
Early Papacy: To the Synod of Chalcedon in 451
Adrian Fortescue, a British apologist for the Catholic faith in the early part of the 20th century, wrote this classic of clear exposition on the faith of the early Church in th
Eight Popes and the Crisis of Modernity
Assaults on the dignity and rights of the human person have been central to the ongoing crisis of the modern era in the last hundred years.
Essays Critical and Historical Volume 1
John Henry Newman’s Essays Critical and Historical are articles he originally wrote between 1829 and 1846 and later collected together and republished in 1871.
Every Pilgrim's Guide to Rome
In addition to being one of the world's most enthralling cities, Rome, with its 900 churches and shrines, has been a major pilgrimage destination for over 1500 years and continu
Facts about Luther
This book examines the life, thought and work of Martin Luther (1483-1546) to correct the misperceptions that many have of him and his work.
Fifty Catholic Churches to See Before You Die
Catholic churches are among the great architectural treasures of England and Wales yet hardly known and rarely explored.
Heroes of the Catholic Reformation
The Protestant Reformation began five hundred years ago, accompanied by an age of turmoil and secularism we can recognize even in our own time.
In Defence of the Roman Mass
It is 1967, a mere two years after the close of Vatican II. The atmosphere in the Church is already one of anarchy. Liturgical “experimentation” is rife. Confusion reigns.
Love for the Papacy and Filial Resistance to the Pope in the History of the Church
In this book, Roberto de Mattei steers us perceptively through centuries of Church history concerning both the wise, and the disastrous, decisions of popes and councils: from th
Luther and His Progeny
500 Years of Protestantism and Its Consequences for Church, State, and Society.
Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion
For the first time a noted historian of Christianity explores the full story of the emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries.
Newman’s London: A pilgrim handbook
The strong and continuing interest in John Henry Newman, particularly following his beatification by Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Britain in 2010, brought the thought that
Organic Development of the Liturgy
The Principles of Liturgical Reform and Their Relation to the Twentieth-Century Liturgical Movement Prior to the Second Vatican Council
Reges Christianissimi
History and Interpretation in Bede’s Account of the Early Kings of Northumbria
Relics from the Crucifixion
The Jews usually burned the crosses used by the Romans after executions but following Jesus' crucifixion they quickly threw the Cross in a ditch to get it out of sight before th
Roman Catacombs
Enter into the shadows of the Roman catacombs where early Christians attended Mass and hid in fear from Roman soldiers seeking their death for refusing to renounce the Christian
Saints of the American Wilderness
French priests enter a war zone where captured Westerners are paraded before their captors, tortured, and then beheaded. Their desecrated bodies get dumped by the roadside.
Sister Wendy's 100 Best-loved Paintings
'Sister Wendy's deep and insightful commentaries are utterly unique. You will want this splendid book for yourself but also to give to others.' Delia Smith
Ten Dates Every Catholic Should Know
Here are the saints and sinners, popes and kings that God used to shape his Church and change the world.
Ten Popes Who Shook the World
The Bishops of Rome have been Christianity's most powerful leaders for nearly two millennia, and their influence has extended far beyond the purely spiritual.
The Church of the Fathers
John Henry Newman's controversial The Church of the Fathers is published here for the first time in more than a century.
The Gentleman Saint
When London born, John Henry Newman, was canonised in Rome in October, 2019, he became the first English saint since Reformation times.
Theories of Development in the Oxford Movement
James Pereiro proves convincingly that the Oxford Movement and the theory of development of doctrine cannot be properly understood without a contextual analysis of the Movement’
Treason
As Stephen Long steps ashore in England one gray dawn in May 1581, he wonders how many more Catholics will have to die to make Queen Elizabeth feel secure.
Walsingham: Pilgrims and Pilgrimage
A new edition of Fr Michael Rear’s definitive book, originally published to celebrate the 950th anniversary of the foundation of the Shrine of Our Lady in Walsingham.