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Founding Of Christendom: History Of Christendom Vol 1 | 
| Author: Warren H. Carroll
Publisher: Christendom Press
Category: Book
List Price: $25.00
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 52350
Media: Paperback
Pages: 605
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0931888212
Dewey Decimal Number: 200
EAN: 9780931888212
ASIN: 0931888212
Publication Date: October 1, 2004
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This series is the only comprehensive narration of Western history written from the orthodox Catholic perspective still in print. How would a historical narrative read if the author began with these first principles: Truth exists; the Incarnation happened? This series is essential reading for those who consider the West worth defending.
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 Very irregular. 1st half: 5 stars; 2nd. 3 December 7, 2007
Quilmiense (USA/Spain)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The first third of the book is great, full of excitement, in the typical style of its author. The big picture of the empires evolving in succesion up to the time of Christ, told fluently, minding the key events, without dwelling too long in secondary events. Some of these pages make us really wonder about possibilities that remain obscure in the past: it's what we don't know that intrigues us, rather than what we know. The main talent of this author is his ability to pose the right questions, the intriguing possibilities... An example: "The two faiths existed (Abraham's and Akhenaten's in Egypt) in such very different spheres that any bridge between them must have been close to supernatural ... if inspiration there was, it came from Israel and the God of Israel to Akhenaten."
Even more puzzling is the comment he makes on the ancient Greek philosopher Parmenides (ca. 500 b.C.) and a quote from him: "The only tale which yet remains to tell of the Way is that it is; and many signs there are upon this path that it is Unborn and is without destruction."
His chapter on the Greeks and the Peloponnesian War is superb. It's not just the facts that he tells, it's the connections that he makes between parallel events, the implications that poorer narrators always miss. The chapter on Alexander, I sincerely recommend for the same reasons: delicious.
Up to here great. Then it slows down. The tone changes. After the Resurrection of Christ, with the beginning of the persecutions of the Christians in the Roman Empire, the author seems to have set to write a different book. Granted that his point of view is totally Catholic, with not even a chance for other denominations, but he has know forgotten to use the background scenarios and the main events as the milestones in his story. Rather, he now picks the little events, a succession of popes, persecutions, tortures, schisms, theological disputations, etc. and brings them to the foreground. I am not dismissing the importance and truthfulness of the things happened, only pointing out that he has changed the focus and style completely. Basically, it is a Catholic hagiography to the end of the book. It's just a repetition of facts only with different people tortured and in different times and places. If it's due to his Catholic exclusive point of view -which I respect, though don't agree with in many aspects- he could have been less narrow, for the benefit of all history enthusiasts.
 The Indispensable Christian History Series July 6, 2007
Vincent DiCarlo (Davis, CA United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
At last! After literally years of reading and perusing dreary histories of the Christianity evidently written by nonbelievers, I finally found this set.
As far as I know, the History of Christendom is the only competent history in English that is written from the perspective of an actual Christian ("Triumph" was well meaning, but not very good history, and I was unable to finish it.) The astounding truth and significance of the incarnation gives meaning and excitement to every word of the text, which is packed with good reliable information, including wonderful footnotes.
This is the set you must have for yourself and your children.
Qualified Recommendation September 24, 2005
Michael Tozer (Bloomingdale, IL United States)
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
To understand the background of Western Civilization, one would be well advised to read Dr. Carroll's "Founding of Christendom", but one must do so clearly understanding the author's unique perspective. The book undertakes to cover Christendom virtually from pre-historic times to the reign of Constantine, the Great in 324 A.D. And the work is delivered in a style that is both enjoyable and edifying. Truly, this is a history of our Civilization that reads like a novel. In particular, I was amazed at the description of the Church in the first couple of centures following the Resurrection, the time of the Martyrs. This section is absolutely great!
There is a very necessary qualification to this recommendation. Throughout the first half of the book, there is constant referral to the "chosen people". I found this rather surprising in a writer with Dr. Carroll's academic and theological pretensions. Certainly, the faith of Israel prior to the Incarnation prefigured Christianity. But, by the time of the ministry of Christ, this Scriptural faith had already been polluted by the machinations of the Pharisees, those against whom our Lord and Savior inveighed throughout the Gospels. Of late, we have come to understand much better Dr. Carroll's perspective, as opposed to his pretensions. On the cover of this book and of all of his histories, he proudly displays the sigil of the profoundly evil Knights Templar, demonstrating that he is either in sympathy with or an active member of the various masonic cults that emanated from these miscreants. Masonic allegiance such as this would not be tolerated knowingly in the Church of the pre-Vatican II era. It is only during the modernist times of our present that one such as Dr. Carroll could even continue with such a pretense. This apparent allegiance of his explains the otherwise very puzzling emphasis in the corpus of his books. That being said and understood, Carroll's works are worthwhile, if placed in proper perspective.
The anti-Davinci Code May 10, 2004
11 out of 15 found this review helpful
Carroll's book is very influential. He argues that men, women, and God make an impact on history. We are even seing this today. There is no other tme in our life where the Church has been persecuted this bad (scandals, and now the Davinci Code) For many of you "DAVINCI LOVERS", this is a great book from an orthodox Christian point of view.I highly recommend it.
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