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Mehr als 400 Jahre lang erlitten schwarzafrikanische Männer, Frauen und Kinder während des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels schlimmste Formen der Versklavung und Erniedrigung durch Katholiken und das westliche Christentum. Damals wie heute glaubte niemand an die tiefe Verwicklung der Kirche und des Papsttums in den schwarzafrikanischen Holocaust. Trotz jüngster Behauptungen des päpstlichen Officiums in Rom, wonach die Päpste jegliche Form von Sklaverei verurteilten, so auch im Falle der Versklavung von Schwarzafrikanern, verweisen neuere Studien innerhalb dieses Forschungsfeldes auf das Gegenteil. Die Kirche und die Päpste nahmen vielmehr zentrale Rollen in diesem schlimmsten Verbreche...
Papal bull sent to the Archbishop of Verona and Antonio de Malapinis, canon of the church of Verona, regarding a dispute about a fief between [Tamarinum?] de Mechacheris, Iacobus Leonardius, Berlingerius and Antonius Scholanius on the one part and Alvisii and Paula Zampeta, women of the city of Verona on the other. The pope has assigned it to Petrus Peregrini, chaplain and auditor; Baptista de Herreris will examine the parties. Dated "Dat[um] Ferrarie. Anno incarnatione Dominice millesimo quadringetesimo tritesimo octauo quinto id[ibus] Iulij, pontificatus n[ost]ri anno octauo." Signature above the fold. Two pairs of small holes at foot of document for seals. Erasure and correction on line 21; holes along margin and in text block between lines 7 and 8, next to line 21, and between lines 21 and 22 with some loss of text.
The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day, the Church has been planted in every nation on earth. The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her founder, and in spite of heresy from within and hostility from without, she remains in the twenty-first century the steadfast guardian of belief in his life, death, and resurrection. The teachings and redemptive works of Jesus as told in the Gospels are expressed by the Church in a coherent and consistent body of doctrine, the likes of which cannot be found in any other Christian body. The history of the Catholic Church is long, complicated, and ...
This revised edition of a one volume history of the Roman Catholic church includes a final chapter giving an impressionistic account of some of the issues facing the Church as it nears the third millennium of its existence. It also covers the Christian history of the first two millennia, from the origins of the Church in New Testament times through to the year 2000.