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Step into a world where faith shapes empires, sparks revolutions, and leaves its mark on kings, councils, cathedrals, and common lives. From the rise of Christian doctrine and the clash of ancient beliefs to inquisitions, reformations, missions, and mystic symbols, these works trace the dramatic struggle between conscience, power, and the sacred. This bookshelf is a sweeping journey through the ideas and institutions that helped remake civilizations.

by Evelyn Everett-Green

by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

by John Gerardus Fagg

by Johann Gottfried Haensel

by W. H. (William Henry) Hart

by W. (William) McDonald

by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson

by Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Chautauqua Institution

by Alexander Shields

by Edgar Saltus

by William E. (William Ellison) Doughty

by Cesare Cantù

by W. Sedgwick (William Sedgwick) Saunders

by D. J. (Dudley Julius) Medley

by Juan Patricio Fernández

by Various Authors

by Charles A. (Charles Anthony) Shriner

by John Wellwood

by Mrs. Hugh Fraser

by Thomas Kearns

by Patriarch of Alexandria Saint Athanasius

by J. B. de (Jacques-Benjamin) Saint-Victor

by H. F. (Herbert Francis) Westlake

by John Malcolm

by W. Holman (William Holman) Bentley

by Various Authors

by chevalier de Charles Hippolyte Paravey

by Volrath Vogt

by Kenneth J. (Kenneth James) Saunders

by Edward Gibbon

by Various Authors

by A. L. O. E.

by Léon Bloy

by Grand-Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando I

by B. M. (Beale Melanchthon) Schmucker

by J. A. (Jens Andreas) Friis

by Various Authors

by Julius Krohn

by Edward Hoare

by John Lothrop Motley

by Sir Edward Hall Alderson

by Dorothy M. (Dorothy Miller) Richardson

by Gustaf Edvard Ingelius

by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

by R. J. (Robert J.) Creswell

by David Friedrich Strauss

by James Croston

by Antipope Hippolytus

by Diego Collado

by baron d' Paul Henri Thiry Holbach

by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Hutton

by Adolf von Harnack

by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

by Heinrich Graetz

by Various Authors

by Francis Aidan Gasquet

by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

by Andrew Dickson White

by Ellen H. (Ellen Hardin) Walworth

by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

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by Vincent Taylor

by T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) Wildridge

by Lyford P. (Lyford Paterson) Edwards

by Jules Michelet

by Augusto Fuschini

by De Lacy O'Leary

by G. MacLaren (George MacLaren) Brydon

by C. Silvester (Charles Silvester) Horne

by Israel Zangwill

by Emily Henrietta Hickey

by Frances Eastwood

by Gustav A. Just

by Jonathan Swift, J. Bowles (John Bowles) Daly

by Hoffman Nickerson

by George Thomas Daly

by A. M. (Alexander Martin) Sullivan

by Lewis G. (Lewis George) Janes

by Princess Catherine Radziwill

by Kirsopp Lake

by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes

by C. Perry (Caleb Perry) Patterson