How the Catholic Church Built Western CivilizationWritten to highlight the Catholic Church's central role in shaping Western Civilization, this book shows how the Church gave birth to modern science, international law, the free market economy, and much, much more. |
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Contents
Chapter | 9 |
Chapter Three | 25 |
Chapter Four | 47 |
Chapter Five | 67 |
Chapter | 115 |
THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL | 135 |
Chapter Eight | 155 |
Chapter Nine | 171 |
Chapter Eleven | 205 |
Conclusion | 212 |
A WORLD WITHOUT | 219 |
Acknowledgments | 229 |
Notes | 243 |
Index | 258 |
About the Author | 283 |
Chapter | 189 |
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