The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering, Volume 1 Psychology and Poets and Mystics

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whom he fears plan fatal consequences for his infidelity

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The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering, Volume 1 Psychology and Poets and MysticsBy Henri Daniel Rops The Church of the Classical Age: The Era of Great Splintering is the seventh installment in Henri Daniel Rops magnificent History of the Church of Christ. This volume surveys the eighteenth centurys intellectual revolution, wrought by Galileo, Descartes, and Rousseau (among others); appraises the Churchs missionary effortsin Asia, with the Chinese rites controversy and the spirited work of de Nobili and de Britto in India; in