Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation by Robert Bartlett

Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Saints and Worshippers from the Martyrs to the Reformation

Robert Bartlett

787 pages hardcover 2013

2 editions

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century...

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