Christ The King Lord Of History: A Catholic World History from Ancient to Modern Times

Our Catholic parish just completed a 3 month Church History course. To be prepared, I took out 4 books from the public library. But 3 out of the 4 seemed very biased toward Protestantism even though the authors had something to do with a Catholic press. Our class lector said this book(Christ the King Lord of History by Dr Anne Carroll) was the one being taught in our 8th grade Catholic school. I was lucky to be able to borrow a copy. After reading the book, Christ the king, I was very appreciative on the way concerns about the Crusades, Inquisition, Luther and Galileo were addressed. Conditions and views of the times were given. Numbers of deaths were explained in detail and the reasoning. Culpability of abuse was accepted when power of state and church were mixed. What is different, credit is given when the Catholic Church did good things. This is missing in the other books. This book takes pains to be logical and not make jaundiced interpretations nor form just a singular point of view. Details from both sides are presented in a balanced manner. Clarifications as well as culpability appear thruout the book. As a Catholic, I really felt better after reading this book. I liked it so well that I bought a copy for future references.

I read this book when I was about 15. Absolutely excellent, it helped me to navigate several historical matters, from a Catholic perspective, that arose as I pursued my education further in both high school and university. The book gives an overview of so many different periods, delving into detail on some more than others. In addition to giving a lot of information itself, the overviews provide the reader with all sorts of topics to further investigate. For example, reading the sections on the Protestant Reformation here give enough names, dates, and places for the reader to further research other Catholic books on the same topic to get much more information.I've just purchased it now so my 12-year-old son can read it. I strongly, strongly recommend that every adult Catholic reads this book and has their adolescent children do the same so that they have Catholic information to help navigate the secular history courses they may encounter further in their education.

My title is in no way intending to disparage this work. It is advertised as best for high school readership is that is quite accurate. Not having been in high shool for many years it was an extremely easy read. As with anything, if read prayerfully, it can be of benefit to anyone no matter how literate one might be. I have to caution the reader in one respect. It is written from a Catholic perspective. Do not expect anything but this specific understanding of life. If you are interested in the Catholic world view or are Catholic and want to think more like a Catholic, get and read this book prayerfully. If you hate things Catholic or are not interested in the very consistent Catholic world view, this would be one for you to skip.

A well-written, enjoyable read that provides an all-too-often-neglected Christian perspective. It has given my sons and I a chance to scrutinize the post-Christian worldview while also providing topics for discussion as to "what went wrong" reagarding the several un-Christian events, and how could the people of that time better addressed the situation.

Great book that helps to understand the the history in the light of our faith! recommended 100%

So much I learned about my faith and the history of Christian religions

Best history book for novice historians who want an accurate view of history

I read Christ the King--Lord of History a few years ago and I simply assumed that Ms. Carroll is telling us how the people of the time dealt with one another. Our ancestors before Christ were steeped in superstition and hatred for the other, some believing everyone not of their kind and religion to be evil, black hearted, and worthy of punishment because if, as these people believed, the gods punished them with the weather and with disease, then they themselves must punish the alien who was surely evil also.In the centuries after Jesus the Church v-e-r-y slowly made inroads into teaching everyone that everyone else had the right to exist and thrive, a commendable task not always learned by her own clergy, civil rulers, or people.We seem to think it all right to criticize these people for the short-sighted, prejudiced, and just plain hateful spewing of rhetoric and arrows.Honestly, would we do any better if daily we faced starvation, pestilence, death in childbirth, and unremitting labor just to eat a subsistence diet, having no education in the scientific discoveries enjoyed by our people for the last one-hundred-and-fifty years or so?I don't want to excuse our ancestors--they're all guilty--every daughter and son of Adam and Eve--but lets give them some slack: we have the gift of knowledge and we are not behaving any better: we know we're all alike: we know DNA; we know basically how the weather, bacteria, viruses, infection, and accidental injuries work on each of our bodies and yet we are still prejudiced because these feelings are old and based on outdated information on how the body and/or the nature of the world works--so old that we've forgotten about the reasons for the original prejudice but we still foster it. Get real: God loves us and he loves them; now we should drop our prejudices and see everyone as a beloved child of God whom we should respect at the very least.I'm not saying to not be wary of enemies out to destroy our country, just don't be prejudiced against others, especially Jewish people who are the family of Jesus. We all had a hand in murdering Him because we all sin; nobody totally and only human on Earth but one person, Jesus' mother, ever was or will ever be born without sin and sin was taken away from her before it came upon her at her conception for she was to be the tabernacle in which God lived for nine months and ten days while He became "Baby Jesus."So for a people so favored as to be the relatives of God, we all certainly behave badly (Yes the Jews are his people, but they are not carrying DNA that's radically different from yours, so your Jesus' brother/sister too.) Get real and count all the stars in all the galaxies in the universe. When you have that number make it years and when those years have passed, eternity will barely have begun. So are you for Jesus Christ or against him?

The accurate historical accounts are brief and so well written. Highly recommended for grades 7 and up.

Very ,very , well written book...great information!

I have read this book a number of times. It is simple to read and understand. I have also shared this book with others.