E-Book, Englisch, 412 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-134-41535-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
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The focus of this survey is on the institution and the idea of papacy rather than individual figures, recognizing the shaping power of the popes' roles that made them outstanding personalities. The transpersonal idea, Ullmann argues, sprang from Christianity itself and led to the Papacy as an institution sui generis.