History of Catholic Church
The book explained a brief history of Catholicism from the time of Jesus through the Vatican II council. Bokenkotter gave the history without a Catholic perspective, and he did this to make the book as historically true as possible. ... Bokenkotter went through and touched on every main Catholic issue without a bias to open his book up to as many readers as possible. The book had three distinct parts: the beginning of the church, expanding the church, and the downfall of the church. ... Peter, Jesus’ apostle, was left in charge of the church. ... Paul, a devoted catholic, was a main reason why the Europeans converted. The center of European Catholicism was in Rome and when the Roman Emperor Constantine became Catholic the Church spread more rapidly than ever.