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Select mediaeval documents and other material, illustrating the history of church and empire, 754 A.D.-1254 A.D
Evêque de Rome
Consul of God
Anthology of the theological writings of J. Michael Reu
The wolves of St. Peter's
Dr. John Henry Newman's Reply to Mr. Gladstone's pamphlet
What are they saying about papal primacy?
The lives of the popes in the early middle ages
Lord Acton on papal power
Contraception; authority and dissent
Popes and princes, 1417-1517
Pope Innocent III
The papacy and the civil power
The popes and science
Popes, church, and Jews in the middle ages
Triumph in defeat
The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth
The papacy, 1073-1198
Hitler's Pope
Philip the Fair and Boniface VIII
Witness to Hope
Clement VI
Angels & Demons
[Circular]
The pope encyclopedia
Papal primacy and the universal church
Heirs of the Fisherman
His Humble Servant
The papal prince
The Great Popes Through History
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