With a reader-friendly format that reads like a novel, Tumultuous Times is a scholarly, well-documented history of the Catholic Church that will appeal to a wide audience, from the high school student to the theological expert.

Tumultuous Times is actually two books in one cover. The first part covers the twenty Councils of the Church with an impressive array of fascinating facts, interesting stories and amazing world events that makes the turbulent history of the Catholic Church come alive. The second part examines the changes to the Mass, sacraments and doctrines which led to the present crisis in the Church. Readers of this impeccably researched work will learn about:

• Popes and antipopes
• Councils and pseudo-councils
• Saints who changed the course of history
• Heresies that threatened the Church
• Vatican II and its aftermath
• Amazing parallels between the past and what is happening today
  
  Also contains:
• Numerous maps and charts
• Up-to-date statistics from around the world
• Over 1,000 sources cited from 25 countries