Sins of the Fathers.(Review)

From: National Review | Date: March 5, 2001| Author: Moloney, Daniel P. | Copyright information

Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History, by James Carroll (Houghton Mifflin, 756 pp., $28)

'If I were Pope . . ." Every Catholic at one time or another plays this game. Pro-lifers would excommunicate Senator So-and-So, traditionalists would return to Mass in Latin, theologians would silence each other, etc. In small measures, this can be a healthy exercise of one's imagination, envisioning a world in some way, small or great, better than the one we inhabi...

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