Faith and Learning: A Church Historian's Story: VOLUME 1 (Melville Studies in Church History Series, Volume 1) - Tapa dura

Pascal spoke of the delight we feel when we open a book expecting to meet an author, and find instead a human person. This is the kind of book he had in mind. It is wonderful!> -- Philip Gleason, University of Notre Dame * Review For Religious * ...Among United States Catholic historians, none more than John Tracy Ellis has shown the integrity of intellectual inquiry, faith, and loyalty to the Church. This memoir is an inestimable gift to the Christian community. * Review For Religious * ...Among United States Catholic historians, none more than John Tracy Ellis has shown the integrity of intellectual inquiry, faith, and loyalty to the Church. This memoir is an inestimable gift to the Christian community. * Review For Religious * Pascal spoke of the delight we feel when we open a book expecting to meet an author, and find instead a human person. This is the kind of book he had in mind. It is wonderful! -- Philip Gleason, University of Notre Dame * Review For Religious *

Monsignor John Tracy Ellis is Professorial Lecturer in Church History at the Catholic University of America. The career of this pre-eminent church historian is here traced from his early schooling in Illinois to his graduate studies and teaching posts at the Catholic University of America. He has also taught at the University of San Francisco and has held several visiting