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The Great Heresies

by Hilaire Belloc

Five movements in Belloc’s account of Christian history

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Five movements in Belloc’s account of Christian history

Writing in 1936, Hilaire Belloc surveys five movements he regards as major challenges to Christian civilization: Arianism, Islam, Albigensianism, the Reformation, and what he calls “The Modern Phase.” He traces their beginnings and spread, then considers their influence up to his own time. The book offers a historically situated account of religious conflict, with Belloc’s classifications and judgments forming part of its perspective; it should be read as his interpretation rather than a current survey of these traditions.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in the history of Christianity and religious movements.
  • Readers seeking an account of religious history framed by a twentieth-century Catholic author.
  • Readers interested in how historical writers interpreted conflicts between Christianity and other movements.

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Christian historyReligious movementsReligious conflictHistorical interpretation

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Book overview

Hilaire Belloc examines the five most destructive heretical movements to have affected Christian Civilization: Arianism, Mohammedanism (Islam), Albigensianism (Cathar), The Reformation (Protestant), and "The Modern Phase." Belloc describes how these movements began, how they spread, and how they continued to influence the world up until the time of his writing (1936). The Chapter on Islam is especially relevant in light of current events; in it Belloc accurately predicts the renewal of Jihadist aggression towards Western Civilization.

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