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Vatican Secret Archives: Unknown Pages of Church History by Grzegorz Górny PDF
This book doesn’t exist in a nice digital PDF/ePub format, so I literally got this from a library, and scanned it in page by page @ 600 DPI and let ABBYY OCR it up. However, it’s not perfect. I tidy’d it up for a few hours, otherwise, there are lots of errors I’m sure, but you get what you pay for right? Apologies in advance for the large size and amateur attempt. But it’ll get the job done. There are lots and LOTS of pictures in this thing.
This latest book by the internationally acclaimed investigative journalism team is their most intriguing work to date. Best-selling books by Górny and Rosikon have been translated into eight languages, including five richly illustrated investigative works published by Ignatius Press.
For this new work they had access to one of the most guarded institutions in the world - the Vatican Secret Archives.The authors tell of its turbulent history and its unique documents, familiarizing us with the real stories behind the most controversial events in the Church's history including: the Knights Templar trial, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Galileo Galilei trial, Pius XII's atti- tude towards the Holocaust, and much more.
In addition to preliminary archival research, they travelled to several countries, visiting places described in the documents, and met with numerous historians and experts. This brilliantly written book, illustrated with stunning photographs, is the result of several years' work. It is highly recommended reading for all those interested in historical riddles concerning events of major importance.
Based on extensive factual material, the book debunks numerous unjust stereotypes, black legends and distortions that have accumulated over the centuries about Catholicism.
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