Europe and the Faith

Europe and the FaithThis our European structure, built upon the noble foundations of classical antiquity will stand only in the mold of the Catholic Church. Europe will return to the Faith, or she will perish. The Faith is Europe. And Europe is the Faith. In this work, Hilaire Belloc advances the central truth that the story of Europe is inseparable from the story of the Catholic Church, for the Faith did not adorn the civilization that grew upon the ruins of Rome but

accessible style

They knew nothing of the people committed to their charge

her "little way" of love and surrender—but beneath that simplicity was a soul that burned for Almighty God

the book renders accessible this comprehensive vision: Christ’s kingship is universal

and I am here

and editorial refinement

He leads the soul beyond the realm of images and reasoning

and supernatural charity—the kind of sanctity that once forged Catholic missions and will do so again

with heartfelt reflections such as:

In this burlesque but nonetheless profound Dantean odyssey

Told from a fully Catholic point of view

The blood he shed