Double Cross: The Code of the Catholic Church
Language: English
Published by Theo Press Ltd, 2006
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- Title
- Double Cross: The Code of the Catholic Church
- Author
- Ranan, David
- Publisher
- Theo Press Ltd
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0955413303
- ISBN 13
- 9780955413308
- Item weight
- 640 grams
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Review
affected by the Catholic Church, Catholics and non-Catholics alike. -- Midwest Book Review, July 2007
'Double Cross' is well-researched and draws on extensive sources
most of them from the Church's own archives... [it]is certain to provoke
considerable discussion, debate and controversy. -- Roman Forum, June 2007
...focus on the evil actions of the institution rather than the content of its dogma...--antics of corrupt medieval and renaissance popes, bloodshed caused by the Inquisition and the Crusades, the Galileo affair--as well as more contemporary failings such as the priestly sex abuse scandal and some suspicious financial transactions on the part of the Vatican. This sordid history is supposed to be relevant to the question of the "inherent evil" of the Church, but Ranan fails to give credit where credit is due, and it is not hard to see why: he would then have to explain why the beneficent actions of the Church do not equally count toward its inherent goodness. -- Library Journal, April 2007
Forget the "Da Vinci Code": this is the book that tells the bombshell truth about the Catholic Church.
... a new book that is a real firecracker - Double Cross: The Code of the Catholic Church by David Ranan. If the Vatican was afraid of the effects of the Da Vinci Code on its corrupt empire, wait until it sees this! Dr David Ranan is a political scientist whose main area of interest is the study of power structures. His academic objectivity adds even more weight to this jaw-dropping exposé of the Vatican's age-old web of deceit, corruption and murder.
Four hundred and twenty-six dynamite pages of truth-telling that will have Josef Ratzinger squirming on his golden throne.
This really is a book not to miss. -- Secularism Newsline, March 2007
Ranan is surprisingly even-handed and low-key in reporting on a history of unbelievable abuse of power, corruption and hypocrisy ... In almost every case he calmly presents the facts and explains that the various abuses seem to come from organizational imperatives and maintenance concerns rather than from flaws in doctrine. ...Double Cross: The Code of the Catholic Church certainly challenged my affection and nostalgia for the religion of my youth. It was much more readable and compelling than I'd expected. It's well written and it is pretty convincing.
-- White Crane, April 2008
Speaking of how other people may see us, I have been reading a fascinating, if somewhat uncomfortable book called Double Cross by David Ranan (Theo Press). When I tell you that it devotes 350 pages to attacking the Church ... you will understand why I would not recommend it to anyone who is not familiar with Church history and the general cut and thrust of apologetic debate.
... whenever I was able to check references they proved satisfactory. Withal, I found the book salutary. It reminds me how the credibility of the Church has so often been endangered not only by bad individuals but by bad trends. -- Catholic Herald, November 2007
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