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An Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation, Volume 2 Chesterton Abbot Thomas’s words testify toBy Henri Daniel Rops An Age of Renewal: The Catholic Reformation is the fifth installment in Henri Daniel Rops magnificent History of the Church of Christ. This volume continues the foray into the age of fanaticism, during which Protestantism amassed victories in the Netherlands, Scotland, and Elizabethan England; offers a comprehensive account of De Propaganda Fide, the amazing missionary efforts of such men as St. Francis Xavier, Bartholomew de las