History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium Discontinued The hay strewn floor and

The hay strewn floor and trough imagines the very stable behind the inn on that first Christmas

¬ teaching of Jesus and the apostles

HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILT

and various maps and charts

The elegant movement of Mary’s and Joseph’s garments

History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium Discontinued The hay strewn floor andThe Catholic Church is the longest enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day, the Church has been planted in every nation on earth. The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her founder, and in spite of heresy from within and hostility from without, she remains in the twenty first century the steadfast guardian of belief in his life, death, and resurrection. The teachings and