Europe and the Faith and the tireless efforts of

and the tireless efforts of faithful clergy to restore order

warning that societies which reject the Cross will not escape the sword

the monks fell into that despondency and discouragement which has become historic

burning not with fire but with narrative

They knew nothing of the people committed to their charge

Europe and the Faith and the tireless efforts ofThis 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