TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Abbreviations Used for the Books of the Bible
xii
General Abbreviations
xv
Overview
T381
Catholic Prayers and Devotions
1
Chapter 1:
Jesus Christ and the Founding of the Church
Jesus Christ and the Founding of the Church
1a
Chapter Planning Guide
1e
Chapter Objectives
1e
Keys to this Chapter
1f
Key Ideas
3
Part I: The Jews
4
Part II: The Life of Jesus Christ
5
Map: Palestine in the Time of Christ
7
Sidebar: The Four Gospels
8
Part III: Pentecost, the Birth of the Church
10
Map: The Early Spread of Christianity
11
Part IV: The Church
13
The Church Is One
13
The Church Is Holy
13
The Church Is Catholic
13
The Church Is Apostolic
14
Part IV: The Apostles
14
The Call of the Twelve
15
The Apostolic Tradition and the Office of Bishop
16
The Conversion of St. Paul
17
An Interlude — the Conversion of Cornelius and the Commencement of the Mission to the Gentiles
18
St. Paul, “Apostle of the Gentiles”
20
Sidebar and Maps: The Travels of St. Paul
22
The Council of Jerusalem (AD 49–50)
23
Missionary Activities of the Apostles
26
Part VI: Beliefs and Practices: The Spiritual Life of the Early Christians
26
Baptism
28
Agape and the Eucharist
29
Churches
30
Sidebar: The Catacombs
31
Maps: The Early Growth of Christianity
32
Holy Days
32
Sidebar: Christian Symbols
33
The Papacy
34
The Episcopacy
34
Priesthood
34
The Scriptures
35
Sexual Ethics: Abortion and Contraception
36
Part VII: Important Writings of the Early Christian Period
36
Apologists
37
The Didache
37
Tertullian
37
St. Hippolytus and The Apostolic Tradition
38
Part VIII: Martyrdom as the Greatest Testimony to Christianity
38
Conclusion
40
Long‑Term Assignment
40
Vocabulary
42
Study Questions
43
Practical Exercises
43
From the Catechism
45
Chapter 2:
Persecution of “The Way” and Heresies
Persecution of “The Way” and Heresies
45a
Chapter Planning Guide
45e
Chapter Objectives
45e
Keys to this Chapter
45f
Key Ideas
47
Part I: The First Roman Persecutions
47
The First Persecution Under Emperor Nero (AD 64)
49
Persecution Under Emperor Domitian, “Lord and God”
50
Part II: “The Five Good Emperors” (AD 96–180)
50
Trajan’s Rescript (AD 112)
51
St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch
52
Hadrian’s Rescript (AD 123 / 124)
52
St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
53
Sidebar: The Coliseum
54
Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the Philosopher-King
54
St. Justin Martyr
55
Part III: Later Persecutions and the Edict of Milan
55
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons
55
The Edict of Decius (AD 250)
56
Origen: Theologian and Biblical Exegete
57
Pope St. Sixtus II and Deacon St. Lawrence
57
Persecutions Under Diocletian
58
Four Edicts
58
The Church Triumphs
59
The Edict of Milan (AD 313)
62
Part IV: Early Heresies
63
Gnosticism
64
Marcionism (144–400s)
65
Manichæism (250s–1000s)
65
Montanism (156–200s)
66
Docetism (30s–100s)
67
Part V: The Ecumenical Councils
69
Part VI: The Church Fathers
70
St. Ambrose of Milan
70
St. Jerome
71
Translations of the Bible
72
St. John Chrysostom, the Golden‑mouthed
73
Part VII: Heresies of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries
74
Christological Heresies
74
Arianism (Fourth Century)
75
The Council of Nicaea
76
The Nicene‑Constantinopolitan Creed
77
St. Hilary of Poitiers: “The Athanasius of the West”
77
The Three Cappadocians
77
St. Basil the Great
78
St. Gregory of Nazianzus, “The Theologian”
78
St. Gregory of Nyssa
78
Apollinarianism (ca. 360–381)
78
Nestorianism (ca. 351–ca. 451)
80
Monophysitism (400s–600s)
80
Pope St. Leo the Great
81
Monothelitism (600s)
81
Dogmatic and Sacramental Heresies
81
Donatism (311–411)
82
Pelagianism (late 300s–431)
82
St. Augustine of Hippo
84
Part VIII: Christianity: Official Religion of the Roman Empire
84
Constantine’s Ascendancy
85
Julian the Apostate
85
Theodosius I the Great (379–395)
86
Conclusion
87
Long‑Term Assignment
87
Vocabulary
90
Study Questions
91
Practical Exercises
91
From the Catechism
93
Chapter 3:
Light in the Dark Ages
Light in the Dark Ages
93a
Chapter Planning Guide
93g
Chapter Objectives
93g
Keys to this Chapter
93h
Key Ideas
94
Part I: The Collapse of the Roman Empire
95
The Fall of Rome (476)
95
The Germanic Tribes
97
Attila the Hun Meets Pope St. Leo the Great (452)
98
Historical Interpretation of the Germanic Invasions
99
Map: The Barbarian Invasions, Fourth and Fifth Centuries
100
Part II: The Rise of Monasticism
100
The First Appearance of Monasticism
101
Monasticism and the Emergence of a New Christian Culture
101
St. Benedict: The “Patriarch of Western Monasticism”
102
Pope St. Gregory the Great
104
Map: The Extent of Islam by AD 661
105
Part III: The Rise of Islam
105
Muhammad (ca. 570–632) and the Koran
105
The Spread of Islam
106
The Church’s Work of Conversion
106
Part IV: Conversion of France, the “Church’s Eldest Daughter”
106
Conversion of the Franks
107
Part V: Spain
108
Part VI: The Conversion of the Celts
108
St. Patrick: the “Apostle of Ireland”
109
Irish Monks: Protectors and Promoters of Western Civilization
109
St. Columba: The “Apostle of Scotland”
110
St. Columbanus and the Irish on the Continent
111
Part VII: The Conversion of England
111
St. Augustine of Canterbury: The “Apostle of England”
112
The Mission in England Continues
113
St. Bede: The “Father of English History”
114
Part VIII: The Conversion of Germany and the Low Countries
114
St. Boniface: The “Apostle of Germany”
115
Part IX: The Conversion of the Slavs
115
Sts. Cyril and Methodius: The “Apostles of the Slavs”
117
Poland
117
St. Vladimir: The “Apostle of the Russians and Ukrainians”
118
Part X: Byzantium
118
Byzantium: The Long View
120
Byzantine Christianity
121
Military Campaigns
121
Codex Justinianus (529)
121
Hagia Sophia (538)
122
Monophysitism and Justinian I
123
Part XI: The Iconoclastic Controversy (ca. 725–843)
123
Icons
123
First Iconoclasm
123
Emperor Leo III, the Isaurian (717–741)
124
St. John of Damascus
124
Iconophile Recovery: The Seventh Ecumenical Council: The Second Council of Nicaea (787)
125
Second Iconoclasm (815–843)
125
The Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy (843)
126
Part XII: The Rise of the Carolingians and an Independent Papacy
126
The Origin of the Carolingian Line
126
Establishment of the Papal States
127
Charlemagne (reigned 769–814)
127
Charlemagne’s Relationship to the Papacy
128
Charlemagne Crowned Emperor (800)
128
The Carolingian Renaissance
129
Map: The Empire of Charlemagne, 768–814
129
Map: The Great Schism, 1054
130
Part XIII: The Great Schism
130
The Emergence of Differences
131
Sidebar: Liturgical Practices of the Eastern Churches
132
The Filioque Controversy
132
The Photian Schism (857–867)
133
The Great Schism (1054)
134
Patriarch Michael Cerularius
134
The Actual Schism
135
Sidebar: Contemporary Efforts to Heal the Schism
136
Conclusion
137
Long‑Term Assignment
137
Vocabulary
138
Study Questions
140
Practical Exercises
141
From the Catechism
143
Chapter 4:
Collapse, Corruption, and Reform in Europe and the Church
Collapse, Corruption, and Reform in Europe and the Church
143a
Chapter Planning Guide
143e
Chapter Objectives
143e
Keys to this Chapter
143f
Key Ideas
145
Part I: The Carolingian World Collapses
145
The Rise of Feudalism
146
Map: Invasions of Europe, Seventh to Tenth Centuries
146
Feudalism and the Church
147
The Viking Invasions
148
Part II: Cluny and Monastic Reform
148
The Founding
148
Cluniac Spirituality
149
Sidebar: Life as a Monk at Cluny
150
The Influence of the Cluniac Monks
150
Part III: The New Temporal Orders
150
The Ottonian Empire (Holy Roman Empire)
150
Otto I, the Great (936–973)
151
Otto III and Pope Sylvester II
152
Saintly Rulers: Emperor St. Henry II and Queen St. Cunegond
152
Capetian France
152
Normandy: The Vikings, William the Conqueror, and Lanfranc
153
Lanfranc, the Norman Archbishop of Canterbury
153
Part IV: The Lay Investiture Controversies
154
Pope St. Gregory VII
154
The Dictatus Papæ
154
“To Go to Canossa”: The Humiliation of Emperor Henry IV
156
Concordat of Worms
156
Investiture Conflict and the English Church (1154–1189)
156
Constitutions of Clarendon
157
Frederick I, Barbarossa (1152–1190)
158
Innocent III (ca. 1160–1216) and Frederick II (1194–1250)
159
Part V: The Cistercians and Carthusians
159
The Cistercians
160
St. Bernard of Clairvaux
161
The Carthusians
161
Part VI: The Crusades
161
The Fall of the Holy Land
163
The First Crusade (1095–1099)
165
Map: The First Crusade, 1095–1099
165
Successive Crusades
166
Byzantium’s Response
167
Outcome of the Crusades
168
Part VII: The Military Orders: The Knights Templar, the Hospitalers, and the Teutonic Knights
169
The Knights Templar
169
Sidebar: Warrior Monks
170
The Knights Hospitalers
171
The Teutonic Knights
171
Legacy of the Military Orders
172
Part VIII: The Inquisition
172
The Origins of the Inquisition
173
The Inquisitors
174
Process for Inquisition
175
The Final Verdict in the Inquisition
175
Sidebar: Simon de Montfort and the Battle of Muret
176
The Inquisition in Spain
177
Conclusion
178
Long‑Term Assignment
178
Vocabulary
179
Study Questions
180
Practical Exercises
181
From the Catechism
183
Chapter 5:
The Renaissance
The Renaissance
183a
Chapter Planning Guide
183e
Chapter Objectives
183e
Keys to this Chapter
183f
Key Ideas
186
Part I: The Universities
187
Origin of Universities
187
Organization of the University
188
Academic Coursework
188
The Effects of the University
189
Part II: Scholasticism
189
Methods and Mystery
190
St. Thomas Aquinas
192
Early Challenges to Thomistic Thought
192
Part III: The Mendicant Orders
193
Sidebar: The Dumb Ox
194
St. Francis of Assisi
197
St. Dominic
198
The Legacy of the Mendicant Friars
199
Part IV: The Flowering of Culture
199
Medieval Architecture
202
Part V: The Road to Avignon
202
Pope St. Celestine V
203
Boniface VIII and Philip IV
204
The Avignon Papacy
206
Part VI: The Hundred Years War (1337–1453)
207
The English in France
207
The Hundred Years War
208
St. Joan of Arc
209
Sidebar: St. Joan of Arc’s Impossible Mission
210
Part VII: Return to Rome and Schism
210
St. Catherine of Siena
212
The Western Schism
212
Resolution of the Schism: Council of Constance
213
Part VIII: Decline of Scholastic Philosophy and Theology and the Rise of Heresy
213
William of Ockham
214
John Wycliffe
215
Jan Hus
215
Part IX: The Fall of Constantinople and the Rise of the Italian Free Cities
216
The Council of Basel‑Ferrara‑Florence (1431–1445) and the End of the Byzantine Empire
218
Part X: The Birth of Humanism and the Flourishing of Arts and Letters
218
Humanism
219
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
220
Humanism in Painting and Sculpture
220
Michelangelo
221
Sidebar: Michelangelo and the Popes
223
Raphael
224
Humanism in the North
224
St. Thomas More (1478–1535)
224
Erasmus of Rotterdam (ca. 1466–1536)
225
Part XI: Popes and Politics
225
The Renaissance Popes
226
Nicholas V (1447–1455)
226
Callistus III (1455–58)
227
Pius II (1458–64)
227
Sixtus IV (1471–84)
228
Innocent VIII, Alexander VI, and Julius II
231
Conclusion
232
Long‑Term Assignment
232
Vocabulary
234
Study Questions
236
Practical Exercises
237
From the Catechism
239
Chapter 6:
The Reformation: Protestant and Catholic
The Reformation: Protestant and Catholic
239a
Chapter Planning Guide
239g
Chapter Objectives
239g
Keys to this Chapter
239h
Key Ideas
240
Part I: The Protestant Revolt
240
Martin Luther’s Early Life
241
In the Monastery
242
The Ninety‑five Theses
242
From Debate to Dissension
244
Luther Develops His Theology
246
Sidebar: The Epistle of St. James
247
Part II: The Peasant Rebellion and the Splintering of Protestantism
247
The German Princes
248
The Peasant Rebellion
248
The Augsburg Confession
248
The Death of Luther
249
John Calvin
249
The Institutes of the Christian Religion
250
Predestination
250
Theocracy in Geneva
251
Ulrich Zwingli
252
Part III: The English Reformation
252
Henry VIII
253
Cardinal Wolsey
254
The Act of Supremacy
254
Bishop Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More
255
Sidebar: St. John Houghton and the Blessed Martyrs of the Carthusian Order
256
Confiscation of Church Properties
256
Aftermath of Henry VIII: England Becomes Protestant
257
Edward VI
258
Mary I
258
Elizabeth I
259
Part IV: The Catholic Revival
259
Adrian VI and Clement VII
260
Paul III and Calling of the Council of Trent
261
Map: Popular Religions in 1560
262
Church’s Teaching
263
The Council of Trent (1545–47): Sessions 1–10
264
The Council of Trent (1551–1553): Sessions 11–16 under Julius III
264
Paul IV
265
The Council of Trent (1562–1563): Sessions 17–25 under Pius IV
265
Application of the Tridentine Reform
266
St. Pius V
266
The Turkish Threat and the Battle of Lepanto
267
St. Charles Borromeo
268
Sidebar: St. Peter Canisius
269
Reforming the Orders: Sts. Philip Neri and Teresa of Avila
270
St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus
272
Part V: Spain and the Empire of Philip II
272
The Crusade of Catholic Spain
272
The Revolt of the Low Countries
274
The Council of Troubles and William of Orange
275
Division of the Low Countries
276
Map: The Revolt of the Low Countries Against Spain, 1559–1592
277
Part VI: The Huguenot Wars
277
Three Factions: Guise, Huguenot, and Politique
278
Francis II and Charles IX
278
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
279
The War of the Three Henrys
280
The Edict of Nantes
281
Cardinal Richelieu
281
Part VII: The British Isles
281
The First Covenant
282
Continuing Persecution in England
283
The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
284
The Spanish Armada
285
War in Ireland
286
Sidebar: St. John Ogilvie
286
Part VIII: The Thirty Years War (1618–1648)
288
Map: After the Wars . . . The Catholic Recovery, 1650
289
Part IX: Missionary Apostolate
290
St. Francis Xavier
292
Sidebar: St. Thomas Christians
293
India
294
China
295
Japan
295
Sidebar: The Church in China Today
296
The Philippines and Africa
296
Part X: The New World
296
Our Lady of Guadalupe
298
Spanish Missions
298
Slavery and St. Peter Claver
299
Missionary Activity in North America
300
Founding the Catholic Colony of Maryland
300
Conclusion
302
Long‑Term Assignment
302
Vocabulary
303
Study Questions
306
Practical Exercises
307
From the Catechism
309
Chapter 7:
The Church and the Age of Enlightenment
The Church and the Age of Enlightenment
309a
Chapter Planning Guide
309e
Chapter Objectives
309e
Keys to this Chapter
309f
Key Ideas
311
Part I: King Louis’s France
311
Louis XIV, the Sun King
312
Gallicanism
313
Jansenism
314
Quietism
314
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
315
Part II: The Stuart Kings of England
315
James I and Charles I
316
Persecution of the Irish
317
Rise of Parliamentary Democracy in England
318
Part III: The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
318
Descartes and Bacon
320
A New Understanding of the Universe
321
Galileo Galilei and the Scientific Method
322
Part IV: The Protagonists of the Enlightenment and its Effects
322
Deism and Masonry
323
Voltaire
323
Rousseau
324
Febronianism and Josephinism
326
Suppression of the Jesuits
328
Part V: From Revolution to Republic
328
The Old Regime: Three Estates
330
The Financial Crisis
330
The Estates General
332
The Bastille
332
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
333
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
334
Sidebar: The French Underground: Bl. William Joseph Chaminade
335
The French Republic
336
Part VI: The Death of Louis XVI and the Age of the Revolutionary Republic
336
The Reign of Terror and the “De‑Christianization” of France
338
The Directory
338
The Election of Pius VII
339
Part VII: Napoleon BonaParte
340
The Consulate and the Concordat of 1801
341
The Organic Articles
342
The Coronation of Napoleon I
343
Emperor Napoleon Against Pius VII
344
The French Council of 1811 and the Concordat of Fontainebleau
345
The Fall of Napoleon
346
Conclusion
347
Long‑Term Assignment
347
Vocabulary
348
Study Questions
350
Practical Exercises
350
From the Catechism
351
Chapter 8:
The Church Gives Witness in Wars and Revolutions
The Church Gives Witness in Wars and Revolutions
351a
Chapter Planning Guide
351g
Chapter Objectives
351g
Keys to this Chapter
351h
Key Ideas
353
Part I: The Post‑Napoleonic Era
353
Metternich’s Europe: 1815–1830
355
The Breakdown of the Concert of Europe: 1830–1848
356
Part II: The Church in the Post‑Napoleonic Era
356
Germany and France
356
The United States
357
The British Isles
357
Part III: The Industrial Revolution
358
Social Consequences of Industrialization
359
From Economic to Political Revolution
360
Part IV: Bl. Pio Nono and the Rise of Nationalism
360
The Revolutions of 1848
362
Ultramontanism
363
Sidebar: Bl. John HenryCardinal Newman
364
The Immaculate Conception
365
Sidebar: Our Lady of Lourdes
366
The First Vatican Council
368
The Roman Question
369
German Unification and the Kulturkampf
370
Part V: Imperialism
370
The Opening of Africa
372
Missionary Apostolate in the Far East
373
Part VI: Leo XIII (1878–1903): The Church Confronts a Changing World
374
The Birth of Secular Humanism
374
Charles Darwin and the Survival of the Fittest
375
Karl Marx and the Politics of Atheism
376
The Encyclicals of Leo XIII
376
Inscrutabili Dei (April 21, 1878)
377
Immortale Dei (November 1, 1885)
378
Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891)
379
Part VII: Pope St. Pius X (1903–1914)
380
The Pontificate of St. Pius X
381
Christian Modernists
382
Part VIII: War, Revolution, and Persecution
382
Pope Benedict XV (1914–1922)
383
The Rise of Soviet Communism
384
Sidebar: Our Lady of Fatima
385
Pope Pius XI (1922–1939)
386
The Encyclicals of Pius XI
387
The Church and the Rise of Nazism
388
Persecution in Mexico and Spain
389
Part IX: The Pontificate of Pope Pius XII (1939–1958)
389
The Pope and the World Crisis
390
Two Saints of the Nazi Persecution
391
The Teaching of Pius XII
392
The Church and the Communist Empire
393
Conclusion
394
Long‑Term Assignment
394
Vocabulary
396
Study Questions
397
Practical Exercises
398
From the Catechism
399
Chapter 9:
Vatican II and the Church in the Modern World
Vatican II and the Church in the Modern World
399a
Chapter Planning Guide
399e
Chapter Objectives
399e
Keys to this Chapter
399f
Key Ideas
401
Part I: St. John XXIII and the Council
401
The Caretaker Pope
403
The Second Vatican Council
404
The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church
404
The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation
404
The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
405
The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
405
Part II: Bl. Paul VI and the Postconciliar Years
406
Humanæ Vitæ
407
A Culture of Dissent and Defection
407
Part III: The Restoration of Confidence and Hope
408
St. John Paul II: The Early Years
409
St. John Paul II and the Contemporary World
409
St. John Paul II and the Church
410
Pope Benedict XVI as Universal Pastor
411
Sidebar: St. John Paul II and His Assassin
411b
Pope Benedict’s Abdication
411b
The Election of Pope Francis
412
Part IV: The Colonial Era
414
Part V: Catholicism and the Birth of a Nation
414
The Revolutionary Years (1775–1783)
414
The Post‑revolutionary Period
415
Sidebar: The Carroll Family and the Founding of the United States
416
Part VI: A Church of Immigrants
417
The Rise of Anti‑Catholicism
418
Part VII: Growth and Conflict
420
Part VIII: The Twentieth Century
420
The Great War and Years of Depression
421
World War II and After
422
Vatican II and the American Church
423
Conclusion: Present and Future
425
Long‑Term Assignment
425
Vocabulary
426
Study Questions
428
Practical Exercises
429
From the Catechism
431
Doctors of the Church
432
The Popes
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
T113
Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
RESOURCE MATERIALS
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine