Die Alte Kirche

Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums #3

by Karlheinz Deschner

Anders als in den beiden ersten Bänden seiner "Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums", die chronologisch darstellen, mustert Deschner in diesem dritten das antike Christentum in epochalen Längsschnitten systematisch nach bedeutsamen, bisher jedoch regelmäßig kaschierten das christliche Fälschungswesen, der Wunder- und Reliquienschwindel, die Wallfahrtswirtschaft, das bildungsfeindliche Erziehungsprogramm und die doppelzüngige Soziallehre bzw. die tatsächliche Sozialpolitik der Großkirche.

Genres: History, Religion, Nonfiction

713 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner (23 May 1924 – 8 April 2014), was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in general and the Roman Catholic Church in particular, as expressed in several articles and books, culminating in his 10 volume opus Christianity's Criminal History (Kriminalgeschichte des Christentums, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek).

Reviews

[Fernando · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book is weird, well documented and a nightmare to read. So many citations. Its been years I had not such a headache. After closing the book, with the last page on my hand I did wonder about germany, in particular, why this land produces so many writers against catholicism and christendom?

[Gianluca Fiore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sad book. Fraud, antisemitism, hate, destruction of literature, and heaps of ignorance make the stories narrated in this third volume.
Saddest is knowing how little of all this is known to the average christian...