This is our story, our family. As Catholics, we are the inheritors of holy men and women who over two thousand years built a great civilization and spread the Gospel throughout the world. The history of the Church is not just the recitation of popes and saints; it is a story of adventure, intrigue, rebellion, reform, and devotion. Picking up where we left off in this fall's study on the Early Church, in this study you will learn about the important people, places, and events in the last fifteen hundred years of Church history, presented in easy to remember color-coded time periods. You will discover the true stories behind the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, and the Protestant Reformation. You will also learn about the massive persecution of Christians in the twentieth century. Throughout, you will be gaining an understanding of the workings of the Holy Spirit in our Church. The better we know our history, the better prepared we will be to face the future.