

The Bad Shepherds
The Dark Years in Which the Faithful Thrived While Bishops Did the Devil's Work
Author: Rod Bennett
Narrator: James Anderson Foster
Unabridged: 4 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 08/13/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Catholic
Synopsis
In this eye-opening book, Church historian Rod Bennett introduces a number of those bad shepherds, including Bishop Eusebius of Nicomedia, who regularly sold out the Church to the Roman emperor; Pope Stephen VII, who so hated his late predecessor that he had him dug up, put on trial, and flung into the Tiber; Benedict IX, who bought and sold the papacy (twice!); and Pope John XII, whose debauchery rivaled that of the corrupt emperor Caligula.
Those were very bad shepherds indeed, but while they did the Devil's work, good Catholics not only survived—they thrived. They outlasted their bad shepherds, preserved in their ranks the Faith of our fathers, and served in each instance as the foundation for a cleansing of the House of God and a vigorous renewal of the Faith.