Pius XII, the New Vatican Archives, and the "hypologists" – Catholic World Report
Pope Pius XII is pictured at the Vatican in a file photo dated March 15, 1949. (CNS file photo) Church history is a very strange phenomenon. It does not matter whether your academic position classifies you as an historian. If you are a Christian you risk having the label “apologist” put on your work, if you defend any aspect of Christian history—no matter how compelling and unassailable the evidence you advance. Conversely, if you are not regarded as an “apologist,” a glaze of impartiality protects you, even if your research is shallow and simplistic, hiding many errors, omissions ...
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