Pilgrim Church: A Popular History of Catholic Christianity

Like the above reviewer, I found the content good but the writing a little tough at times. The edition I read could've benefitted from different typesetting and layout as well. My interest began to flag a little as we moved towards the modern period and Vatican II, but in fairness, it was early church history I was primarily interested in.

This book, though written in a somewhat dry scholarly format, will give the reader a truely wonderful glimpse of the way God has moved through history. The book traces the "scarlet thread" of historic Christianity and gives the reader a better understanding of the simplicity that God desired the church to be. Broadbent does an excellent job of exposing the differences between those who took God at his word and the "established" church. The Pilgrim Church traces the many small groups of God's people who will to stand against the traditions of men that so often ingrained into many of the mainline churchs. These groups were inevitably persecuted because of there beliefs. The author has obviously spent many years digging through bits and pieces of information available to find the hidden gems that were espoused by them. The reader be warned: It will require some discipline to keep reading but the reader will be blessed as they see God's providence and provision for his people. I have the priveledge of having one of the British copies. I hope that Zondervan will keep this title in print.