Download or read book The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church written by Malachi Martin and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1981 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Roman Catholic Church and the papacy, discussing how the Church dealt with the tensions between its political power and its spiritual mission and the crisis the Church faces in the late 20th century.