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The Iron Throne of St. Peter: Kingdom, Power, and Glory in the First Millennium
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ISBN13: 9798292386643
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2025
Pages: 432
Weight: 2.19
Height: 0.88 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2025
Pages: 432
Weight: 2.19
Height: 0.88 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
The Iron Throne of St. Peter
Kingdom, Power, and Glory in the First Millennium
What if the holiest throne in Western history was forged not only by faith-but also by ambition, myth, and political necessity?
In this bold and irreverently learned work, Noe Tellez Reyes delves into the first thousand years of the papacy, from the fog of apostolic tradition to the baroque intrigues of the so-called Pornocracy. With the rigor of a historian and the sharp wit of a skeptic, the book exposes the contradictions, forgeries, martyrdom marketing, and doctrinal power plays that shaped the Bishop of Rome into a sovereign of both spirit and empire.
Kingdom, Power, and Glory in the First Millennium
What if the holiest throne in Western history was forged not only by faith-but also by ambition, myth, and political necessity?
In this bold and irreverently learned work, Noe Tellez Reyes delves into the first thousand years of the papacy, from the fog of apostolic tradition to the baroque intrigues of the so-called Pornocracy. With the rigor of a historian and the sharp wit of a skeptic, the book exposes the contradictions, forgeries, martyrdom marketing, and doctrinal power plays that shaped the Bishop of Rome into a sovereign of both spirit and empire.
This is not an anti-religious pamphlet, nor a devotional treatise. It's a provocative journey through a history where popes fought demons, bribed kings, fathered illegitimate children, and-on occasion-dug up their dead predecessors to put them on trial.
Drawing from primary sources, apocryphal gospels, ecclesiastical chronicles, and modern historians (Brown, Duffy, Ehrman), this book offers an accessible, entertaining, and eye-opening take on the oldest surviving monarchy in Europe.
Whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or just historically curious, The Iron Throne of St. Peter invites you to read the papacy not as sacred destiny, but as a very human institution-brilliant, corrupt, resilient, and full of divine theater.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Noe Tellez Reyes is an analyst by training, a historian by vocation and an academic critic by hobby. Specializing in the history of Christianity, critical thinking, and religious iconography, he has dedicated more than three decades to the study of the institutions of power and their symbolic projection. His approach combines academic scholarship with an incisive, ironic, and provocative narrative style.
He has published books on contemporary mythology, comparative religion, and forms of historical legitimation.
Drawing from primary sources, apocryphal gospels, ecclesiastical chronicles, and modern historians (Brown, Duffy, Ehrman), this book offers an accessible, entertaining, and eye-opening take on the oldest surviving monarchy in Europe.
Whether you are a believer, a skeptic, or just historically curious, The Iron Throne of St. Peter invites you to read the papacy not as sacred destiny, but as a very human institution-brilliant, corrupt, resilient, and full of divine theater.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Noe Tellez Reyes is an analyst by training, a historian by vocation and an academic critic by hobby. Specializing in the history of Christianity, critical thinking, and religious iconography, he has dedicated more than three decades to the study of the institutions of power and their symbolic projection. His approach combines academic scholarship with an incisive, ironic, and provocative narrative style.
He has published books on contemporary mythology, comparative religion, and forms of historical legitimation.
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