[Fabiola or the Church of the Catacombs]
Year:
1854
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Homo Legens
Year of publication:
2009
Pages:
436
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

Novela histórica, ambientada en la Antigua Roma en tiempos del emperador Dioclesiano, que describe la vida de los primeros cristianos y las persecuciones de las que fueron objeto. Los personajes, tanto los reales como los imaginarios, encarnan con realismo el ambiente y las situaciones narradas. Fabiola, la protagonista, es una joven de la nobleza romana, rica y mimada, que se convierte al cristianismo.
Author: Jorge Gaspar, Portugal
Update on: Nov 2018