How long does it take to read The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church?
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church by Malachi Martin takes about 5 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1981. 309 pages, about 84,975 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
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.
Subjects: Catholic Church, Papacy, History, Church history, Popes
