The Story of Christ (Italian: Storia di Cristo), published as Life of Christ in the United States, is a 1921 book by the Italian writer Giovanni Papini.
[1] Papini had a past as a prominent critic of Christianity, but had changed his mind and adhered to a type of Catholicism that had seen a revival in Italy during World War I.
[2] In The Story of Christ, he treated the depiction of Jesus in the Bible as completely true and all four Gospels as of equal value.
He wrote that his book was especially intended "for those who are outside the Church of Christ; the others, those who have remained within, united to the heirs of the apostles, do not need my words".
[1] The Story of Christ was widely discussed in Italy upon publication.