Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries

ISBN: 1601784767

Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson

Condition: New

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you've been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick read of church history's high points.Table of Contents:PrefaceFirst Century: Apostolic FoundationsSecond Century: The Church of Martyrs and ConfessorsThird Century: Persecution and Heresy; Origen and TertullianFourth Century: The Beginnings of the Christian EmpireFifth Century: The City of God and the City of ManSixth Century: Justinian, Benedict, and the Conversion of the ScotsSeventh Century: Gregory the Great and the Rise of IslamEighth Century: The Iconoclastic ControversyNinth Century: Struggle for Power in the Church; Ratramnus and GottschalkTenth Century: The Dark AgesEleventh Century: The Great Schism; Anselm of CanterburyTwelfth Century: The Crusades, Abelard, Lombard, and the WaldensesThirteenth Century: Francis of Assisi and Thomas AquinasFourteenth Century: The Church's Babylonian Captivity and John WycliffeFifteenth Century: The Renaissance, Huss, Savonarola, and GrooteSixteenth Century: Luther, Calvin, and the ReformationSeventeenth Century: Reforming the Church in EnglandEighteenth Century: The Great AwakeningNineteenth Century: Beginnings of Modern Theology and Kingdom BuildersTwentieth Century: The Age of Paradoxes