The Early Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Early Church write by Henry Chadwick. This book was released on 1967. The Early Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Chadwickʹs Early Church covers, as the book cover suggests, "the story of emergent Christianity from the apostolic age to the dividing of the ways between the Greek East and the Latin West." The story unfolds with the Jewish and Roman background within which the beginning church was nourished. It then goes on to show how important it is for the church to establish order and unity amidst threats of persecution and heresy. The emergence of apologists helps not only the expansion of the church but also the construction of Christian doctrine. At the same time, controversies abound as the church encountered many different cultural and sociological challenges while trying out in reaction a variety of ideas. With chapter seven, the relation between church and state changes, resulting in a stronger influence of the state upon the church while accelerating the split between the Latin West and the Greek East. The Arian controversy shows a period of instability between state and church, and also deepens the split of East and West. But within the turmoil, ascetic practice, papacy, liturgy, and art are established, helping to transmit a common European culture while the Roman Empire begins to degenerate.
The Church in History
The Church in History - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Church in History write by B. K. Kuiper. This book was released on 1988-06-01. The Church in History available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A standard survey of the history of the Christian church from A.D. 33 to modern times, The Church in History by B. K. Kuiper has long been the textbook of choice for many secondary schools and Bible institutes, having sold well over 150,000 copies since first published more than a half century ago. Detailed and fact-filled yet balanced and readable, this volume offers a panoramic view of the church's growth worldwide throughout the past 2,000 years, including a comprehensive section on the church in the United States and Canada. With close to 300 photographs, maps, and timelines throughout and thought-provoking study questions at the end of each chapter, The Church in History is an excellent introductory resource for students or for anyone wanting to better understand the history of the church.
Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation
Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation write by Everett Ferguson. This book was released on 2013-11-26. Church History, Volume One: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Church History, Volume One offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and grew from its development in the days of Jesus to the years leading up to the Reformation. Looking closely at the integral link between the history of the world and that of the church, Church History paints a portrait of God's people within its setting of times, cultures, and events that both influenced and were influenced by the church. FEATURES: Maps, charts, and illustrations spanning the time from the first through the thirteenth centuries. Overviews of the Roman, Greek, and Jewish worlds and how they developed or declined. Insights into the church's relationship to the Roman Empire, with glimpses into pagan attitudes toward Christians. Explanations of the role of art, architecture, literature, and philosophy—both sacred and secular—in the Church. Details on the major theological controversies of the periods. Each chapter also contains callout passages from Scripture to assist in understanding the narrative of the Church, even to the present day, as part of the greater narrative of the Bible. AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE: Scholar and writer Everett Ferguson wrote this history of the church from the perspective that such a history is the story of the greatest movement and community the world has known. It's a human story of a divinely called people who wanted to live by a divine revelation. It's a story of how they succeeded and how they failed or fell short of their calling. From the Apostle Paul to the apologists and martyrs of the second century to Martin Luther, the historical figures detailed are people who have struggled with the meaning of the greatest event in history—the coming of the Son of God—and with their role in that event and in the lives of God's people.
The History of the Negro Church
The History of the Negro Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The History of the Negro Church write by Carter Godwin Woodson. This book was released on 1921. The History of the Negro Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History of the Christian Church
A History of the Christian Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Christian Church write by Williston Walker. This book was released on 1918. A History of the Christian Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
